(a) No operator or passenger of a motor vehicle shall operate, or permit the operation of any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from fifty or more feet when the vehicle is being operated upon a street or highway or when the vehicle is parked or stopped on public or private property.
(1) "Sound amplification system" includes any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker or other electronic device used for the amplification of the human voice, music or any other noise or sound.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to charge under this section that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system, and that any of the following apply:
(1) The system as being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous road condition;
(2) The vehicle was an emergency or public safety vehicle;
(3) The vehicle was owned and operated by the City or a gas, electric, communications or water utility company;
(4) The vehicle was being used in a parade, as specified in Section 311.02 and the person or organization conducting the parade had obtained a parade permit from the appropriate City agency.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 94-2840. Passed 1-6-94.)