4.25.040 Commercial use of sound amplifying equipment-- General regulations.
   (a)   In no event shall it to be permissible to operate any sound amplifying equipment that can be heard in excess of one hundred feet in any direction or that is unreasonably loud and/or disturbing to persons of normal sensibilities within the area of audibility, while on any public or private street or publicly owned property in the city.
   (b)   The only sounds permitted to be emanated from sound amplification equipment are music and/or human voice.
   (c)   Sound amplification equipment shall not be operated within one hundred yards of any hospital, hospice, rest home, public library or public or private school.
   (d)   Sound amplification equipment shall not be operated unless the vehicle is operating at a speed of at least ten miles per hour except when such truck is stopped or impeded by traffic and is otherwise in compliance with the California Vehicle Code. Where stopped by traffic, such sound amplification equipment shall not be operated for longer than one minute at each stop.
   (e)   Each person or business granted a permit pursuant to the terms of this chapter shall present the sound amplification equipment proposed to be operated to the city for inspection by the finance director, or his or her designee, to determine whether the sound volume is within the appropriate standards as set forth in this section.
(Ord. 604 § 2 (part), 2006).