The commercial and noncommercial use of sound amplifying equipment shall be subject to the following regulations.
(A) The only sounds permitted shall be either music or human speech, or both.
(B) The operation of sound amplifying equipment shall occur between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. each day except on Sundays and legal holidays. No operation of sound amplifying equipment for commercial purposes shall be permitted on Sundays or legal holidays. The operation of sound amplifying equipment for noncommercial purposes on Sundays and legal holidays shall only occur between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
(C) No sound emanating from sound amplifying equipment shall exceed 15 dbA above the ambient sound level as measured at any property line.
(D) It shall be unlawful to operate any sound amplifying equipment within 200 feet of churches, schools, hospitals or city or county buildings.
(E) In any event, the volume of sound shall be so controlled that it will not be unreasonably loud, raucous, jarring, disturbing or a nuisance to reasonable persons or normal sensitiveness within the area of audibility.
(Prior Code, § 17-47) (Ord. 73-5, passed 6-11-1973) Penalty, see § 10.99