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SEC. 114.04. AUDIBLE SIGNALING DEVICES.
   (Added by Ord. No. 161,574, Eff. 9/8/86.)
 
   It shall be unlawful for any person, within any residential zone of the City or within 500 feet thereof, to sound, blow, or operate any audible signaling device, including sequential airhorns or electronically operated vehicular loud speaker music devices, which can be heard for a distance greater than 200 feet for any purpose. Violation of this section shall constitute an infraction This section does not address horn or warning devices regulated in Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Division 12 of the Vehicle Code of the State of California, commencing at Section 27000. (Last sentence amended by Ord. No. 165.191, Eff. 10/23/89.)
 
 
SEC. 114.05. AUDIBLE ADVERTISING DEVICES – COMMERCIAL FOOD VENDORS.
   (Added by Ord. No. 164,532, Eff. 4/20/89.)
 
   Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 114.04, it shall be unlawful for any person, to sound, blow or operate any music, chimes or bells, or any similar sound device, amplified or otherwise, within 200 feet of any residential building between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the next day while operating a catering truck, as that term is defined in Section 80.73 of the Municipal Code.
 
 
SEC. 114.06. VEHICLE THEFT ALARM SYSTEMS.
   (Former Sec. 114.05, Renumbered by Ord. No. 164,532, Eff. 4/20/89.)
 
   It shall be unlawful for any person to install, operate or use any vehicle theft alarm system that emits or causes the emission of an audible sound, which is not, or does not become, automatically and completely silenced within five minutes. The time period shall be calculated based upon the emission of the first audible sound and shall end five minutes thereafter notwithstanding any variation or stoppage in the emissions of audible sound. Violation of this section shall constitute an infraction.
 
 
SEC. 114.07. AUDIBLE STATUS INDICATOR.
   (Added by Ord. No. 169,785, Eff. 6/9/94.)
 
   It shall be unlawful for any person to install, operate, use or maintain any vehicle theft alarm system which utilizes an audible status indicator emitting or causing the emission of an audible sound for a duration of more than one minute.
 
   The time period shall be calculated from the point in time of the emission of the first audible sound used in calculation and shall end one minute thereafter, notwithstanding any variation or temporary stoppage in the emission of audible sound.
 
   As used in this section, an audible status indicator is a component of a vehicle theft alarm system which emits sound audible outside the vehicle for the purpose of warning that a vehicle theft alarm system is installed and armed or operational. The term “audible status indicator” shall include any device which emits a chirp, voice message or other sound when an approaching person is within a certain distance of the vehicle in which the device is installed.
 
   In the event enforcement of a violation occurs under this section, no enforcement shall be taken under Section 80.75.l of the Municipal Code for the same violation.
 
   Violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an infraction.
 
 
 
ARTICLE 5
AMPLIFIED SOUND
 
 
Section
115.01   Purpose.
115.02   Prohibition and Regulations.
115.03   Amplified Sound on Unenclosed Tour Buses.
 
 
SEC. 115.01. PURPOSE.
 
   The Council enacts this legislation for the sole purpose of securing and promoting the public health, comfort, safety, and welfare of its citizenry. While recognizing that certain uses of sound amplifying equipment are protected by the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and assembly, the Council nevertheless feels obligated to reasonably regulate the use of sound amplifying equipment in order to protect the correlative constitutional rights of the citizens of this community to privacy and freedom from public nuisance of loud and unnecessary noise.
 
 
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