(A) Permit required. It shall be unlawful to maintain or operate any loud speaker or amplifier connected with any radio, phonograph, microphone, or other device by which sounds are magnified and made heard over any public street or public place, without having first obtained a permit therefor.
(B) Application. Any person, firm, or corporation desiring a permit for the use or operation of such device shall file an application therefor with the City Clerk upon a form provided by him or her, setting forth the name and address of the applicant, the name and address of the owner of the device, the date upon which it is intended to be used, and any other information as may be prescribed.
(C) Issuance of permit. The permit shall permit the use of any such device subject to the terms and conditions of this subchapter, only upon the date specified on the permit and no other.
(D) Restrictions.
(1) No permittee shall use, operate, or employ any such device within the city limits on Sunday or after the hour of 8:00 p.m. prevailing time of any day, or before the hour of 8:00 a.m. prevailing time of any day; no licensee shall use, operate, or employ the device within a radius of 2 blocks from any church or other place of public worship while services are being held there.
(2) This section shall not apply to radios in homes or in private pleasure vehicles, when the same are operated in such a manner as not to be audible at a distance of 50 feet from the vehicle; nor to noise devices, bands, or other musical devices used in any public parade, procession, or concert which is operated under a permit in accordance with the ordinances of the city.
(3) No person shall cause or permit to be emanated or emitted from any such device any lewd, obscene, profane, or indecent language or sounds, or any false representation of any matter, product, or project advertised thereby, the sale of which is prohibited by law, ordinance, or statute.
(E) Exemptions. The restrictions contained in this section shall not apply to the amplified or unamplified sound of bells or chimes used for noncommercial purposes for reasonable lengths of time.
Penalty, see § 10.99