(a) No person shall generate or permit to be generated unreasonable noise or loud sound by means of a radio, tape player, compact disc, phonograph, loud speaker, horn, television or any other sound amplifying device on a street, highway or in the public right of way at a volume which is plainly audible 100 feet from the device generating such sound.
(b) Warning and alarm devices which have the purpose of signaling unsafe or dangerous conditions or calling for police or warning devices on emergency vehicles are exempted from the prohibitions of this section when used for such purposes.
(c) (1) Whosoever violates this section is guilty of generating unreasonable noise, which is a minor misdemeanor offense. If the offender persists in generating or permitting to be generated unreasonable noise after reasonable warning or requests to desist, generating unreasonable noise is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(2) Upon a conviction of a second violation of this section, both the sound equipment and the motor vehicle used for such purposes are hereby deemed contraband and subject to seizure and forfeiture under R.C. §§ 2933.41 through 2933.43, inclusive, unless and until the offender has removed the sound equipment from the motor vehicle within fifteen days of such conviction, and that upon conviction of any subsequent violation of this section, both the sound equipment and the motor vehicle are hereby deemed contraband subject to seizure and forfeiture under R.C. §§ 2933.41 to 2933.43, inclusive, unless and until the offender has removed the sound equipment from the motor vehicle within fifteen days of such conviction upon which event the motor vehicle shall be returned to the offender and the sound equipment shall remain subject to the provisions of R.C. § 2933.41 to 2933.43, inclusive.
(Ord. 4-93. Passed 4-19-93.)