(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 10-108 of the code, no person shall operate or use or cause to be operated or used any sound reproduction device in such a manner as to create unreasonable noise.
(b) No person shall operate or use or cause to be operated or used any sound reproduction device, for commercial or business advertising purposes or for the purpose of attracting attention to any performance, show, sale or display of merchandise, in connection with any commercial or business enterprise (including those engaged in the sale of radios, television sets, compact discs or tapes), (i) outside or in front of any building, place or premises or in or through any aperture of such building, place or premises, abutting on or adjacent to a public street, park or place; (ii) in or upon any vehicle operated, standing or being in or on any public street, park or place; (iii) from any stand, platform or other structure; (iv) from any airplane or other device used for flying, flying over the city; (v) from any boat on the waters within the jurisdiction of the city; or (vi) anywhere on the public streets, public sidewalks, parks or places where sound from such sound reproduction device may be heard upon any public street, sidewalk, park or place. Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit incidental sounds emanating from a sporting or an entertainment or a public event for which a permit under section 10-108 of the code has been issued.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2005/113.