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No person shall, except upon making written application and receiving written authorization from the City Manager or his designee, operate or permit to be operated any sound-producing or sound-amplifying apparatus, except apparatus for amplifying the human voice live, within the limits of any street or public place. The application for a permit should be directed to the Clerk-Treasurer and must specify the time, place, date, purpose and such other information which the City Manager may require.
(Ord. 1411. Passed 5-11-99; Ord. 1743. Passed 8-12-14.)
It is found and declared that:
(a) The making and creation of excessive or unusually loud noises within the corporate limits of the City are a detriment to the comfort, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of the City and may, if unusually loud or prolonged repetitively affect the health and safety of said inhabitants.
(Ord. 1575. Passed 10-24-06.)
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any excessive or unusually loud noise or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, peace, quiet, health or safety of others, within the corporate limits of the City. Provided, this section shall not apply to noise that by Section 648.11 is declared to be exempt from the provisions of this section, or to noise caused or permitted by a person to whom a permit has been granted as provided in Section 648.12. A violation of any provision of this section, or of any provision of a permit granted as provided in Section 648.12 is punishable by a fine of up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) per occurrence, or if continuous, by a fine of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each day of uninterrupted continuance.
(Ord. 1575. Passed 10-24-06.)
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