(a) No person shall, after a request to desist, make, continue, or cause to be made by the use of any radio, loudspeaker, music player such as a “boom box”, tape cassette, disc player, television, audio system or musical instrument, or any other type of sound device in a manner or at a volume as to disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of neighboring inhabitants or at a volume which is plainly audible to persons other than those who are in the dwelling unit in which such device or instrument is played and who are voluntarily listeners thereto.
(b) “Plainly audible” means any sound produced by a device or instrument in subsection (a) hereof that can be plainly heard by a person using his normal hearing faculties and not enhanced by any mechanical or electronic hearing device, at a distance of 100 feet or more, or from within another building other than the building or property in which such instrument or device is played.
(c) The provisions of subsection (a) hereof shall not apply to any event in the City park system unless it occurs between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., or any event of a public nature which is approved or licensed by a governmental body, but only for the period of such approval or licensure.
(d) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 95-63. Passed 9-25-95.)