(A) It shall be unlawful for any person other than personnel of law enforcement or governmental agencies, to install, use or operate within the city, and outside a building, a loud speaker or amplifying device in a fixed or movable position or mounted upon any vehicle for the purpose of giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures, transmitting music to any persons or assembly of persons in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk or public property without first obtaining an Amplified Sound Permit approved by the City Manager with concurrence of the Police Department.
(B) The City Manager, with concurrence of the Police Department, when considering an application for an Amplified Sound Permit, shall recognize and consider the constitutional rights of free speech of all persons including the applicant, but shall also consider the correlative constitutional rights of the citizens of the city to privacy and freedom from public nuisance of loud and unnecessary noise. The City Manager, with concurrence of the Police Department, if granting permission, shall reserve the right to enforce whatever rules, conditions or restrictions it deems necessary to ensure that the sound shall be so controlled that it will not be unreasonably loud, raucous, varying, disturbing or a nuisance to persons of normal sensitivity within the area of audibility, subject to any other provisions within this chapter.
(C) An administrative fee of $10 will apply for processing an Amplified Sound Permit request, said fee subject to change, pursuant to the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
(D) In addition to the processing fee the applicant shall submit in writing, at least ten days prior to the event, a statement outlining:
(1) The name and address of both the user and owner of the sound amplifying equipment;
(2) The maximum sound producing power of the equipment including wattage, use, volume decibels and approximate distance from which sound will be audible; and
(3) Whether the sound equipment will be used for commercial or noncommercial purposes.
(E) Permits for amplified sound for use in a public park or city facility shall be processed by the Parks, Library and Recreation Department. Condition of use is to be determined by the policies of the Parks, Library and Recreation Department.
(1995 Code, § 6.40.050) (Ord. 14-05, passed 10-21-2014; Ord. 11-08, passed 8-16-2011; Ord. 08-06, passed 6-3-2008)