5-2-7: AMPLIFIERS, LOUDSPEAKERS AND SIMILAR DEVICES 1 :
   A.   No person shall use or employ upon or over the streets or alleys, or in any public park or outdoor public meeting place within the city, nor on or near the exterior of any private dwellings, business buildings or other structures within the city, nor upon any vacant lot, any amplifiers, loudspeakers or any other similar device, which shall in any degree or to any extent magnify the human voice or any other sound, without first obtaining a permit therefor.
   B.   Permits required by subsection A of this section may be issued by the mayor, upon approval by the city council and within their discretion, upon application, but, if issued, the permit shall be issued without charge. The permit, if issued, shall be for a specified time, but in no event for longer than one year, and shall embrace only a particular use or type of use, and shall be subject to revocation at any time.
   C.   Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as in any way limiting the use of any amplifier, loudspeaker or other similar device within any theater, auditorium, schoolhouse or any other fully enclosed structure within the city, and nothing contained in this section shall be considered as a bar to the abatement of any common law nuisance. (Ord. 4292, 4-27-1998)

 

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1. See also sections 4-5-4 and 4-5-5 of this code.