(a) “Sound amplification system” means any electronic device used for amplification of the human voice, music or any other noise or sound.
(b) “Audible” means any sound permeating from any motor vehicle that can be heard outside the vehicle by a person using his or her normal faculties.
(c) No person while operating or occupying a motor vehicle shall permit the operation of any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle, which is audible from a distance of fifty feet or more.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any law enforcement motor vehicle, any emergency vehicle or any vehicles owned and operated by the City or any utility company while said vehicle is being used by an individual in the scope of employment.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any noise made by a horn or other warning device required by or permitted by State law.
(f) Whoever violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense. All subsequent violations which occur within one year of the date of any previous conviction of this section shall be a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 1996-20. Passed 6-3-96.)