(a) Loud Sound Amplification Systems From Motor Vehicles Prohibited. No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street, highway, alley, parking lot or driveway within the Village shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system from the vehicle in such a manner or at a volume that will disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any other person and is plainly audible at a distance of fifty feet or more from the noise source. Such prohibition shall apply when the motor vehicle is stopped, standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley, parking lot, driveway, public property or private property anywhere within the Village, at any time.
(b) Exceptions. Division (a) of this section shall not apply to any of the following circumstances:
(1) The person(s) and/or organization(s) have received a valid permit or permission from the Village, issued by the Village Manager, on a form or in a manner designed by and for such purposes as the Village Manager may approve;
(2) The sound amplification device is being operated in a motor vehicle to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn others of hazardous road, vehicle operating, or traffic safety conditions;
(3) The sound amplification device is an anti-theft device being operated in a motor vehicle to deter theft or vandalism;
(4) The motor vehicle is an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle and is being operated on an emergency run;
(5) The motor vehicle is owned and operated by the State, a political subdivision of the State, or by a public utility;
(6) The motor vehicle is participating in a parade for which the sponsors of the parade have obtained the proper permits; and
(7) The sound amplification device is being operated as a requirement of Federal or State law.
(c) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) “Motor vehicle” shall have the same meaning as “vehicle” (including bicycles) as set forth in Section 402.57 of the Traffic Code.
(2) “Plainly audible” means any sound produced by a sound amplification system which can be clearly heard by a person with normal hearing ability at a distance of fifty feet or more. Measurement standards shall be the auditory senses, based upon direct line of sight. Words or phrases need not be discernible and bass reverberations are included.
(3) “Sound amplification system” means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, “boom box”, sound amplifier, television, audio system, loudspeaker or other electronic device used for amplification of the human voice or music.
(d) Penalty. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If an offender has been previously convicted of this section or persists in violation of this section after repeated warning, then the violation is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 2000-7. Passed 5-1-00.)