It shall be unlawful to maintain or operate any loudspeaker or amplifier
connected with any device by which sounds are magnified and made heard over
any public street or public place without first having secured a permit therefor.
The fee for licenses to be granted under this chapter shall be as follows:
A. For the use or operation of any sound amplifier or any
similar device to be operated from a fixed location and not in a moving vehicle
which transmits or broadcasts sound to be heard in a public street or public
place: $100 for any day or part of a day for which the licensee desires to
be licensed hereunder.
B. For the use of any sound amplifier or other similar device
to be used in a moving vehicle along the streets: $25 for any day or part
of a day for which the licensee desires to be licensed hereunder.
Any person, firm or corporation desiring a license for the use or operation
of such device shall file an application therefor with the Secretary of the
Borough of Media, upon a form provided by him, setting forth the name and
address of the applicant, the name of the owner of such amplifying device,
the date on which it is intended to be used and any other such information
as may be prescribed.
Such license shall be issued upon the payment of a license fee, as above
provided, to the Secretary of the Borough of Media, which license shall permit
the use of such sound-amplifying device, subject to the terms and conditions
of this chapter, only upon the date specified on such license and no other.
The license for the use of a sound-amplifying device either in a fixed
location or in a moving vehicle may be issued without payment of the accompanying
fee upon application by any public or municipal body or any nonprofit or charitable
organization. Nothing herein is intended to require licensing of the use of
sound-amplifying devices used by police or firemen in emergency situations.
[Amended 11-19-1992 by Ord.
No. 846]
Any violation of this chapter, either by a licensee violating limits
of the use of the device as stated herein or by any person(s) or corporation
in using a sound-amplifying device without first securing a license therefor,
shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $600, plus costs of prosecution for
each violation and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, by imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 90 days.