Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no driver, occupant, or other person in possession of or responsible for a vehicle, whether or not actually situated inside such vehicle, shall operate, or permit the operation of, any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from fifty or more feet when the vehicle is being operated within, or is standing or parked in, a commercial parking area, unless that system is being operated to request assistance or warn of a hazardous situation.
This section does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles or vehicles operated by gas, electric, communications, or water utilities. This section does not apply to the sound systems of vehicles used for advertising, or in parades, political or other special events, except to the extent the use of sound systems on those vehicles may be otherwise prohibited by this Code or other regulation.
(Ord. 573-01 § 1, 2001)