It shall be unlawful for any person, other than
personnel of law enforcement or governmental agencies, to install,
use or operate within the Town a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment
in a fixed or movable position or mounted upon any sound truck for
the purposes of giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses,
lectures or transmitting music to any persons or assemblages of persons
in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park, place or public property
without first filing a registration statement and obtaining approval
thereof as set forth in this article.
Prior to the issuance of the registration statement,
a fee as set by resolution of the Town Board from time to time shall
be paid to the Town, if the loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment
is to be used for commercial purposes. No fee shall be required for
the operation of a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment for noncommercial
purposes.
The commercial and noncommercial use of sound-amplifying
equipment shall be subject to the following regulations:
A. The only sounds permitted shall be either music or
human speech, or both.
B. The operation of sound-amplifying equipment shall
only occur between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. each day,
except on Sundays and legal holidays. No operation of sound-amplifying
equipment for commercial purposes shall be permitted on Sundays or
legal holidays. The operation of sound-amplifying equipment for noncommercial
purposes on Sundays and legal holidays shall only occur between the
hours of 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
C. No sound emanating from sound-amplifying equipment
shall exceed 15 dbA above the ambient as measured at any property
line.
D. It shall be unlawful to operate any sound-amplifying
equipment within 200 feet of churches, schools, hospitals or municipal
or County buildings.
E. In any event, the volume of sound shall be so controlled
that it will not be unreasonably loud, raucous, jarring, disturbing
or a nuisance to reasonable persons of normal sensitivity within the
area of audibility.