It shall be unlawful for any person, other than personnel of law enforcement
or governmental agencies, to install, use or operate within the Village a
loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment, in a fixed or movable position
or mounted upon any sound truck, for the purpose 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 in the amount
of $25 per day, or any portion thereof, shall be paid to the Village 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 should 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 10:00 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 City 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 sensitiveness within the area of
audibility.