Chapter 5.72
SOUND TRUCKS

Sections:

5.72.010  Definitions.

5.72.020  License—Required.

5.72.030  License—Fee.

5.72.040  License fees additional to other business taxes.

5.72.050  Hours of operation.

5.72.060  License—Issuance authority—Conditions.

5.72.010 Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter:

A. “Operate,” and all of its derivatives as used in this chapter, means the broadcasting of amplified sound.

B. “Sound truck” means any vehicle, carriage or fixture, movable or stationary, in or on which shall be installed or carried any device for amplifying sound for advertising or any other purposes, except radio receivers installed and used for the exclusive use of the occupants of vehicles in which the same shall be installed. (Ord. 3138 § 1, 1990)

5.72.020 License—Required.

It is unlawful for any person to operate any sound truck within the city without having first procured a license and paid a fee for the operating thereof from the city clerk. (Ord. 3138 § 2, 1990)

5.72.030 License—Fee.

The license fee for the operation of any sound truck on any of the streets or public ways of the city shall be twenty-five dollars for any calendar month or portion thereof. (Ord. 3138 § 3, 1990)

5.72.040 License fees additional to other business taxes.

The license fees provided in Section 5.72.030 shall be in addition to any business tax which may be required by any other ordinance of the city. (Ord. 3138 § 4, 1990)

5.72.050 Hours of operation.

A. No sound truck shall be operated on any of the streets or public ways within any of the residential or apartment areas of the city as defined by this code, except between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on any day, except Sundays, and then only while the sound truck is in motion at a rate of speed of not less than five miles per hour.

B. Within the commercial area and manufacturing district of the city, as defined by this code, duly licensed sound trucks may be operated at other hours than those in subsection A of this section if approved by the police chief. (Ord. 3138 § 5, 1990)

5.72.060 License—Issuance authority—Conditions.

Notwithstanding anything provided in Sections 5.72.010 through 5.72.050, the city clerk shall be authorized to grant a license to operate a sound truck only when the city manager shall notify the city clerk in writing that such operation, under the conditions as may be imposed by the police chief, will not cause undue disturbance to the comfort and repose of a substantial number of people in the area where the sound truck is authorized to be operated. (Ord. 3138 § 6, 1990)