Arcadia Municipal Code Ch. 5 County Park and Arboretum Regulations

Articles I, II and III of Ordinance No. 10,309 adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, effective August 13, 1971, are hereby adopted by this reference and are made a part of the Arcadia Municipal Code with the same force and effect as though set out in full herein, and any violation of said regulations shall be a misdemeanor. The provisions of said Articles I, II and III shall be the police regulations applicable to the Arcadia County Park in addition to any other regulations adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia; said park is bound by Huntington Drive, Santa Anita Avenue and Campus Drive. Three (3) copies of said Articles I, II and III of said Ordinance No. 10,309 are on file and open to public inspection in the office of the City Clerk in the Arcadia City Hall.

(Amended by Ord. 1438 adopted 9-7-71)

(a) Sound Amplifiers. The following regulations shall apply to the use of a public address system in the Arcadia County Park, except within a fully enclosed building.

1. No person, except a peace officer in the course of his employment, shall operate or use a sound amplification system which produces a sound pressure level at any point beyond a two hundred (200) foot radius from the speaker(s), in excess of ten (10) decibels, reference 0.0002 microbar, above the sound levels prevailing at any point beyond said radius, excluding sound from the speaker(s), as measured on the A-scale of a sound level meter.

2. No speaker shall be placed more than ten (10) feet from any other speaker, and no speaker shall be placed so that sound is directed at residences adjacent to the park.

3. No sound amplification system shall use an audio-amplifier with a power output capable of exceeding one hundred (100) watts.

4. The provisions hereof shall not be construed to permit any violation of the Penal Code or other laws or ordinances.

5. No person shall place, operate, or use such a public address system unless the provisions of subdivision (b) hereof have been complied with.

6. Any sound amplification system, or any part thereof, placed, operated, or used in violation of the regulations of this Section is a public nuisance and shall be confiscated and disposed of in accordance with law.

(b) Sound Amplifiers. Registration. Every person, except a public employee acting within the course of his employment, or an employee or agent, acting within the course of his employment or agency, of an organization using the park on a regular, recurring schedule under a permit from the County of Los Angeles, Department of Parks and Recreation, before using or placing a public address system in the Arcadia County Park, at any place other than within a permanent building, shall file a registration statement with the Chief of Police of the City of Arcadia at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time when the sound amplifying equipment is intended to be used, which statement shall contain the following information:

1. Name and address of the owner, operator, and user of the public address system.

2. The maximum sound producing power of the sound amplifying equipment to be used.

3. A statement that the applicant will comply with the above regulations.

4. A statement of the place where and the time during which the sound system will be used.

The Chief of Police shall return to the applicant an approved copy of the registration statement if the proposed use complies with the above regulations, which registration statement shall be displayed upon request to a peace officer during any time of operation of the system.

(Added by Ord. 1438 adopted 9-1-71; effective 9-1-71)

Any person who violates any regulation for the use of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum in the City of Arcadia made and promulgated by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and who remains on the grounds of the Arboretum after being asked to leave by any County employee authorized to enforce the regulations is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Added by Ord. 1400 adopted 7-1-69)

(Chapter 5 of Article IV added by Ord. 1231 adopted 1-7-64)