Chapter 5.24 — SOUND TRUCKS

"Sound amplifying equipment," as used herein, means any machine or device for the amplification of the human voice, music, or any other sound. "Sound amplifying equipment," as used herein shall not be construed as including standard automobile radios when used and heard only by occupants of the vehicle in which installed or warning devices on authorized emergency vehicles or horns or other warning devices on other vehicles used only for traffic safety purposes.

(Prior code §4248(part)).

No person shall use or cause to be used a sound truck with its sound amplifying equipment in operation for any noncommercial purpose in the city without filing a registration statement with the city clerk in writing.

(Prior code §4248(1)).

A registration statement shall be filed in duplicate and shall state the following:

(1)

Name and home address of the applicant;

(2)

Address of place of business of applicant;

(3)

License number and motor number of each sound truck to be used by applicant;

(4)

Name and address of person who owns each sound truck to be used by applicant;

(5)

Name and address of person having direct charge of each sound truck to be used by applicant;

(6)

Names and addresses of all persons who will use or operate any sound truck;

(7)

The purpose for which the sound truck or trucks will be used;

(8)

A general statement as to the section or sections of the city in which each sound truck will be used;

(9)

The proposed hours of operation of each sound truck;

(10)

The number of days of proposed operation of each sound truck;

(11)

A general description of the sound amplifying equipment which is to be used;

(12)

The maximum sound producing power of the sound amplifying equipment which is to be used in or on each sound truck, in terms of:

A.

The wattage to be used;

B.

The approximate maximum distance for which sound will be thrown from each sound truck.

(Prior code §4248(2)).

All persons using or causing to be used any sound truck for noncommercial purposes shall amend any registration statement duly certified by the city clerk as a correct copy of the application. The certified copy of the application shall be in the possession of any person operating any sound truck at all times while the sound truck's sound amplifying equipment is in operation. The copy shall be displayed and shown to any policeman of the city upon request.

(Prior code §4248(3)).

Noncommercial use of sound trucks in the city with the sound amplifying equipment in operation shall be subject to the following regulations:

(1)

The only sounds permitted are music or human speech.

(2)

Operations are permitted for three hours per day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays when no operations are authorized. The permitted three-hour operation shall be between the hours of eleven a.m. and twelve noon and three p.m. and five p.m.

(3)

Sound amplifying equipment shall not be operated unless the sound truck upon which the equipment is mounted is operated at a speed of at least ten miles per hour, except when the truck is stopped or impeded by traffic. Where stopped by traffic, the sound amplifying equipment shall not be operated for longer than one minute at each stop.

(4)

Sound shall not be issued within one hundred yards of hospitals, schools, churches, courthouses, courtrooms, county buildings, city buildings or election polling places.

(Prior code §4248(4)).

(Ord. No. 625, § 1, 2010)

For purposes of this chapter, sound trucks shall include any vehicle legally licensed to operate on public streets, alleys, roads or highways pursuant to the California Vehicle Code, which is equipped with sound amplifying equipment, on the inside or outside of the vehicle, and which emits sound intended to convey a message, or draw the attention of any person(s) outside of the vehicle.

(Ord. No. 625, § 2, 2010)

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine in an amount to be established by city council resolution.

(Ord. No. 625, § 2, 2010)