Hawaiian Gardens Municipal Code Ch. 5.36 Sound Trucks

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

A. Sound amplifying equipment shall not be operated unless the sound truck upon which equipment is mounted is operated at a speed of at least ten miles per hour except when said 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 such stop.

B. Sound shall not be issued within 100 yards of hospitals, schools, churches, courthouses or courtrooms or County buildings or the City Hall.

C. The only sounds permitted are music or human speech.

(Ord. 412 § 3, 1993)

The sound truck shall be operated only on those streets or boulevards designated by the City Administrator in the permit to operate the same and shall be operated for four and one-half hours each day between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and the hours of 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; except on Sundays and legal holidays no operation shall be authorized, unless the City Council has determined upon competent evidence that in the individual case different hours of operation would be justified, then such permit shall set forth said different hours of operation.

(Ord. 412 § 3, 1993)

No permit for the operation of a sound truck shall exceed 30 days, unless a longer time has been specified by the City Council upon receiving competent evidence justifying same, or unless the 30-day permit has been extended by the City Council upon hearing competent evidence justifying such extension.

(Ord. 412 § 3, 1993)