Placerville Municipal Code Ch. 10 Sound Amplifying Equipment

"Sound amplifying equipment" as used in this chapter 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 such equipment when used in a normal and reasonable manner in or about the home, standard automobile radios when used and intended to be 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. (Ord. 993, 8-11-1970)

It shall be unlawful for any person to use or operate or permit the use or operation of any sound amplifying equipment out of doors or indoors when used or operated to reach persons out of doors, without first obtaining a written permit from the chief of police, with the exception of city parks, which shall require the approval of both the chief of police and director of community services. Such permit shall be issued, subject to the limitation hereinafter set forth in section 6-10-4 of this chapter, unless the permit requested is for a location within a zone of quiet which has been established as hereinafter provided. (Ord. 1657, 9-10-2013)

Sound amplifying equipment shall not be used or operated out of doors or indoors when used or operated to reach persons out of doors except between the hours of nine thirty o'clock (9:30) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M., the volume of sound shall be controlled so that said volume is not unreasonably loud, raucous, jarring, disturbing or a nuisance to persons within the area of audibility, shall not be used or operated within five hundred feet (500') of the city hall when the city council is in session or within five hundred feet (500') of any court while in session, and shall not be used or operated for the amplification of music in those areas of the city which are designated as residential districts by the zoning ordinance of the city. (Ord. 993, 8-11-1970)

It shall be unlawful for any person to use or operate or permit the use of, or operation of any sound amplifying equipment out of doors or indoors when used or operated to reach persons out of doors within a zone of quiet established by resolution of the council of the city, provided that signs indicating the existence of such zone of quiet have any record and are in place. (Ord. 993, 8-11-1970)

The only provisions of this chapter which shall apply to the use or operation of sound amplifying equipment by a hospital, church, school or educational institution when used or operated upon property owned or controlled by said hospital, church, school or educational institution by the provisions of section 6-10-3 of this chapter which limit the time of use or operation through the hours of nine thirty o'clock (9:30) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. which require that the volume of sound shall be controlled so that said volume is not unreasonably loud, raucous, jarring, disturbing or a nuisance to persons within the area of audibility, and which prohibit the use or operation within five hundred feet (500') of the city hall when the city council is in session or within five hundred feet (500') of any court while in session. (Ord. 993, 8-11-1970)