§ 15-9. Music devices restricted.
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to play or to permit the playing of any music or musical instruments, including bands or band instruments, or to operate or permit to be operated any phonographs, radios, amplifiers, loudspeakers or other devices or contrivances producing music or sounds in, on or about any structure, including but not limited to restaurants, drive-ins, cabarets, lounges, bars and residences, which devices produce sound levels as hereinafter described:
(1)
A sound of one hundred (100) decibels measured within fifteen (15) feet of any adjacent dwelling or business establishment where people are present.
(2)
A sound level of seventy-five (75) decibels at any time during the period from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. measured within fifteen (15) feet of any adjacent dwelling or other business establishment where people are present.
(b)
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days or both.
(Ord. No. 7407, §§ 1, 2, 2-22-74; Ord. of 4-21-80; Ord. No. 8172, 2-19-90)