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Glendora Code on Noise and the Use of PA Systems |
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Glendora Code 9.44.150 Registration required.(4)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, public
address equipment shall not be operated within two hundred feet of
churches, schools, hospitals or city or county buildings;
It is unlawful for any person, other than personnel of
law enforcement or governmental agencies, to install, use or operate
within the city a loudspeaker or public address equipment in a fixed or
movable position or mounted upon any sound truck for the purposes of
giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures or
transmitting music to any persons or assemblages of persons in or upon any
street, alley, sidewalk, park, place or public property without first
filing a registration statement and obtaining approval thereof as set
forth in Section 9.44.160. (Ord. 1173 § 1 (part), 1973).
9.44.020 Definitions.*
"Sound truck" means any motor vehicle, or any other
vehicle regardless of motive power, whether in motion or stationary,
having mounted thereon, or attached thereto, any public address
equipment.
California Vehicle Code 630. A "trailer" is a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon any other vehicle. As used in Division 15 (commencing with Section 35000), "trailer" includes a semitrailer when used in conjunction with an auxiliary dolly, if the auxiliary dolly is of a type constructed to replace the function of the drawbar and the front axle or axles of a trailer. Glendora Code Resumes |
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9.44.160 Registration--Requirements and duties.
(a) Registration Statements--Filing. Every user of
public address equipment shall file a registration statement with the
police chief five days prior to the date on which the public address
equipment is intended to be used, which statement shall contain the
following information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of both the
owner and the user of the public address equipment;
(2) The maximum sound producing power of the public
address equipment which shall include the wattage to be used, the volume
in decibels of sound which will be produced, and the approximate distance
for which sound will be audible from the public address equipment;
(3) The license and motor number if a sound truck is to
be used;
(4) A general description of the public address
equipment which is to be used; and
(5) Whether the public address equipment will be used
for commercial or noncommercial purposes.
(b) Registration Statements--Approval. The police chief
shall return to the applicant an approved certified copy of the
registration statement unless he finds that:
(1) The conditions of the motor vehicle movement are
such that in the opinion of the police chief use of the equipment would
constitute a detriment to traffic safety; or
(2) The conditions of pedestrian movement are such that
use of the equipment would constitute a detriment to traffic safety; or
(3) The registration statement required reveals that
the applicant would violate the provisions set forth in Section 9.44.190,
or any other provision of this code.
(c) Disapproval. In the event the registration
statement is disapproved, the police chief shall endorse upon the
statement his reasons for disapproval and return it forthwith to
applicant. (Ord. 1173 § 1 (part), 1972).
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9.44.190 Regulations.
The commercial and noncommercial use of public address
equipment shall be subject to the following regulations:
(1) The only sounds permitted shall be either music or
human speech, or both;
(2) The operation of public address equipment shall
only occur between the hours of seven a.m. and nine p.m. each day except
on Sundays and legal holidays. No operation of public address equipment
for commercial purposes shall be permitted on Sundays or legal holidays.
The operation of public address equipment for noncommercial purposes on
Sundays and legal holidays shall only occur between the hours of seven
a.m. and nine p.m.;
(3) Sound level emanating from public address equipment
shall not exceed fifteen decibels above the ambient noise level;
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3)
of this section, public address equipment shall not be operated within two
hundred feet of churches, schools, hospitals or city or county buildings;
(5) In any event, the volume of sound shall be so
controlled that it will not be unreasonably loud, raucous, jarring,
disturbing or a nuisance to reasonable persons of normal sensitiveness
within the area of audibility. (Ord. 1173 § 1 (part), 1972).
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9.44.230 Severability.
If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this
chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be
held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or
applications of the provisions of this chapter which can be given effect
without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the
provisions of this chapter are severable. (Ord. 1173 § 1 (part), 1972).
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California Code on Noise 46001. No
provision of this division or ruling of the Office of Noise Control is a
limitation or expansion: (a) On the power of a city, county, or city and county to adopt and enforce additional regulations, not in conflict therewith, imposing further conditions, restrictions, or limitations. (e) On the right of any person to maintain at any time any appropriate action for relief against any private nuisance as defined in the Civil Code or for relief against any noise pollution. |
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