[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of Latrobe 7-13-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-2 as Ch. XIII, Part 5, of the 1981 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
PERSON
SOUND-AMPLIFYING EQUIPMENT
SOUND TRUCK
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any natural person, firm, corporation, association, club,
partnership or society or any other form of association or organization.
Any machine or device for the amplification of the human
voice, music or other sound, but shall not be construed as including
standard automobile radios when used and heard only by the 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.
Any vehicle having mounted thereon or attached thereto any
sound-amplifying equipment.
B.
The singular shall include the plural, and the masculine
shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
No person shall use or cause to be used any
sound truck or other vehicle with sound-amplifying equipment in operation
in Latrobe unless such person shall first have obtained a permit therefor
from the Mayor, for which no fee shall be charged.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
Application for a permit to use a sound truck
or other vehicle with sound-amplifying equipment shall be made to
the Mayor by the person desiring to operate such vehicle or to use
the services thereof and shall be made not less than 24 hours before
such use is desired. Separate application shall be made and a separate
permit issued for each day upon which such use is requested.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
In issuing a permit under this chapter, the
Mayor may specify the hours when such permit shall be valid, taking
into account the time when such use of a sound truck or other vehicle
with amplifying equipment would be least likely to cause annoyance
to the citizens of Latrobe, and may also stipulate the route that
such sound truck or other vehicle may follow or the location(s) where
the sound-amplifying equipment may be in operation so as to minimize
traffic congestion and/or disturbance to the public. The permittee
shall strictly observe the conditions of the permit as to time and
place of operation of such sound truck or other vehicle, and any divergence
therefrom shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
[Amended 4-23-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, for each and every violation
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution
or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days, provided that each day's violation of any
provision of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
