HomeMy WebLinkAbout1645 - Sound Amplifying EquipmentORDINANCE NO. 1645
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING CHAPTER 10.32, SECTIONS 10.32.030
AND 10.32.050 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO SOUND AMPLIFY-
ING EQUIPMENT
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10.32.030 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"10.32.030. PERMIT REQUIRED FOR NONCOMMERCIAL USE.
No person shall use or cause to be used any sound amplify-
ing equipment or sound truck with its sound amplifying
equipment in operation for noncommercial purposes in the
City without first having applied for and obtained a permit
from the City Council or City Manager as hereinafter
provided."
SECTION 2. Section 10.32.050 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"10.32.050 ISSUANCE OF PERMIT. A. CITY COUNCIL ACTION.
Upon receiving an application for a permit for the use of
sound amplifying equipment or a sound truck for noncommercial
purposes, the City Clerk shall place the matter on the agenda
of the next regular meeting of the City Council following
the filing of the application for consideration and shall
notify the applicant of the date by registered mail, postage
prepaid.
B. ISSUANCE. At the time of consideration, the City
Council shall grant the applicant a revocable, nontransfer-
able permit valid for a period not to exceed six (6) months,
if it appears from the information contained in the applica-
tion and such additional information as may be presented to
the City Council that the proposed use of the sound amplifying
equipment or sound truck is for a noncommercial purpose and
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that the proposed use will comply with the regulations
contained in Section 10.32.060.
C. SPECIFICATION OF HOURS. In granting such permit,
the City Council shall specify the hours during which the
sound amplifying equipment or sound truck may be used after
considering the needs of the applicant, the area or areas
in which the sound will be emitted, and the effects of
such use on the public health, safety and welfare.
D. ISSUANCE BY CITY MANAGER. The City Manager is
authorized to issue a revocable permit for the use of sound
amplifying equipment in connection with any special event
which will take place in a commercial district when it is
determined that the effects of such use will not unreasonably
disturb the health, safety, and welfare of any person or
persons residing within three hundred (300) feet of the
area where the special event is to take place."
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be published once
in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 28th
day of October, 1975, and was adopted on the 10th day of
November , 1975, by the following vote, to wit:
ATTEST:
ty Cler
AYES, COUNCILMEN: McInnis,Dostal,
Barrett, Kuehn, Rogers,.Ryckoff, Store
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None
CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL AND
CERTIFIED AS TO PUELICATIO.'
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DATE NOV 1 3 1975
CLER OF THE CITY F NSW? T Ec'ACH
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10/10/75