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(1) No person shall, without prior written approval of the Director or authorized parks department employee, cause or allow to be emitted noise in a park which:

Exceeds the maximum permissible noise levels set forth in Chapter 9.130 PMC; including, but not limited to:

(a) Any sound made by the unamplified human voice which emanates from a building, structure or property between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and is received within a residential district.

(b) Any sound made by speaker sound amplifier or motor vehicle audio system exterior to the passenger sitting compartment of a motor vehicle on a public street or highway (anywhere within the right-of-way thereof) of a commercial radio station broadcast, or music from an audio tape cassette, compact disc, or other recording medium.

(c) Any sound from a motor vehicle audio system such as tape players, radios, and compact disc players, operated at a volume and under conditions so as to be audible greater than 75 feet from the vehicle itself.

(d) Any sound from portable audio equipment, such as a radio, tape player or compact disc player, which is operated at such a volume so as to be audible at a distance of 75 feet or more from the source of the sound.

(2) Violation of any of the provisions of this section constitutes a Class 3 civil infraction. [Ord. 4494 § 8, 2020; Ord. 3616 § 1, 2003; Code 1970 § 9.48.200.]