HomeMy WebLinkAbout1092 ~ 0RDINANCE NO. 1092
AN ORDINANCE prohibiting the use of automobiles, trucks or other vehicles
containing a magna vox, loud speaker or other mechanical, radio or electrical
device or instrument used for advertising, ballyhooing or other purposes, excgpt
as herein provided; providing for the licensing thereof; prohibiting the use of
any such vehicle on Sunday or after 8 P.N. week days, except as herein provided;
and providing penalties for violation thereof.
THE CITY CON~.ISSION OF THE CITY OF BRENERTON DO ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
operate on the streets of Bremerton any aUthmobile, truck or other vehicle con-
taining or having in connection with its operation any magna vox, loud speaker,
or mechanical, radio or electrical equipment whereby sounds, the human voice or
~ic is magnified or amplified or loud or unusual noises, music or sounds are
projected therefrom, ,except as in this ordinance provided; provided, however,
that this ordinance shall not include ordinary automobile radios.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to operate any auto-
mobile, truck or other vehicle upon the streets of the City of Bremerton containing
a magna vox, loud speaker, mechanical, radio or electrical device for the purpose
of advertising, ballyhooing or increasing or magnifying the natural sound of the
human voice, or instrument for any such purpose, shall apply to the City Clerk
for license therefor, and pay to the City Treasurer the sum of $50.00 per annum,
or to June 50 following issuance of such license, for the use of each of such
machines or vehicles, and upon production of the receipt therefor the City Clerk
shall issue a license to such applicant, but no license shall be issued for any
sum less than the rate for one year provided that it shall be unlawful to operate
any such amplifying device in excess of volume produced by electrical energy of
fifteen (15) watts of power in the last stage of amplification.
Section 5. It shall be unlawful to operate any such device for any purpose
outside the business district after 8 P.~. on week days, or at any time on
Sundays, except the use of such device on Sundays at games on athletic fields.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
contained in this oFdinance, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum
of not to exceed $100.00, or by imprisonment in the City Jail for no~ to exceed
thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days
from and after its passage and publication, e.s provided by law.
Ordinance No. 1092 (cont)
PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the
Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage th~s
27th day of June, 1936.