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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 9-5-23(A) of the City Code,
Noises Prohibited,
to Include Motor Vehicle Audio Systems
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 9-5-23(A) of the Evanston City Code of
1979, as amended, is hereby further amended by enacting a new subsection
as follows:
9-5-23: NOISES PROHIBITED:
(A) Vehicles
0 5. Motor Vehicle Audio Systems:
(a) No person shall play, use, operate or permit to be played, used or
operated, any radio, tape recorder, cassette player, or other device for receiving
broadcast or reproducing recorded sound if the device is located in any motor
vehicle on a street, as defined in Section 1-3-2 of this Code, and if the sound
generated by the device is audible to a person, including but not limited to a
peace officer, with normal hearing at a distance seventy-five feet (75') or greater.
This Subsection does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles as defined in
Section 9-2-10 of this Code; nor to persons who are producing noise pursuant to
a valid permit, as required by this and other Sections of this Code, which allows
noise production otherwise prohibited by this Subsection.
(b) Any person found guilty of violating this subsection (A)(5) shall be
punished by a fine of not less than one -hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than
five -hundred dollars ($500.00) for the first offense, not less than one -hundred
and fifty dollars ($150.00) nor more than five -hundred dollars ($500.00) for a
second offense committed within one year of the first offense, and not less than
two -hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than five -hundred dollars ($500.00) for
each subsequent offense committed within one year of the first offense.
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SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed. •
SECTION 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner
provided by law.
Introduced: ���'� I'2 , 2007 Approved:
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Adopted: Qi�2i.iL Jl. 2 , 2007 �q�:..E.P,�, Z , 2007.
' /Vlayor pro Tem Wynne
Attest: Appro edd as to f rm.
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Mary City Clerk. Herbert D. Hill
First Assistant Corporation Counsel
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