Amplified Noise Permit

Sec. 25-71. - Permits for additional amplification.

(a) Application. The application for a permit for additional amplification under section 25-69 shall be submitted to the chief building official at least fifteen (15) working days in advance of the planned use except in case of emergency. The application shall designate an individual person or persons who shall be in control of the sound amplification equipment and assure that its use complies with the terms of the permit.

(b) Notice of tentative approval. Upon tentative approval, the applicant for a permit shall be responsible for mailing or otherwise delivering to the occupants of each property within a one thousand (1,000) foot radius of the facility for which the permit has been granted, as shown on the tax maps of the county, a notice stating the date and hours of the event. The notice shall be delivered at least seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the event. The permit shall not be actually granted and issued until the applicant submits an affidavit to the chief building official that such notices have been actually mailed or otherwise delivered.

(c) Number of hours. No permits shall be issued which shall have the effect of allowing more than twenty (20) hours of excess amplification per year at any place of public entertainment having a capacity of one thousand (1,000) or more persons or ten (10) hours of excess amplification at any other location. Permits shall be tentatively approved and subsequently granted by the chief building official in the order of receipt unless permits for twenty (20) or more hours have previously been issued for the same or other locations within a one thousand (1,000) foot radius of the facility in the same calendar year, in which event the applicant shall elect whether to limit his request so as to keep the year's accumulated hours of excess amplification in that location below twenty (20) hours or select another location.