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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1438 ORDINANCE NO. 1438 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AMENDING SECTION 4510 OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTION 4510.1 THERETO, RELATING TO REGULATIONS OF THE COUNTY PARK. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 4510 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 4510. ARCADIA COUNTY PARK REGULATIONS. Articles I, II and III of Ordinance No. 10,309 adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, effective August 13, 1971, are hereby adopted by this reference and are made a part of the Arcadia Municipal Code with the same force and effect as though set out in full herein, and any violation of said regulations shall be a misdemeanor. The provisions of said Articles I, II and III shall. be the police regulations applicable to the Arcadia County Park in addition to any other regulations adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia; said park is bound by Huntington Drive, Santa Ani ta Avenue and. Campus Drive. Three copies of said Articles I, II and III of said Ordinance No. 10,309 are on file and open to public inspection in the office of the City Clerk in the Arcadia City Hall. SECTION 2. Section 4510.1 is hereby added to the Arcadia Municipal Code to read as follows: 4510.1. ARCADIA COUNTY PARK REGULATIONS. NOISE. (a) Sound Amplifiers. The following regulations shall apply to the use of a public address system in the Arcadia County Park, except within a fully enclosed building. -1- 1438 1. No person, except a peace officer in the course of his employment, shall operate or use a sound amplification system which produces a sound. pressure level at any point beyond a 200-foot radius from the speaker(s), in excess of 10 decibels, reference 0.0002 microbar, above the sound levels prevailing at any point beyond said radius, excluding sound from the speaker(s), as measured on the A-scale of a sound level meter. 2. No speaker shall be placed more than ten feet from any other speaker, and no speaker shall be placed so that sound is directed at residences adjacent to the park. 3. No sound amplification system shall use an audio-amplifier with a power output capable of exceeding 100 watts. 4. The provisions hereof shall not be construed to permit any violation of the Penal Code or other laws or ordinances. 5. No person shall place, operate, or use such a public address system unless the provisions of subdivision (b) hereof have been complied with; 6. Any sound amplification system, or any part thereof, placed, operated, or used in violation of the regulations of this Section, is a public nuisance and shall be confiscated and disposed of in accordance with law. (b) Sound Amplifiers. Registration. Every person, except a public employee acting within the course of his employment, or an -2- 1438 employee or agen~ acting within the course of his employment or agency, of an organization using the park on a regular, recurring schedule under a permit from the County of Los Angeles, Department of Parks and Recreation, before using or placing a public address system in the Arcadia County Park, at any place other than within a permanent.building, shall file a registration statement with the Chief of Police of the City of Arcadia at least 48 hours before the time when the sound amplifying equipment is intended to be used, which statement shall contain the following information: 1. Name and address of the owner, operator, and user of the public address system. 2. The maximum sound producing power of the sound amplifying equipment to be used. 3. A statement that the applicant will comply with the above regulations. 4. A statement of the place where and the time during which the sound system will be used. The Chief of Police shall return to the applicant, an approved copy of the registration statement, if the proposed use complies with the above regulations, which shall be displayed upon request to a peace officer during any time of operation of the system. SECTION 3. Section 2 of this ordinance is hereby declared to be urgently required for the immediate preservation of public peace, health, and safety and shall take effect immediately. In the recent past, public address systems have been operated in the Arcadia County Park at such excessively loud levels as to interfere with the peaceable enjoyment of adjacent -3- 1438 residential property, distract motorists on adjacent streets, and interfere with the normal use of the park by persons other than those gathered for the purpose of listening to the public address system. The provisions of Section 2 will have the power to reason- ably regulate operation of public address systems, and thus, prevent needless injury and damage to the public, and, at the same time, permit audible communication with large audiences. Therefore, because of the facts stated above, and in order to fully effectuate the purpose of Section 2, it is necessary that it.become effective immediately upon adoption. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and that Section 2 was adopted as an urgency measure, to be effective immediately, at an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 1st day of September, 1971, by the affirmative vote of Councilmen Arth, Butterworth, Considine and Helms; Councilman Hage was absent. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, except for Section 2 as noted above, was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 7th day of September, 1971, by the affirmative. vote of Councilmen Arth, Butterworth, Considine, Hage and Helms. ~~k City Clerk of the City of / -, ,/;1 SIGNED AND APPROVED this/qth day of Se . r, 1 11. ~ ;4;; City Clerk ' . (SEAL) .;-.- /' .- -, -'5 -~?[~:~~ ~~ '; "\:"'~.,"'.7 /' :2 --'/;' \ ~::.\-::.... I..... ........ -.' /.....- ,-,..--.~-<:.~ ~' of the City of Arcadia " -4- 1438