§ 34-22. Southern Decadence Festival; Bourbon Street; use of amplification equipment.

(a)

Beginning on the Wednesday of or prior to the Southern Decadence Festival, until Monday, the last day of the Southern Decadence Festival, on Bourbon Street, between Iberville Street and Esplanade Avenue, it shall be unlawful to operate or allow the operation, for personal use, of any personal sound-amplification equipment, megaphones, bullhorns or any device or apparatus for the reproduction or amplification of the human voice or other sounds (hereinafter collectively referred to as "sound-amplification equipment"), in the public right-of-way, including streets or sidewalks, producing sounds registering more than 85 db(A).

(b)

The limitations on the operation of sound amplification equipment in subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the operation of horns, sirens, or other emergency warning devices actually being used in emergency circumstance.

(M.C.S., Ord. No. 21676, § 1, 9-9-04; M.C.S., Ord. No. 23668, § 1, 8-6-09)

Editor's note

Ordinance No. 21676, § 1, adopted Sept. 9, 2004, added § 34-4 to the Code. Inasmuch as said section already existed and to maintain the organization integrity of the Code, said section has been redesignated as § 34-22 at the discretion of the editor.