Ordinances-2012-318

issuance of any permit shall be unanimous. Except as hereinafter provided, if the application contains the required information and is accompanied by the required fee, the sound equipment permit shall be issued with reasonable dispatch. 4. Limitations. A sound equipment permit shall not be issued if the sound to be emitted by the sound equipment would be a noise disturbance under Section 48.03 of this chapter. A sound equipment permit issued in violation of this subsection 4 is void and of no force and effect. 5. Conditions. The Building Official or the Council may impose reasonable conditions and requirements to be met or fulfilled by the sound equipment permit holder preliminary to or at the time of the use or operation of the sound equipment. Such conditions and requirements shall be those conditions and requirements necessary or advisable to protect the health, welfare and quality of life of the residents of the City and may include, without limitation, restrictions on the time of day the sound equipment can be used or operated, restrictions on the level of the sound to be produced and restrictions on the number of minutes or consecutive minutes that the sound equipment may be used or operated during any one hour or day. 6. Permissibility. Any other language to the contrary in this chapter notwithstanding, sound made by sound equipment for which a valid sound equipment permit has been issued under this section 48.05 shall be permissible hereunder and shall not constitute a violation of this chapter regardless of the fact that said sound equipment may be operated upon the public right-of-way or in a building or upon premises, public or private, that is plainly audible from a public right-of-way within the City. 48.06 OTHER LAWS AND ORDINANCES. No provisions of this chapter should be construed to legalize or permit sounds, devices or activities made unlawful by other ordinances of the City or State or Federal statutes. Section 2. REPEALER. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 3 SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, provision or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 4. WHEN EFFECTIVE. This ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval, and posting as provided by law. On the 11th day of November 2012, at a regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council, Tiffin, Iowa, Councilperson Kahler introduced Ordinance No. 2012-318, and moved that it be given its first reading. The motion was seconded by Councilperson Bartels. Ayes: Bartels, Kahler, Upton, Ryan Nays: None Absent: Phillips