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� . <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2003-56 <br /> ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE <br /> - CHAPTER 73 - OFFENSES - <br /> - CHAPTER 34 -TRAFFIC - <br /> BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: <br /> Section 1. That Sections 10 and 21 of Chapter 73 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, <br /> Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, modified and amended, so that said Sections 10 and 21, as so <br /> modified and amended, shall provide as follows: <br /> 10. NOISE ON PUBLIC STREET. A. No driver of any motor vehicle <br /> within the City of Decatur shall operate or pernut operation of any sound amplification <br /> system which can be heard outside the vehicle from seventy five (75) or more feet <br /> when the vehicle is being operated upon a street, highway or roadway unless such <br /> system is being operated to request assistance or warn of a hazardous situation. This <br /> section does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles. <br /> B. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this Section shall be <br /> fined Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00). <br /> 21. PENALTY. Except as provided in Section 10 hereof, any person, firm or <br /> corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter shall, upon <br /> conviction, be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense, <br /> and each day on which a violation occurs or continues shall be considered a separate <br /> offense. <br />