2014-55 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 34 - TRAFFIC & CHAPTER 73 - OFFENSES

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ORDINANCE NO. 2014-55 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 34 — TRAFFIC - - CHAPTER 73 - OFFENSES - BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Sections 37(J) and 38(B) of Chapter 34 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same are hereby, modified and amended so that said Sections 37(J) and 38(B) shall provide as follows: CHAPTER 34, SECTION 37(J) 37. REMOVAL OF VEHICLES. Police officers are hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed a vehicle from a public street or highway to the nearest garage, impound lot or other place of safety, or to a location designated by the Police Chief, under the following circumstances: J. When a sound amplification system in any vehicle has been used in violation of Section 10 of Chapter 73 of the City Code and the vehicle owner has received a prior written warning for a violation of this Section. No vehicle shall be impounded unless the owner received a prior written warning for operating a vehicle in violation of Section 10 of Chapter 73 or for owning any vehicle used in violation of the provisions of this Section. CHAPTER 34, SECTION 38(B) B. The provisions of this subsection shall be applicable to vehicles removed pursuant to Sections 37(J) through 37(V) inclusive of this Chapter: Section 2. That Section 10 of Chapter 73 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, modified and amended so that said Section 10 shall provide as follows: CHAPTER 73, SECTION 10. NOISE ON PUBLIC STREET A. No driver of any motor vehicle within the City of Decatur shall operate or permit operation of any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from seventy five (75) or more feet when the vehicle is being operated upon a street, highway or roadway unless such 'system is being operated to request assistance or warn of a hazardous situation. This section does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2003-56, September 15, 2003)