Saint Paul Legislative Code § 359.01 License required.
Sec. 359.01. - License required.
No person shall park, operate, drive or use a broadcasting vehicle in Saint Paul without a license.
(Code 1956, § 162.02)
Sound Trucks and Broadcasting Vehicles
Saint Paul Legislative Code tit. XXIX, ch. 359
in effectSaint Paul Legislative Code § 359.02 Definitions.
Sec. 359.02. - Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:
(1) Broadcasting vehicle means and includes any vehicle, motor drawn or otherwise, which has attached thereto or has thereon any device for amplifying and broadcasting through one (1) or more loudspeakers speech or music, whether produced from records or radio reception or vocally through a microphone, and which projects sound from such vehicle with a total speaker volume of more than one (1) watt.
(2) Congested district means and includes that portion of the city lying within and bounded by the following streets: Beginning at the intersection of Grand Avenue with West Seventh Street, Grand Avenue to Pleasant Avenue to West Sixth Street, West Sixth Street to Main Avenue, Main Avenue to West Tenth Street, West Tenth Street to Wabasha Street, Wabasha Street to Eighth Street, Eighth Street to Broadway, Broadway to Kellogg Boulevard to West Seventh Street, thence west on West Seventh Street to its intersection with Grand Avenue.
The designated streets or highways constituting the boundaries of said portion of the city shall be included in said congested district.
(Code 1956, § 162.01)
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 359.03 License fees.
Sec. 359.03. - License fees.
The fee required for a license shall be established by ordinance as specified in section 310.09(b) of the Legislative Code.
(Code 1956, §§ 162.06, 162.07; Ord. No. 17758, § 2, 8-14-90; Ord. No. 17840, § 1, 6-4-91; C.F. No. 99-513, § 1, 7-7-99)
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 359.04 Licensing requirements.
Sec. 359.04. - Licensing requirements.
(a) Application. Each application, in addition to other information, shall provide license number and description of the broadcasting vehicle, and the type and kind of sound-making or broadcasting device attached thereto.
(b) Insurance required. No license shall be issued or renewed unless the applicant shall first file with the inspector evidence of liability insurance, in form to be approved by the city attorney, covering each vehicle operated hereunder, issued by a company authorized to do business in the State of Minnesota in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for liability imposed by law on account of bodily injuries to or death of any person or persons, other than persons covered by the workers' compensation act, and in the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) against liability imposed by law on account of damage to or destruction of property by reason of the ownership or operation of any such broadcasting vehicle.
(c) License sticker. Each licensee, upon the payment of said fee and upon complying with all of the aforesaid conditions, shall be furnished a license sticker for each vehicle, and bearing a license number thereon. Said license sticker shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on the outside of each vehicle.
(Code 1956, §§ 162.03—162.05, 162.08; Ord. No. 17758, § 3, 8-14-90)
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 359.05 Regulations.
Sec. 359.05. - Regulations.
(a) Sound restrictions. Such broadcasting vehicles shall make no louder broadcasting sound than is produced by a speaker with a total output of not more than twenty (20) watts. When approaching any zone on any street in the vicinity of any hospital or other institution in which sick persons are treated or cared for, where there is displayed a sign "Hospital Quiet Zone," or at school when in session, or at any church or funeral parlor during funeral services, such sound or broadcasting shall immediately cease and not commence to operate until arriving at a sufficient distance so as to avoid disturbing any persons within said areas.
Broadcasting vehicles operated by any person to present a program of a charitable, religious or educational nature may make stops at not less than one-half mile apart and not to exceed ten (10) minutes in duration for the purpose of broadcasting, but no solicitation of funds shall be made by any person connected with the operation of such vehicle. No other broadcasting vehicles shall stop at any place upon the streets or alleys of the city except as a result of necessary traffic delays.
Such broadcasting vehicles shall not be permitted to use the streets and alleys of the city at any time upon Sunday for broadcasting, but the same may be used on Sunday when not used for broadcasting purposes.
No such vehicle shall be operated, while broadcasting, at any time between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
(b) Restricted in congested district. Such broadcasting vehicles shall not be parked, operated or driven at any time while broadcasting within the congested district of the City of Saint Paul, but the same may use the streets or alleys of said city when not in actual use for broadcasting purposes.
(Code 1956, §§ 162.09, 162.10)
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 359.011 Exemption from license.
Sec. 359.011. - Exemption from license.
Notwithstanding section 359.01 above, a broadcasting vehicle which is used in a bona fide parade for which a permit has been granted under section 152.18(b) by the chief of police is exempt from licensure under this chapter.
(Ord. No. 17758, § 1, 8-14-90)
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