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~ 389.100 MINNEAPOLIS CODE reasonably maintained and proficiently operated equipment in residentially zoned and used areas is allowed between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. during an official snow emergency which has been declared by the proper city officials. The Minneapolis Department of Public Works may plow and otherwise remove snow from public streets and other public areas between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. whenever, in the judgment of the City Engineer, such plowing or otherwise re- moving snow is in the public interest. (5) Removing or rendering inoperative any noise control device or the design of a product having those devices, by any per- son other than for purposes of mainte- nance, repair or replacement. (6) It shall be unlawful for any person to be in control of and allow operation of an elec- tronic theft or burglar alann which sounds an audible signal without an automatic shutoff device to prohibit the audible sig- nal from sounding continually for more than five minutes. (97-Or-063, 9 11, 7-11- 97; 98-0r-099, ~ 4,10-2-98; 98-0r-124, 91, 10-23-98; 98-Or-I44, 9 2, 12-4-98) 389.105. Permits for sound amplifying equipment. Except as provided in section 389.60(e)(5), no person shall use or maintain any outside sound amplifYing equipment without first having obtained a permit from the pollution con- trol section of the inspections division, depart- ment of regulatory services. The fees for this permit shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for each calendar day, Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday for which amplified sound is played or operated subject to the following conditions: (1) Outside sound amplifying equipment shall be used only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. This may be expanded to include hours between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. upon a showing that the event can not reasonably take place without such expansion of hours. (2) Amplification that does not meet the lim- its of section 389.60 shall be limited to Supp. No. 16 eight (8) hours in anyone (1) day, sixteen (16) hours in any seven (7) day period and thirty-two (32) hours in any twenty-eight (28) day period for the same property. (3) Sound measured at fifty (50) feet from the source shall not exceed ninety (90) dB(A). (4) Sound measured off the property where the equipment is allowed under the per- mit shall never be more than fifteen (15) dB(A) above the ambient noise level. (5) Compliance with section 389.65 (a) and (b). A permit shall be issued only after the appli- cant gives a written promise to comply with these conditions and reasonably demonstrates that the activity will comply with these conditions. The terms of the permit, may be expanded, or the fee waived or reduced, when it is deemed necessary, upon a proper showing, for the purpose of com- plying with section 389.65 (b) (13), which is incor- porated herein. Permits shall be obtained in advance of the proposed extended hours of operation. If the per- mit has not been applied for in advance, the fee will be doubled for the days of operation prior to the date of application if the permit is issued. (92-0r-122, ~ 1, 10-9-92; 97-0r-063, ~ 12,7-11-97) 389.110. Advertising by public address sys- tems. No person shall maintain and operate in any building a radio device or musical instrument where the sound therefrom is cast directly upon a public street and where such device is maintained and operated for advertising purposes or for the purpose of attracting the attention of the passing public. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the playing of records in a record shop where the sounds created, emitted or transmitted therefrom are not audible for a distance of more than twenty- five (25) feet from the building in which the record shop is located. (Code 1960,AsAmend., ~ 875.040) 389.115. Severability. Should any of the sec- tions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this chapter, title or Code of Ordinances be declared unconstitutional or invalid, at the valid judgment or decision of a court of competent 1654.10