3-22-1: OPERATION IN THE VILLAGE: No person or entity shall operate a device by which sounds are magnified and made heard over any public street or public place without first having secured an amplifier license therefore issued by the Community Development Director.
 

3-22-2(A): HOURS OF OPERATION: An amplifier permit is required for operating a device by which sounds are magnified within the Village limits on Sunday (all day), Monday through Saturday, before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m not to exceed the hour of eleven o’clock (11:00) P.M. with Board of Trustees approval. At no time shall a licensee use or operate any such device with a radius of two (2) blocks from any hospital or within two (2) blocks of a church while services are being held therein.
 

3-22-2(B): This section shall not apply to radios in homes or in private pleasure vehicles when the same are operated in such a manner as not to be audible at a distance of fifty feet (50') from such a vehicle, nor to noise devices, bands, or other musical devices used in a public parade or procession which is operated under a permit in accordance with the ordinances of the Village.
 

3-22-2(C) Whenever the Board of Trustees determines that it is in the public interest, a special permit may be issued authorizing a licensee to use such a device in the Village for not more than five days at a time during such hours as the Board of Trustees may establish in such a special permit.
 

3-22-2(D) No licensee shall cause or permit to be emanated or emitted from any such device any lewd, obscene, profane or indecent language or sounds, or any false representations of any matter, product or project advertised thereby, the sale of which is prohibited by any law ordinance or statute. (1984 Code)
 

3-1-15 REVOCATION OF LICENSE: Any license, except for the sale of intoxicating liquors, or permit may be revoked by the Village President and Board of Trustees for cause, at any time. Evidence that the licensee or permittee has violated any ordinance relating to the license or permit, the subject matter of the license or permit, or the premises occupied, shall constitute sufficient cause for revocation. Notice of the revocation shall be served on the licensee or permittee personally or by certified mail, at the address stated in the license or permit application. Within fifteen (15) days of the date of the notice of revocation, the licensee or permittee may request an informal hearing before the Village President and the Board of Trustees, and at that time, may present evidence showing that the license or permit should not be revoked. The Village President and the Board of Trustees shall then affirm or vacate the revocation.
 

APPLICATION PROCESS:

1. Fill out the online application.

 
2. Print and sign the application; (have the property owner sign the application, if necessary); send it in with a $15 check to Community Development Department.

 
3. Applications must be received at least one week prior to the Village Board Meeting.

 
4. Village Board meetings are held on the First and Third Tuesdays of the month.

 
5. It is recommended that the applicant attend the Village Board Meeting to respond to any questions that may arise.  You will be notified the date of the Board Meeting.

 
6. If the application is approved, the permit will be mailed to you or you may pick it up from the Community Development Department at Village Hall the day following the Village Board Meeting.