O2719City Council Meeting September 13, 2022 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2719 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA MODIFYING
SECTION 4.12.105 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING AMPLIFIED SOUND
WHEREAS, the use of sound amplification can be regulated so that it does not unduly
burden the community while providing adequate alternative means of expression; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to limit amplified sound in certain areas so they may be
less impacted by excessive sound; and
WHEREAS, limiting amplified sound only in certain areas of the City allows for ample
alternative means and areas for expressive activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4.12.105 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
4.12.105 Restrictions on sound amplifying equipment.
(a) No person shall use or operate sound amplifying equipment on a public sidewalk,
street, alley, or parkway located in Noise Zone I after ten p.m. and before seven a.m. on weekdays
or eight a.m. on weekends.
(b) No person who is not stationary while using or operating sound amplifying
equipment shall use or operate such equipment on a public sidewalk, street, alley, or parkway
located in Noise Zone 1 between eight p.m. and ten p.m.
(c) If a person who is stationary under subsection (b) uses or operates sound
amplifying equipment at the same location or within five hundred feet of that location in Noise
Zone 1 on more than two days in any seven-day period, the person shall be limited to using or
operating the sound amplifying equipment, whether constantly or intermittently, for no longer than
a single forty-five minute period between eight p.m. and ten p.m. on the third through seventh day
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during that seven-day period.
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), this Section shall not apply to the use or
operation of sound amplifying equipment on a public sidewalk, street, alley, or parkway
immediately abutting a property with a commercial use, as set forth in Santa Monica Municipal
Code Section 9.51.030(B), in Noise Zone I.
(e) Except as may be provided in an approved Community Events Permit, no person
shall use or operate sound amplifying equipment within Ocean View Park or other City property
the Council may designate by resolution. Appropriate signage shall be placed to notify the public
of the prohibition.
(f) Law enforcement personnel, firefighting personnel, emergency health care
providers, and employees, agents, or representatives of the City shall be exempt from the
provisions of this Section when engaged in official business of or on behalf of the City.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices thereto
inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no
further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to effect the provisions of this
Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is
for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each and every
section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without
regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
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SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this
Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Doug Sloan, City Attorney
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Approved and adopted this 13th day of September, 2022.
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Sue Himmelrich, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2719 (CCS) had its introduction
on August 23, 2022 and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting
held on September 13, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brock, Davis, de la Torre, Negrete, Parra,
Mayor Himmelrich, Mayor Pro Tem McCowan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk Date
A summary of Ordinance No. 2719 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806.
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