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Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY\

Palo Alto Municipal Code Ch. 9.12 Loudspeakers

Palo Alto Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · Palo Alto

Cite as: Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 9.12 · Text as of 2026-10-19

9.12.010 Open air loudspeakers.

The use of electronic equipment, including but not limited to amplifiers, radio loudspeakers, phonographs, tape amplifiers, electronically operated musical instruments or other device of like design used for producing sound in or upon any public street, park or grounds, or any other open area to which the public has access, whether publicly or privately owned, between the hours of eleven p.m. and one hour after sunrise is unlawful.

(Ord. 2556 § 1, 1970: prior code § 7.04)

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