St Louis passes ordinance to make 10+ speakers in car illegal

[squatchie16 10+ year member]

Heard about this ordinance being passed in another forum, here is the actual bill:

May 13, 2005

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Board Bill # 82 Sponsor: Alderman Schmid

BOARD BILL NO. 82 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN CRAIG SCHMID

An ordinance repealing ordinance 63787 and enacting in lieu thereof a new ordinance pertaining to motor vehicles used to assist or to facilitate a violation of certain city ordinances, and permitting the motor vehicle to be impounded and held for evidence until released by the warrant office; and containing an emergency clause.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION ONE. Any motor vehicle used, to assist or in any manner facilitate a violation of any city ordinance relating to auto repair, littering, dumping, ************, solicitation for ************, towing or loud sound systems or devices under the circumstances set forth in Section Five herein, when a person or persons have been charged with violating a city ordinance pertaining to said enumerated offenses may be made incapacitated or towed by, or at the request of the police department or the City, be driven to the lot that is used for towed motor vehicles.

SECTION TWO.

Any person charged with a violation whereby a motor vehicle is being held for evidence pursuant to this ordinance shall have a court date within four work days of the violation date.

SECTION THREE.

Any motor vehicle being held pursuant to this ordinance shall only be released upon notification by the warrant officer for municipal violations that the motor vehicle is no longer necessary for prosecution and upon payment of towing and storage charges.

SECTION FOUR.

If said motor vehicle is not redeemed in the manner and within the time as prescribed by ordinance, it can be disposed of in the same manner as an abandoned vehicle.

SECTION FIVE.

No person shall install, possess, or operate in any motor vehicle in the City of St. Louis any radio, tape recorder, loud speaker, sound amplifier, cassette or compact disc player, or other sound system or device in which:

1. There is any speaker, which is external to the passenger compartment; a speaker contained in an opened hatchback vehicle shall be considered "external" for purposes of this section.; or

2. There is any speaker which is directed toward the outside of the vehicle, rather than toward the passenger compartment; or

3. There is any speaker over 12 inches in diameter.; or

4. There are more than 10 speakers; or

5. There are more than 2 amplifiers; or

6. There is an amplifier with more than 300 watts of output; or

7. There is a separate box in the vehicle that is not installed as part of the compartment of the vehicle and which is used solely for the speaker, sound amplifier, or other sound system or device.

SECTION SIX.

Emergency Clause. This being an ordinance for the preservation of public peace, health and safety, it is hereby declared to be an emergency measure within the meaning of Sections 19 and 20 of Article IV of the Charter of the City of St. Louis and therefore this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.

Summary here:http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/09/928.asp

That is total BS

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[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

old.

but there are cars with stock sound systems over 10 speakers...

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

god im glad i moved from there.

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

but they havent passed it yet.

 

[Crown_amps]

old.
but there are cars with stock sound systems over 10 speakers...

thats just what i was thinking ...how many bose stereos''factory stock'' out there come stock with 10+

 

[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

my car has 10 speakers stock, just made it

 

[neonrt 10+ year member]

besides subs, why would anyone need that many speakers anyways? i can see the spl crowd needing lots, but for the normal crowd, 7 or 8 total including subs is more than enough.(2 mids, 2 tweets, 2 rear fill speaker, and 1 or 2 subs)

 

[BIGsherm7272]

wow, thats pretty gay.....no subs bigger than 12 inches.......only 2 amps.......no more than 300 wats??!!!!

 

[Crown_amps]

oh well people will just get co axils and a 18'' lol

 

[bgdre12 10+ year member]

**** that's ****ed up....we have noice ordinances here also, but they don't go as far as tryin to band you from havin subs at all...that's harsh

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

wtf

There is any speaker, which is external to the passenger compartment; a speaker contained in an opened hatchback vehicle shall be considered "external" for purposes of this section.; or

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Notice the date of the bill jackass.

Old news. Very old.

nG

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

if people wouldn't be jackasses with their systems, bills like this wouldn't have to get brought up

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

Heard about this ordinance being passed in another forum, here is the actual bill:
That is total BS

well looks like they wouldn't be selling any new luxury cars in that city. in 05'

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

LOL...

Nellyville pwned.