Although boomboxes may have been the impetus for a given ordinance, determining if it was boomboxes in particular would be difficult, since "radio" is generally adequate in legal parlance.
Just taking a look at my own town's laws on the books regarding noise just say "any radio" but they were passed between 1975 and 1993. Hmm. Makes you wonder.
14.24.150 Unnecessary Noise.
(Added by Ord. No. 139931; passed May 22, effective June 23, 1975.) It is unlawful to make any excessive or unusually loud sound which disturbs the peace and quiet of any neighborhood or which does injure or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of any person.
14.24.160 Unlawful Operation of Sound Producing or Reproducing Equipment.
(Added by Ord. No. 139931; amended by Ord. No. 142956, 161404; and 166951, Sept. 15, 1993.) It is unlawful to operate or permit the use or operation of any device designed for sound production or reproduction, including, but not limited to, any radio, television set, musical instrument, phonograph, loud speaker, bell or chime, in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance as defined in Section 18.04.040 (17) or to operate or permit the operation of any such device between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., so as to be plainly audible within any dwelling unit which is not the source of the sound; or to operate any such device on public property or on a public right-of-way so as to be plainly audible 50 feet or more from such device provided that a person operating any such device in a City park pursuant to a permit granted by the Commissioner In Charge of the Park Bureau shall be in violation only if the device is plainly audible at any point along the park boundary. Violation of this Section shall be punishable by a fine of up to $500.
