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Columbia Commercial advertising prohibited ordinance (§ 16-282)

Chapter 16: Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions · Article III. Noise

No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, any sound amplifying equipment or sound truck or other conveyance for commercial sound advertising purposes on any street or on any public or private alley in the city or in the air over the city, with sound amplifying equipment in operation; and no person shall operate, or cause to be operated, any sound amplifying equipment on any public square, public street or public playground for commercial advertising purposes in the city.

Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 16-282

Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).

Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.