context: The City's method with regard to the timing of sound measurements, i.e., ten seconds for source sound, thirty seconds for ambient noise level, is not so arbitrary as to be inherently inconsistent with valid time, place and manner regulations.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 491 U.S. 800, 800
citation_a.parenthetical: "So long as the means chosen are not substantially broader than necessary to achieve the government's interest ..., the regulation will not be invalid simply because a court concludes that the government's interest could adequately be served by some less-speech-restrictive alternative."
citation_a.sentence: See Ward, 491 U.S. at 800, 109 S.Ct. 2746 (“So long as the means chosen are not substantially broader than necessary to achieve the government’s interest ..., the regulation will not be invalid simply because a court concludes that the government’s interest could adequately be served by some less-speech-restrictive alternative.”); see also Johnson v. Bax, 63 F.3d 154, 158 (2d Cir.1995) (government’s limited discretion in regulating the use of its streets must be exercised uniformly and systematically so as not to create any unfair discrimination).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 63 F.3d 154, 158
citation_b.parenthetical: government's limited discretion in regulating the use of its streets must be exercised uniformly and systematically so as not to create any unfair discrimination
citation_b.sentence: See Ward, 491 U.S. at 800, 109 S.Ct. 2746 (“So long as the means chosen are not substantially broader than necessary to achieve the government’s interest ..., the regulation will not be invalid simply because a court concludes that the government’s interest could adequately be served by some less-speech-restrictive alternative.”); see also Johnson v. Bax, 63 F.3d 154, 158 (2d Cir.1995) (government’s limited discretion in regulating the use of its streets must be exercised uniformly and systematically so as not to create any unfair discrimination).