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Noise Ordinance Overview
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Official Decibel Limits
volume_up"Texas law presumes noise over 85 dB is unreasonable after notice."
AI Executive Summary
Frisco, TX noise ordinances, including Chapter 54, Article IV, prohibit unreasonably loud noise disturbing public peace or comfort. Ordinance 127-53 sets specific decibel limits for residential areas (55 dB day/50 dB night) and commercial zones (70 dB day/65 dB night). Quiet hours for certain activities like construction and amplified sound are generally 10 PM to 7 AM, with fines up to $500 for violations.
Specific Noise Restrictions
Construction
Operating equipment for construction, maintenance, repair, alteration, or demolition work in a residential district or quiet zone, or within 500 feet of a residence, is a noise disturbance per se between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Amplified Sound
Use of sound production or reproduction devices, radios, musical instruments, drums, phonographs, televisions, loudspeakers, and sound amplifiers in residential districts or quiet zones is prohibited between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Animals
Frequent, excessive, or long continuous barking, whining, crying, meowing, howling, or other animal-related noise is prohibited.
Vehicles
Repairing, rebuilding, modifying, or testing any motor vehicle or watercraft in a residential district or quiet zone, or within 500 feet of a residence, is a noise disturbance per se between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Excessive spinning of tires or unnecessary racing of a motor vehicle engine in a nonresidential district causing a noise disturbance is also prohibited. Vehicle radio/sound systems cannot be audible 30 feet from the vehicle.
Special Exemptions
Activities within Pizza Hut Park are exempt from general noise regulations if conducted between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, and 7:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Noise disturbances outside these hours at the park are per se violations.
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