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Noise from Specific Sources in Alpharetta, GA (2026)

2 verified noise from specific sources rules for Alpharetta, Georgia, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Bar & Nightclub Noise

In Alpharetta's mixed-use projects like Avalon, amplified music or sound from a bar or nightclub cannot be plainly audible inside a residential unit 100 feet away between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, or between midnight and 7 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety enforces the citywide 60/55 dBA property-line limit under the general noise ordinance.

Alpharetta Bar and Nightclub Noise Rules

Some Restrictions

Alpharetta Code of Ordinances § 26-114(f)

Within an MU-zoned master planned project, it shall be unlawful for any person to employ or permit to be employed at a commercial or business establishment located therein any machine, device or instrument for the producing, reproducing or amplifying of sound and/or noise (including, but not limited to, any radio receiving device, television, stereo, musical instrument, amplifier, loudspeaker, ...

Car Alarm Limits

Alpharetta exempts automobile alarms from its general noise limits, but only if the alarm shuts off on its own. A continuous alarm must stop within five minutes of triggering, and an intermittent one within ten minutes, under section 26-115(b)(3) of the Code of Ordinances, or the sound becomes an unlawful noise disturbance.

Alpharetta Car Alarm Noise Exemption

Light Restrictions

Alpharetta Code of Ordinances § 26-115(b)(3)

Noise from any automobile alarm, provided such alarm shall terminate its operation within five minutes of its activation if the sound is uninterrupted or ten minutes if the sound is intermittent;

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