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Noise Ordinances in Shelby, MI (2026)

5 verified noise ordinances for Shelby, Michigan, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Quiet Hours

Shelby treats yelling, shouting and loud verbal noise between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. as prima facie evidence of a noise violation if it can be heard 50 feet from its source. The same window governs radios and other sound devices under the general noise chapter.

Shelby Nighttime Quiet Hours, 11 PM-7 AM

Some Restrictions

Village of Shelby Code § 296-3.C

Yelling, shouting, and verbal noise. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, singing, or other verbal noise upon premises, or upon the public streets, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or at any other time or place, in such a manner so as to unreasonably annoy or disturb peace, natural quietude, comfort, or repose of person in any office, or in any dwelling, or other type of residen...

Construction Hours

Shelby limits noisy construction work to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and sundown. Erecting, demolishing, altering or repairing a building outside that window is a noise violation unless the work is urgently necessary for public health and safety.

Shelby Construction Noise Hours, 7 AM-Sundown

Some Restrictions

Village of Shelby Code § 296-3.F

Construction or repairing of buildings. The erection (including excavation), demolition, alteration or repair of any building or structure other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sundown where such activity results in the creation of unusually loud noise or noise which annoys, disturbs, injures, or unreasonably impairs the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others except in case ...

Barking Dogs

Village of Shelby treats habitual barking as an animal-control violation, not just a noise complaint. Section 100-8(F) bars harboring or keeping any dog that commits frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling, and § 100-12(E) requires that any dog which habitually barks be kept inside the dwelling.

Shelby Village Barking Dog Nuisance Rule

Some Restrictions

§§ 100-8(F), 100-12(E)

Harboring or keeping any dog which commits frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling. ... Any dog which habitually barks shall be kept inside the dwelling.

Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound

Shelby's noise ordinance bars radios, phonographs and musical instruments played loud enough to disturb neighbors, and sets a bright-line test overnight: audible at 50 feet between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is automatic proof of a violation.

Shelby Village Amplified Sound Rules

Some Restrictions

Code of the Village of Shelby, MI § 296-3.B

Radios, televisions, phonographs, and musical instruments. The using, operating, or permitting to be played, used, or operated, any radio receiving set, television receiving set, phonograph, or musical instrument, or other such device for the production or reproduction of sound, in such a manner as to unreasonably or unnecessarily irritate, annoy, or disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of the...

Vehicle Noise

Shelby requires every engine to discharge exhaust through a muffler that prevents loud or explosive noise, and treats a modified exhaust that is louder than factory-original as automatic proof of a violation. A separate clause targets vehicles so out of repair that they rattle or grind unreasonably.

Shelby Vehicle Exhaust and Muffler Noise Rules

Some Restrictions

Village of Shelby Code § 296-3.D

Exhaust noises. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, or any other form of engine, whether a boat, motor vehicle, motorcycle, off-road vehicle, or tractor, except through a muffler or other device which effectively prevents or reduces loud or explosive noises. The modification of any noise abatement device on any motor vehicle...