Noise Ordinances in Temple, TX (2026)
5 verified noise ordinances for Temple, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Quiet Hours
Temple bans loud radios, phonographs and stationary speakers between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if they disturb neighbors.
Temple Nighttime Noise Curfew
Some RestrictionsTemple, TX Code of Ordinances Sec. 24-3
The playing of any radio, phonograph or other musical instrument in such manner or with such volume, particularly during the hours between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons of ordinary sensibilities in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence is hereby prohibited.
Barking Dogs
Temple prohibits keeping any animal or bird that causes frequent or long-continued noise disturbing neighbors' comfort and repose.
Temple Bans Chronic Animal Noise
Some RestrictionsTemple, TX City Code § 24-6
The keeping of any animal or bird which, by causing frequent or long-continued noise, shall disturb the comfort and repose of any person of ordinary sensibilities in the immediate vicinity is hereby prohibited.
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Temple bans stationary loudspeakers or amplifiers that disturb neighbors, and cuts them off entirely from 10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and all day Sunday.
Temple Amplified Outdoor Sound Limits
Significant RestrictionsSec. 24-4
The use of any stationary loudspeaker or amplifier of such intensity that annoys and disturbs persons of ordinary sensibilities in the immediate vicinity thereof, or the use of any stationary loudspeaker or amplifier operated on any week day between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or at any time on Sunday, is hereby prohibited.
Decibel Limits
Temple's UDC caps sound received at zoning-district property lines at 65-75 dB depending on the receiving district's type.
Temple Sets Property-Line Decibel Caps
Some RestrictionsUDC Sec. 7.1.2 (Noise)
At no point at the property line may a zoning district receive sound pressure levels that exceed the decibel levels specified in the groups designated in the following table: ... Max dB Received 75 ... Max dB Received 70 ... Max dB Received 65. Decibel (dB) means a unit of measure of sound pressure, or noise level.
Vehicle Noise
Temple law requires every vehicle operated on city roadways to have a muffler in efficient working condition and bans exhaust cut-outs, with related bans on engine brakes and excessive horn noise.
Temple Bans Loud Mufflers, Cut-Outs, Engine Brakes
Some RestrictionsCity Code § 24-13
No automobile, truck or other vehicle shall be operated upon any roadway in the city unless the same is provided with a muffler which is in efficient and actual working condition, and the use of a cut-out is prohibited.
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