Noise from Specific Sources in Augusta-Richmond County, GA (2026)
6 rules for unincorporated Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia.
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HVAC & Mechanical Noise
Augusta-Richmond County bans running a noise-creating blower, power fan or internal-combustion engine unless the noise is muffled with a device sufficient to deaden it, under Section 3-6-2(c)(9). Unlike the county's time-boxed rules for stereos and parties, this blower/fan standard applies at all hours, backed by the chapter's general ban on any noise that disturbs others' peace.
Augusta-Richmond County HVAC and Blower Noise Rule
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, § 3-6-2(c)(9); see also § 3-6-1
Sec. 3-6-2. - Prohibited loud noises enumerated. (c)Other restrictions...(9)Blowers. The operation of any noise-creating blower or power fan or any internal-combustion engine, the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion of operating gases or fluids, unless the noise from the blower or fan is muffled and the engine is equipped with a muffler device sufficient to deaden the noise. .....
Bar & Nightclub Noise
Bars and nightclubs get extra hours before Augusta-Richmond County's noise chapter tightens. Code Sec. 3-6-2(a) lets amplified music, live bands and PA systems run at a 300-foot audibility limit until 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until midnight on Friday and Saturday, after which the stricter 100-foot nighttime cap in subsection (b) takes over on any venue still playing music.
Augusta-Richmond Bar & Nightclub Noise Rules
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, Sec. 3-6-2(a)(1)
(a)Restrictions of 300 feet for 7:00 a.m. through 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 7:00 a.m. through 12:00 midnight on Friday and Saturday.(1)Mechanical sound-making devices. It is unlawful for any person or persons to play, use, operate, or permit to be played, used, or operated any radio receiving device, television, stereo, musical instrument, phonograph, sound amplifier or other machi...
Car Alarm Limits
Augusta-Richmond County exempts car alarms from its noise ban, but only briefly. Code Sec. 3-6-2(e)(2) lets an automobile alarm sound without violating the chapter's audibility limits, provided it 'terminate its operation within 15 minutes of its activation.' An alarm that keeps blaring past that point loses its exemption and falls back under the general noise prohibitions.
Augusta-Richmond County Car Alarm Time Limit
Light RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, Sec. 3-6-2(e)(2)
(e)The prohibitions of this section shall not apply to the following:1.Any vehicle of Augusta-Richmond County while engaged in necessary public business.2.Noise from an exterior burglar alarm of any building, or from any automobile alarm, provided such alarm shall terminate its operation within 15 minutes of its activation.
Generator Noise
Augusta-Richmond County requires generators and blowers to be muffled. Code Sec. 3-6-2(c)(9) bans operating 'any noise-creating blower or power fan or any internal-combustion engine' whose noise comes from exploding operating gases or fluids, 'unless the noise from the blower or fan is muffled and the engine is equipped with a muffler device sufficient to deaden the noise,' a standby generator's engine included.
Augusta-Richmond County Generator & Blower Muffling Rule
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, Sec. 3-6-2(c)(9)
(c)Other restrictions...(8)Transportation of metal rails or similar materials. The transportation of rails, pillars or columns of iron, steel or other material over and along streets and other public places so as to cause loud noises or as to disturb the peace and quiet of those streets or other public places.(9)Blowers. The operation of any noise-creating blower or power fan or any internal-co...
Delivery Truck Noise
Augusta-Richmond County bans loud delivery noise around the clock, not just at night. Code Sec. 3-6-2(c)(5) makes it unlawful to create 'a loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading any vehicle or the opening and destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers,' a flat prohibition that sits outside the chapter's time-of-day and distance framework used for music and shouting.
Augusta-Richmond County Loading & Delivery Noise Ban
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, Sec. 3-6-2(c)(5)
(c)Other restrictions.(1)Animals, birds. The keeping of any animal or bird which, by causing frequent or long-continued noise, shall disturb the comfort or repose of any persons in the vicinity.(2)Steam whistles. The blowing of any steam whistle attached to any stationary boiler except to give notice of the time to begin or stop work or as a warning of fire or danger or upon request of proper c...
Low-Frequency Bass Limits
Augusta-Richmond County's noise ordinance specifically bans bass reverberations, folding them into the 'plainly audible' standard that caps sound at 300 feet during the day and 100 feet at night from its source.
Augusta-Richmond County Bass Reverberation Rules
Some RestrictionsAugusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 3, § 3-6-1(b)
Plainly audible as used in this Chapter means any noise or sound which can be heard by the auditory senses of a person standing at a distance no less than the distances set forth below from the sound. Words or phrases need not be discernable for music and other noises to be prohibited. Bass reverberations are included in the prohibited noises.
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