Noise Ordinances in Bay County, MI (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Bay County, Michigan.
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Quiet Hours
Bay County bars loud radios, musical instruments, and yelling or shouting between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; music or sound equipment audible fifty feet from its source during those hours is automatically treated as a noise violation.
Bay County Quiet Hours Run 10 P.M. To 7 A.M.
Some RestrictionsBay County Code of Ordinances § 62.003(b), (d)
(b)Radios, phonographs, musical instruments, etc. ... The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. ... (d)Yelling, shouting...
Construction Hours
Bay County confines building construction, demolition, alteration, and repair noise to 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays; work outside that window is a noise violation unless the sheriff grants a permit for urgent public health or safety necessity.
Bay County Limits Construction Noise To Daytime
Some RestrictionsBay County Code of Ordinances § 62.003(i)
(i)Construction or repairing of buildings. The erection (including excavation), demolition, alteration or repair of any building, other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on week days, except in case of urgent necessity in the interest of public health and safety, provided, however, that the sheriff may grant a permit for such work if determined that the public health and safety ...
Barking Dogs
Bay County's Animal Control Ordinance bars owners from letting their animal bark, howl, yelp, cry or otherwise make disturbing sounds that create a neighborhood nuisance. A first violation is a civil infraction with fines up to $500 plus court costs, and two or more violations can be charged as a misdemeanor.
Bay County Barking Dog Nuisance Ban
Some RestrictionsBay County Code of Ordinances §§ 50.801(a), 50.1001
Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for an owner to let or allow his animal to do any of the following: (a)By loud, frequent and persistent barking, howling, yelping, crying or any other disturbing sounds or behaviors to create a nuisance in the neighborhood in which said animal is kept, possessed or harbored; ... ... Sec. 2. Violations of Article VIII, Section 50.801(a), (b), (c), and (d), 802, and 8...
Decibel Limits
Bay County caps noise by zoning district under a decibel table in its Noise Control Ordinance. Residential property is limited to 55 dBA from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 50 dBA overnight; commercial to 65/60 dBA; industrial to 80/75 dBA. Section 62.004 makes projecting sound above the applicable limit onto another property unlawful, punishable as a misdemeanor.
Bay County Sets Decibel Limits by Zoning District
Some RestrictionsBay County Code of Ordinances § 62.004(B), Table I
(B)Classification of use districts; residential, manufacturing, commercial. It shall be unlawful to project a sound, excluding sound emanating from cars, trucks or motorcycles, from one property onto another, within the boundary of the use district which exceeds the sound limitation set forth in Table I below. ... TABLE I Zoning Classifications Allow. Max. # of Decibels bet. 7 a.m. & 10 p.m. Al...
Vehicle Noise
Bay County limits car and motorcycle horns to danger warnings only, bans engine-exhaust-operated horns and whistles, and requires every steam, motor, or motorboat engine's exhaust to run through a functioning muffler to prevent loud or explosive noise.
Bay County Bars Loud Horns And Bad Mufflers
Some RestrictionsBay County Code of Ordinances § 62.003(a), (g)
(a)Horns, signaling devices, etc. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle on any street or public place of the County, except as a danger warning; the creation by means of any such signaling device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound; and the sounding of any such device for an unreasonable unnecessary period of time. ... (g)Exhausts. The d...
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