Noise from Specific Sources in Clay County, FL (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Clay County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Bar & Nightclub Noise
Bars and clubs in unincorporated Clay County cannot let amplified sound carry past their property line between midnight and 7 a.m. Section 15-5(c)(3) applies the boundary-line test only during those overnight hours; between 7 a.m. and midnight, alcoholic beverage establishments are exempt from the general amplified-sound rule entirely.
Clay County Bar Noise Curfew Midnight-7am
Some RestrictionsClay County Code of Ordinances § 15-5(c)(3)
Prohibition as to alcoholic beverage establishment. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this subsection for a person on the premises of any alcoholic beverage establishment to make or cause or to permit if within his or her control the making or causing of any artificially amplified sound or noise between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. that is heard or capable of being heard by a per...
Low-Frequency Bass Limits
Clay County makes it a civil infraction to run a car media player, radio or sound system loud enough that a person of ordinary hearing can pick it up inside another vehicle's fully sealed passenger compartment on any public or private road. The rule targets bass-heavy stereo noise bleeding between cars, not indoor amplified sound.
Clay County Bans Audible Car Stereo Bass
Some RestrictionsClay County Code of Ordinances § 15-5(c)(4)
(4)Prohibition as to vehicle. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this subsection for a person operating a motor vehicle upon any public or private road or right-of-way to use or operate or to permit to be used or operated within or upon such motor vehicle any media player, radio device or sound producing instrument that produces any sound or noise that is heard by a person of ordinary hear...
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