10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
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East Baton Rouge Parish has no numeric parish-wide overnight curfew, but Sec. 12:100 bans loud and raucous noise offensive to ordinary sensibilities anytime, and Sec. 12:101 flags amplified sound and other acts that disturb repose.
Baton Rouge/EBRP Code Sec. 12:100
No person shall make or cause to be made any loud and raucous noise in the parish which is offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities and which renders the enjoyment of life or property uncomfortable or interferes with public peace and comfort.
In East Baton Rouge Parish, loud construction work in or next to a residential area is allowed only between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays. No Sunday work, absent an urgent public-safety permit from Public Works.
Baton Rouge/EBRP Code Sec. 12:101(9) (as amended by Ord. 19-01373)
The creation of loud and raucous noise by construction work in or adjacent to a residential area other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00pm on weekdays and Saturdays, except in the case of urgent necessity in the interest of public safety for which permission must be obtained from the director of public works.
In East Baton Rouge Parish, excessive barking and excessive noise-making by an animal are declared a nuisance under Title 14 (Animals). Animal Control warns first, then issues a summons on a repeat complaint within 15 days.
East Baton Rouge Parish sets no leaf-blower-specific decibel or time limit. Leaf blowers are governed by the general loud and raucous noise ban in Sec. 12:100 if they disturb the peace, quiet, comfort or repose of neighbors.
Sec. 12:101 bans playing any radio, stereo, instrument or sound device, from a stationary location or a vehicle, at a volume that disturbs the peace, quiet, comfort or repose of nearby residences or public places.
Baton Rouge/EBRP Code Sec. 12:101(2)
The playing of any radio, phonograph, tape, compact disc, musical instrument or any other machine or device capable of producing or reproducing sound, from a stationary location in such a manner, or with such volume as to disturb the peace, quiet, comfort, or repose of persons in any dwelling, apartment, hotel, or other type of residence or in any public place.
East Baton Rouge Parish sets no aircraft-noise ordinance. Aircraft and airport noise are preempted by the FAA under federal law; the local noise code (Title 12, Ch. 2) does not regulate overflights.
East Baton Rouge Parish has no separate industrial decibel zoning table. Stationary engines, boilers and machinery are covered by Sec. 12:100 and 12:101, which require mufflers on exhaust and ban loud, raucous noise that disturbs the public.
Baton Rouge/EBRP Code Sec. 12:101(7)
The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any stationary steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, or motor boat engine, except through a muffler or other device which will effectively and efficiently prevent loud noises.
East Baton Rouge Parish uses a mostly qualitative loud and raucous noise standard rather than blanket residential decibel caps. The one numeric limit is 85 decibels for a vehicle sound system audible more than 25 feet away on public property.
Outdoor amplified music and PA systems fall under Sec. 12:103: no mechanical loudspeaker or sound amplifier may operate within 150 feet of a residence's property line except between 8:00 a.m. and sunset, and it may not emit unreasonably loud noise.
Baton Rouge/EBRP Code Sec. 12:103(a)(1)
No mechanical loudspeaker or sound amplifier may be operated within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the property line of the premises of a residence, except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and sunset, as designated by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation.
East Baton Rouge Parish prohibits vehicle sound systems that exceed 85 decibels audible more than 25 feet away on a public street, highway or park. Defective or loud exhaust, horns and mufflers are also regulated under Sec. 12:101.
Baton Rouge/EBRP Code Sec. 12:101(5)
The use of any automobile, motorcycle, bus, streetcar, bus, or vehicle so out of repair or so loaded, which emits or creates loud grating, grinding, or rattling noise.
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