10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Lubbock County, Texas.
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Texas counties cannot zone, so Lubbock County has no county quiet-hours ordinance. Inside the City of Lubbock, mechanical and electronic devices in residential areas are restricted between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Unincorporated residents rely on the state disorderly-conduct law for late-night noise.
Lubbock Code of Ordinances Sec. 14.04.003(b)(8)
Operating or permitting to be operated, any mechanical, electrical, or electronic device in a residential area between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following day, or in such a manner as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the sleep, peace, comfort, or repose of neighboring persons of ordinary sensibilities.
Lubbock County cannot regulate construction hours in unincorporated areas. The City of Lubbock prohibits operating commercial construction, repair, alteration, or demolition equipment between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or whenever it unreasonably disturbs neighbors.
Lubbock Code of Ordinances Sec. 14.04.003(b)(4)
Operating or permitting to be operated any equipment used in commercial construction, repair, alteration, or demolition work on buildings, structures, streets, alleys, or appurtenances thereto, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following day, or in such a manner as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the sleep, peace, comfort, and repose of neighboring persons.
Lubbock County has no barking-dog noise ordinance for unincorporated areas. The City of Lubbock bans keeping any animal that, by frequent or habitual noisemaking, unreasonably disturbs neighbors. Unincorporated complaints fall under state disorderly-conduct and nuisance law.
Lubbock Code of Ordinances Sec. 14.04.003(b)(1)
Owning, keeping, possessing, or harboring any animal or animals which, by frequent or habitual noisemaking, unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the sleep, peace, comfort, or repose of neighboring persons of ordinary sensibilities.
No Lubbock County ordinance restricts leaf blowers. In the City of Lubbock, outdoor power equipment, including leaf blowers, cannot run in residential zones between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or whenever it unreasonably disturbs neighbors.
Lubbock Code of Ordinances Sec. 14.04.003(b)(5)
Operating or permitting to be operated any power equipment in residential zones outdoors between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following day, or in such a manner as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the sleep, peace, comfort, or repose of neighboring persons of ordinary sensibilities.
Lubbock County has no amplified-sound ordinance. The City of Lubbock bars loudspeakers or sound-amplifying equipment on public or private property for advertising, speeches, or music when they unreasonably disturb neighbors. A city permit of variance can authorize amplified events.
Lubbock Code of Ordinances Sec. 14.04.003(b)(3)
Operating or permitting to be operated any loudspeaker or sound amplifying equipment in a fixed or movable position in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park, place, or public or private property for the purpose of commercial advertising, giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures, or transmitting music to any persons or assemblages of persons.
Neither Lubbock County nor the City of Lubbock regulates aircraft noise. Aircraft operations and noise are governed exclusively by the Federal Aviation Administration under federal law, which preempts local ordinances. Complaints go to the FAA or Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.
Lubbock County cannot zone, so it sets no industrial-noise limit and no numeric standard for factories or commercial operations in unincorporated areas. The City of Lubbock applies a general nuisance standard to any noise source that unreasonably disturbs neighbors.
Lubbock Code of Ordinances Sec. 14.04.003(b)(10)
Any emanations of the human voice or noise from any other source, including but not limited to fireworks, motor vehicle horns or other noise-creating object, device or equipment, whether amplified or not, which unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the sleep, peace, comfort, or repose of neighboring persons of ordinary sensibilities.
Neither Lubbock County nor the City of Lubbock sets a general daytime decibel cap. Statewide, Texas presumes noise unreasonable above 85 decibels after notice. The city caps public-entertainment venues at 100 dBA unless a hearing-warning sign is posted.
Texas Penal Code Sec. 42.01(c)(2)
A noise is presumed to be unreasonable if the noise exceeds a decibel level of 85 after the person making the noise receives notice from a magistrate or peace officer that the noise is a public nuisance.
Lubbock County has no outdoor-music ordinance. The City of Lubbock bars operating radios, musical instruments, phonographs, and similar devices, in vehicles or on any property, in a way that unreasonably disturbs neighbors. Loud outdoor music can also be state disorderly conduct.
Lubbock Code of Ordinances Sec. 14.04.003(b)(2)
Operating or permitting to be operated in a fixed or movable position or mounted upon or within any vehicle in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, park, place, or public or private property any radio receiving set, musical instrument, television, phonograph, drum, or other machine or device for the production or reproduction of sound or vibrations.
Lubbock County sets no vehicle-noise ordinance. The City of Lubbock requires every motor vehicle to keep a working muffler, tailpipe, and resonator, with no cut-out or bypass, and bans tire-squealing. Statewide, loud vehicles can also be disorderly conduct.
Lubbock Code of Ordinances Sec. 14.04.004(a)
No person shall operate or cause to be operated any motor vehicle, unless the vehicle is equipped with an exhaust system which includes a tailpipe and resonator where the original vehicle design included a tailpipe and resonator.
1 cities in Lubbock County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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