5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Mobile County, Alabama.
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Unincorporated Mobile County sets no quiet hours. Alabama counties cannot pass general noise ordinances, so the only limit is state disorderly-conduct law, Ala. Code §13A-11-7, which makes unreasonable noise a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code §13A-11-7
A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he or she does any of the following: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent tumultuous or threatening behavior. (2) Makes unreasonable noise. ... Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.
Unincorporated Mobile County sets no construction-hour limits. The county cannot zone or regulate work times, so building may proceed day or night, bounded only by the disorderly-conduct bar on unreasonable noise, Ala. Code §13A-11-7.
Ala. Code §13A-11-7
A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he or she does any of the following: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent tumultuous or threatening behavior. (2) Makes unreasonable noise. ... Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.
No Mobile County ordinance limits barking in unincorporated areas. A dog owner who recklessly allows persistent barking to disturb neighbors can be charged with disorderly conduct under Ala. Code §13A-11-7, a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code §13A-11-7
A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he or she does any of the following: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent tumultuous or threatening behavior. (2) Makes unreasonable noise. ... Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.
No Alabama statute and no Mobile County ordinance restrict leaf blowers. In unincorporated areas they run at any hour; the only backstop is the disorderly-conduct bar on unreasonable noise, Ala. Code §13A-11-7.
Unincorporated Mobile County has no amplified-sound permit or curfew. Loud speakers, bands, and parties are governed only by state disorderly-conduct law, Ala. Code §13A-11-7, which makes unreasonable noise a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code §13A-11-7
A person commits the crime of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he or she does any of the following: (1) Engages in fighting or in violent tumultuous or threatening behavior. (2) Makes unreasonable noise. ... Disorderly conduct is a Class C misdemeanor.
1 cities in Mobile County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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