10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Summit County, Ohio.
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Summit County's countywide Noise Nuisance Code (§509.08) defines "night time" as 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. weekdays and 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. weekends and holidays, when noise limits tighten. It applies in every township, village, and municipality in the county.
Summit County Codified Ordinances §509.08(a)(6)
Night time means the hours from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. weekdays and 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. weekends and holidays.
Summit County's Noise Nuisance Code exempts construction sounds occurring between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Construction outside those hours can be cited as a noise nuisance. The rule applies across all townships, villages, and municipalities in the county.
Summit County Codified Ordinances §509.08(e)(6)-(7)
Construction sounds occurring between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. [are exempt]. Refuse collection occurring between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. [is exempt].
Summit County §509.08(b)(2) prohibits keeping any animal that, by frequent and habitual barking, howling, or yelping, creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises disturbing the peace, quiet, and good order of the county. It reiterates the county's Animal Control chapter.
Summit County Codified Ordinances §509.08(b)(2)
No person shall keep or harbor within the County any animal which, by frequent and habitual barking, howling, yelping or any other audible nuisance, creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises of such a character, intensity and duration as to disturb the peace, quiet, and good order of the County.
Summit County has no dedicated countywide leaf-blower ordinance. Gas leaf-blower noise is governed by the general Noise Nuisance Code (§509.08), which bars unreasonably loud sound and exempts equipment sounds only between construction-type hours. Individual cities may impose stricter leaf-blower limits.
Summit County §509.08(b)(1)A prohibits frequent, habitual use of a radio, stereo, loudspeaker system, or other sound-reproduction device that creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noise disturbing the peace, quiet, and comfort of a reasonable person. It applies countywide.
Summit County Codified Ordinances §509.08(b)(1)A
Frequent and habitual use of a radio, stereo, television, tape or CD player, musical instrument, phonograph, loud speaker system, or other machine or device for the production or reproduction of sound... which creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises... so as to disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of any reasonable person of normal sensitivity residing in the County.
Summit County does not regulate aircraft noise. Aviation noise is preempted by federal law; the FAA and airport operators handle it through Part 150 noise-compatibility programs. Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) runs an FAA-approved noise program for the area.
Summit County has no separate industrial-noise decibel code, but §509.08 applies its non-residential recommended limits (67 dBA day / 62 dBA night) and general nuisance ban to businesses. Land-use control of industry rests with each city or township's zoning, not the county.
Summit County Codified Ordinances §509.08(c),(d)(1)
Non-residential area — Daytime 67 dBA, Nighttime 62 dBA. ... Whether the noise is produced by a commercial or noncommercial activity [is a factor considered in determining a violation].
Summit County §509.08(c) sets recommended maximum noise levels of 65 dBA daytime and 55 dBA nighttime in residential areas, and 67 dBA day / 62 dBA night in non-residential areas. A sound-level meter may be used but is not required to issue a citation.
Summit County Codified Ordinances §509.08(c)
Maximum Noise Level Recommendations. Residential Area — Daytime 65 dBA, Nighttime 55 dBA. Non-residential area — Daytime 67 dBA, Nighttime 62 dBA.
Outdoor music in Summit County is governed by §509.08's ban on unreasonably loud, disturbing sound. Lawfully scheduled festivals, parades, and concerts are exempt, and local subdivisions can issue permits. Residential nighttime noise should stay near 55 dBA.
Summit County Codified Ordinances §509.08(e)(4),(8)
Exempted from these nuisance noise regulations: ... Noises from lawfully scheduled sporting events, parades, fireworks, festivals and concerts. ... Permits exempting certain noises from this code may be authorized by the local political subdivision.
Summit County §509.08(b)(3) bars operating any vehicular radio, stereo, or noise-making device in public or private places that disturbs the neighborhood's peace. Vehicle sound audible more than 100 feet away is a factor in violations. Chapter 343 separately targets motor-vehicle sound equipment.
Summit County Codified Ordinances §509.08(b)(3)
No person shall operate or maintain any vehicular radio, stereo, CD player, or any noise-making device or noise-amplifying or noise-producing instrument or device in any public or private place, by which the peace and good order of the neighborhood is disturbed.
1 cities in Summit County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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