Noise Ordinances in York County, SC (2026)

York County, S.C. Code § 56.016(A), (B)(16)

(A) Prohibited noise generally. It shall be unlawful for any person to make or continue, or cause to be made or continued, any unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise, or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others, within the unincorporated limits of York County. ... (16) Yelling, shouting, etc. Yelling, shouti...

York County Code §56.016

In conducting any building operations between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., to operate or use any piledrivers, steam shovels, pneumatic hammers, derricks, steam or electric hoists or other apparatus, the use of which is attended with loud or unusual noise, in any block in which more than half of the buildings on either side of the street are used exclusively for residential purposes.

York County, S.C. Code § 56.016(B)(1); § 56.017(C)

(1) Animals, birds, etc. The keeping of any animal which by causing frequent or long-continued noise shall disturb the comfort or repose of any persons in the vicinity. ... (C) Citation of violators or property owners. After receiving a complaint and upon a finding by a public officer of a violation, any offender or property owner shall have an opportunity to immediately abate the offending...

York County Code §56.016

Sound produced by operating or permitting the operation of any mechanically powered saw, drill, sander, router, grinder, lawn or garden tool, lawnmower, agricultural related equipment or activities, or other similar device used between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. and which activity did not produce a sound exceeding 85 dB(A) when measured from the nearest residential property where the ...

York County, S.C. Code § 56.016(B)(12)

(12) Sound-amplifying devices generally. Operating or causing or permitting to be operated any automatic or electrical piano, phonograph, graphophone, victrola, radio or loudspeakers, or any instrument or sound-producing or sound-amplifying device of like character, so loud as to unreasonably disturb persons in the vicinity thereof or in such a manner as to render the instrument or device a p...

York County, S.C. Code § 56.016(B)(18), (18)(h)

(18) Residential areas. In any residentially zoned area or within 300 feet of any residentially occupied structure in any zone, the noise resulting from any activity, whether open or enclosed, shall not exceed 60 decibels at any point on or beyond the lot line. ... (h) In any residentially zoned area or within 300 feet of any residentially occupied structure in any zone, the noise resulting fro...

York County, S.C. Code § 56.016(B)(6), (8), (17)

(6) Noisy exhausts. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motorboat or motor vehicle except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom. ... (8) Horns and other signaling devices. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehi...