Babylon, NY Noise from Specific Sources: Bar & Nightclub Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Limit
- 95 dB(A)
- Duration trigger
- sustained 30+ seconds
- Measured at
- customer-occupied area
- Exception
- posted hearing-damage warning sign
Summary
Restaurants, bars, cafes, discotheques and dance halls in the Town of Babylon can't let sound devices exceed 95 dB(A) for more than 30 seconds where customers sit, unless they post a hearing-damage warning sign.
No person shall operate or permit to be operated a place of public entertainment, including but not limited to a restaurant, bar, cafe, discotheque or dance hall in which the playing of any sound reproduction device or similar device creates a sound level in excess of 95 dB(A) sustained for more than 30 seconds at any point that is normally occupied by a customer, unless a conspicuous and legible sign is located outside such place near each public entrance stating "Sound Levels Within May Cause Permanent Hearing Impairment."
L. Sound reproduction devices.
(1) No person shall operate or cause to be operated a sound reproduction device that produces unreasonable or unnecessary noise. The operation of any such device in such a manner as to create unnecessary or unreasonable noise across a real property boundary or the operation of such device by a passenger on a common carrier in such a way as to disturb any other person on a common carrier is prohibited.
(2)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4941158; v66 updated 2026-05-13; through 05-13-2026).
Full Breakdown
Town of Babylon Code § 156-9K limits sound levels inside any place of public entertainment, including a restaurant, bar, cafe, discotheque or dance hall, from a sound reproduction device to 95 dB(A) sustained more than 30 seconds at any spot normally occupied by a customer. An operator can exceed that level only by posting a conspicuous sign at every public entrance reading "Sound Levels Within May Cause Permanent Hearing Impairment." The rule sits inside the town's noise chapter covering West Babylon, North Babylon, Deer Park, Copiague, Wyandanch and the other Suffolk County hamlets this code governs.
Violations & Fines
Operating over the 95 dB(A) threshold without the required warning sign is enforceable under § 156-18, punishable by criminal or civil fines set in §§ 1-15 through 1-17 of the Town Code.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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