Moore, OK Noise from Specific Sources: Bar & Nightclub Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Required sign
- Hearing-impairment warning at each public entrance
- Sign placement
- Within 5 feet of entrance, 5 feet high
- Governing section
- City Code § 10-414
- Sign is not a shield
- Venue still can't violate other noise limits
- Enforcement
- Municipal offense under § 10-418
Summary
Any Moore place of public entertainment running a loudspeaker or sound amplifier while patrons could be present must post a hearing-impairment warning sign at each public entrance, under City Code § 10-414. Skipping the sign, or running sound loud enough to disturb neighbors, is a noise-code violation prosecuted as a municipal offense.
Operating or permitting to be operated in any place of public entertainment during any hour of operation when patrons or customers may be expected to be present, any loudspeaker or sound amplifier which produces, reproduces or amplifies sound, or which produces a noise disturbance at a point normally to be occupied by a patron or customer, unless a conspicuous legible sign is posted at or within five feet of each public entrance and not more than five feet above the level of the ground, floor, or other entrance threshold, readable by a person with 20/20 vision at a distance not less than ten feet from the loudspeaker or amplifier, which sign shall state: "WARNING: SOUND LEVELS WITHIN MAY CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING IMPAIRMENT"
Full Breakdown
City Code § 10-414 targets bars, nightclubs and similar venues through its place-of-public-entertainment clause. Operating, or permitting the operation of, a loudspeaker or sound amplifier during any hour when patrons or customers may be present is a violation unless a conspicuous, legible sign is posted at or within five feet of each public entrance, no more than five feet above the ground or floor, readable by a person with 20/20 vision from at least ten feet away, stating 'WARNING: SOUND LEVELS WITHIN MAY CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING IMPAIRMENT.' Posting the sign does not give a venue a free pass to run sound at any volume: the same subsection says it shall not be construed to allow operating a loudspeaker or amplifier in a manner that violates the section's other prohibitions, meaning a bar still cannot let sound spill out and create a plainly audible noise disturbance in the surrounding area, particularly between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. near dwellings, or within 500 feet of a school, church, hospital or court during those same hours.
Section 10-418 makes any violation, missing sign or excess sound, a municipal offense, with the city able to charge a continuing disturbance once per day or an intermittent one separately each time, and to seek an injunction against a repeat offender.
Violations & Fines
Running a loudspeaker or amplifier in a place of public entertainment without the required hearing-impairment warning sign at each entrance, or letting the sound spill out and create a disturbance elsewhere under the noise code, violates § 10-414 and is a municipal offense under § 10-418. Continuous violations count once per day; intermittent ones are charged separately each time, and repeat offenders can face an injunction.
Frequently Asked Questions
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