Showing ordinances that apply to Pecan Acres CDP (part), Tarrant County, Texas, TX
Pecan Acres CDP (part), Tarrant County, Texas is an unincorporated community (population 2,914) in Tarrant County, Texas. Because Pecan Acres CDP (part), Tarrant County, Texas is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Tarrant County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The bar & nightclub noise rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Unincorporated Tarrant County has no bar or nightclub noise ordinance. TABC license conditions and state disorderly conduct law are the only sound-related controls in rural areas.
Counties in Texas cannot enact the nightlife-focused noise rules common in cities, so unincorporated Tarrant County does not restrict hours of amplified sound at bars, dance halls, icehouses, or nightclubs beyond state law. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission licenses alcohol service and can impose conditions or discipline licensees whose operations create law enforcement issues. A pattern of disorderly conduct complaints under TX Penal Code 42.01 can support protest of a license renewal. The Tarrant County Sheriff responds to noise calls and may cite unreasonable sound above 85 dB after warning. Most nightlife in Tarrant County is concentrated inside city limits, especially Fort Worths West 7th, Stockyards, and Sundance Square districts, where municipal sound ordinances apply.
TABC license discipline for patterns of violations. TX Penal Code 42.01 disorderly conduct: up to $500. No county-specific bar noise fine exists.
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