Bridgeport, CT Noise from Specific Sources: Car Alarm Limits (2026)

040(D)(3) strips that protection from vehicle alarms in specific situations. The first proviso addresses duration. Once a car's burglar or intrusion alarm activates, it must terminate within 30 minutes; an alarm still sounding past that point is unlawful no matter what set it off. The second addresses repetition. The section says repeated activation of the audible signal caused by malfunction, lack of proper maintenance, or lack of reasonable care "shall not be excluded" and is unlawful. Read together, the provisos mean a working alarm that sounds once and shuts itself down inside the 30 minute window stays exempt, while an alarm that keeps re-triggering because its owner has not repaired or maintained it loses the exemption even if each individual episode is brief.

80, enforced through that chapter's penalty: a flat $100 fine payable to the city of Bridgeport, with each day the violation continues treated as a separate offense. Because the fine runs by the day, a parked car whose faulty alarm misfires night after night can generate a fresh $100 violation for every day the condition goes unfixed. The practical takeaway the ordinance points to is simple: keep the alarm maintained and make sure it shuts off well inside 30 minutes.