Clackamas County, OR Noise from Specific Sources: Car Alarm Limits (2026)

4. Emergency Signaling Devices: The intentional sounding or permitting the sounding outdoors of any emergency signaling device including fire, burglar, civil defense alarm, car alarm, siren, whistle, or similar emergency signaling device, except in an emergency.

5. Radios, Televisions, Stereos, Musical Instruments and Similar Devices: The use or operation of a radio, television, stereo, musical instrument, or similar device, including but not limited to computers, mp3 players, and cellular phones, that produces or reproduces sound in a manner that is plainly audible to any person other than the player(s) or operator(s) of the device, and those who are voluntarily listening to the sound, and which unreasonably disturbs the peace, quiet, and comfort of neighbors as received or perceived in dwellings or noise sensitive areas or passers-by, or is plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet from any person in a noise sensitive area.

6. Loudspeakers, Amplifiers, Public Address Systems and Similar Devices: The unreasonably loud and raucous use or operation of a loudspeaker, amplifier, public address system, or other device for producing or reproducing sound between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following day in the following areas:

a. Within or in proximity to dwellings or noise sensitive areas.

b. Within the public space if the sound is plainly audible across the real property line of the public space from which the sound emanates, and is unreasonably loud.