Lansing, MI Noise from Specific Sources: Car Alarm Limits (2026)

Burglar Alarms. Sounding or permitting the sounding of any burglar alarm or other alarm or any safety or warning device on any building or motor vehicle, unless such burglar alarm terminates its operation within fifteen minutes of its being activated. Any vehicle upon which a burglar alarm has been installed shall prominently display the telephone number at which communication may be made with the owner of such motor vehicle. All burglar alarms which emit a sound which is clearly audible at any residential property line shall be equipped and required to automatically shut off the sound not later than fifteen minutes after it has begun.(k)Air Conditioning and Air Handling Devices. The operation of air conditioning, air handling devices, refrigeration devices or other compressors causing a continuous sound level in excess of fifty-five dBA measured at any property line in residential areas. This subsection shall not apply if the sound from the air conditioner or air handling device produces less than a three dBA increase in the sound level that exists in the absence of such sound. (Ord. No. 739, 12-22-86)