Rose Hill, NC Noise from Specific Sources: Car Alarm Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Rose Hill Code § 130.07(B)(1)
- Covers
- Horn/signal device while stationary
- Max fine
- $50
- Max jail term
- 30 days
- Ordinance date
- April 9, 2002
Summary
Rose Hill bans sounding a vehicle's horn or signal device while the vehicle is not in motion, the town's closest rule to an unwanted car-alarm or horn-noise complaint, treating it as a loud, raucous, and disturbing noise violation.
(1) The sounding of any horn or signal device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus, or other vehicle while not in motion, except as a danger signal if another vehicle is approaching apparently out of control, or if in motion only as a danger signal after, or as brakes are being applied and deceleration of the vehicle is intended; the creation by means of any such signal device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound; and the sounding of the device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time;
Full Breakdown
07(B)(1) declares it a violation of the noise chapter to sound any horn or signal device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus, or other vehicle while not in motion, except as a danger signal when another vehicle is approaching apparently out of control, or, if in motion, only as a danger signal as brakes are applied and deceleration is intended. The same subsection separately bars creating, by means of the signal device, any unreasonably loud or harsh sound, and sounding the device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time.
06, so a stationary vehicle repeatedly sounding its horn (the same disturbance a malfunctioning or improperly triggered alarm produces) is enforceable even without a separate alarm-specific ordinance. The provision traces to Prior Code Section 8-6009 and an ordinance passed April 9, 2002. The Rose Hill Police Department fields and enforces complaints about this kind of nighttime or repeated horn noise coming from a parked vehicle within town limits.
Violations & Fines
A violation is enforced through Section 130.06's general noise prohibition and punished under Section 130.99(D): a misdemeanor with a fine not to exceed $50 and/or imprisonment for up to 30 days, at the court's discretion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it illegal for a parked car to keep sounding its horn in Rose Hill?
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