Weber County, UT Noise from Specific Sources: Generator Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Covered parks
- South Fork Memorial, North Fork Park
- Presumed disturbance hours
- 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- Devices named
- Generators, motors, engines, audio devices
- PA systems
- Require written commissioner approval
- Scope
- Park boundaries only, not county-wide
- Default penalty
- Class B misdemeanor, up to $1,000
Summary
Inside Weber County South Fork Memorial Park and North Fork Park, running a generator or other motor-driven equipment loud enough to disturb other visitors is a prohibited act. Any generator, or other noise-producing device, running between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. is presumed under the park code to be disturbing others, regardless of actual volume.
Sec 26-1-3 Prohibited Acts ... Unlawful noise and other disturbing acts and behavior. It is a violation of this title to: Operate or use any audio device, including, but not limited to, radio, television, tape player, phonograph, stereo phonograph, musical instrument, or other noise producing device, such as electrical generator plants and equipment driven by motors or engines, at such times so as to disturb other persons. Such activity shall be presumed to disturb other persons if any such device or equipment is operated between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: ?).
Full Breakdown
Section 26-1-3(b)(1) of the county parks chapter lists electrical generator plants and equipment driven by motors or engines alongside radios, stereos, and musical instruments as noise-producing devices that may not be operated so as to disturb other persons within the two county-owned parks the chapter governs. is presumed to disturb other persons, so a complaint does not need to prove actual annoyance during those hours. The same subsection separately bars public address systems in the parks unless the board of county commissioners or its designated agent approves the use in writing.
This is a park-use ordinance, not a county-wide noise code: Section 26-1-1 states its purpose is to regulate activity specifically within South Fork Memorial Park and North Fork Park, and Section 26-1-2 lets the county's community services department, with the board's approval, adopt further rules for those parks. Weber County has no separate general nighttime generator-noise ordinance for unincorporated residential property outside these park boundaries in the code as adopted.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 26-1 does not carry its own penalty section, so a violation of Section 26-1-3's noise rules falls under the code's general penalty, Section 1-1-7: a fine not to exceed $1,000, the maximum for a class B misdemeanor under U.C.A. 1953 § 76-3-301, imprisonment, or both, with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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