Corpus Christi, TX Noise from Specific Sources: Low-Frequency Bass Limits (2026)

Sec. 31-4, titled "Vibration," is written as a stand-alone prohibition distinct from the dB(A) tables in Sec. " Because the test is whether a person on the adjoining property can feel the vibration without a meter, it squarely covers low-frequency bass, such as a subwoofer or amplified sound system, that a neighbor feels through walls or floors even where the airborne dB(A) reading would pass the Sec. 31-3 thresholds. The vehicular sound-amplification rule at Sec. outside the confines of the vehicle," which overlaps for mobile bass sources, but Sec.

31-4 is the general, source-neutral vibration standard covering stationary equipment like home stereos, subwoofers, and speakers. otherwise regulated under state or federal law" clause defers to state or federal vibration standards where they exist, but does not create a blanket exemption for residential or commercial sound systems. Like the rest of Chapter 31, a violation is a misdemeanor enforced under Sec. 31-8, punishable by the Sec. 00, with each day of continuing vibration a separate offense under Sec. 31-8(a), and Sec. 31-9 places liability on the resident, business operator, or person controlling the vibration source at the time of the offense.