Kissimmee, FL Noise from Specific Sources: Low-Frequency Bass Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Legal test
- Rhythmic bass audible unaided
- No meter required
- Sec. 22-23(b)
- Enforced by
- Code Enforcement & KPD
- Residential night rule
- Audible at 15 ft, 10pm-7am
Summary
Kissimmee's noise ordinance defines "plainly audible" to specifically include a rhythmic bass reverberation you can feel or hear through walls: officers don't need to identify the song, just the thumping bass, to cite a violation.
Plainly audible means any sound that can be detected by a person using his or her unaided hearing faculties who has a direct line of sight and hearing to the source of the noise. The person need not determine particular words or phrases, or the name of any song or artist: the detecting of a rhythmic bass reverberating sound is sufficient.
Property means any parcel of land or structures thereon which are held under title, deed, or other form of legal documentation by a public or private entity. Use of the term "property" in the Code may refer to the area from which a noise is projecting or the area into which a noise is projecting.
Property line means a line along the surface, and its vertical plane extension, which separates the real property owned, rented or leased by one person from that owned, rented or leased by another person, excluding intrabuilding real property divisions.
Public space means any real property or structure thereon, normally accessible to the public.
Residential area means any area where the current use of the land is residential.
Right-of-way means the strip of land dedicated for pedestrian and vehicular movement, which may also accommodate public utilities. The term right-of-way includes public and private rights-of-way.
Sound means energy which is transmitted by pressure waves in air or other materials and is the objective cause of the sensation of hearing. Commonly called noise, if unwanted.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
The definitions section of Kissimmee's Noise Control Ordinance (Ch. 22, Art. II) sets the legal test officers use to write a citation: sound is "plainly audible" if an unaided listener with a line of sight to the source can detect it, and the ordinance says detecting "a rhythmic bass reverberating sound" satisfies that test on its own, no need to identify a song or artist. This standard backs the residential nighttime rule (Sec. 22-25(a): audible at 15 feet from the property line, 10 p.m.-7 a.m.) and the mixed-use/loudspeaker rules in Secs. 22-25(b) and 22-27, and Sec. 22-23(b) confirms no sound meter or independent witness is required to enforce it.
Violations & Fines
Cited as a noncriminal infraction by Code Enforcement or Kissimmee PD under Sec. 22-26; 30 days to pay or request a hearing before a late penalty and collections referral apply.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do officers need a decibel meter to cite bass noise?
Does this rule apply outside Kissimmee city limits?
Sources & Official References
Other rules in Kissimmee
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