Franklin, TN Noise Ordinances: Aircraft Noise (2026)

Any aircraft operated in conformity with, or pursuant to, federal law, federal air regulations, and air traffic control instruction used pursuant to and within the duly adopted federal air regulations shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter. Any aircraft operating under technical difficulties, in any kind of distress, under emergency orders of air traffic control or being operated pursuant to and subsequent to the declaration of an emergency under the federal air regulations shall also be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.

e. Any vehicle or equipment of the city or a public utility while engaged in necessary public business.

f. Excavations or repairs of bridges, streets, or highways by or on behalf of the city, the county, or the state during the night, when the public welfare and convenience renders it impossible to perform such work during the day.

g. Emergency activities of the city, the county or the state and emergency activities of public utilities when they are seeking to provide electricity, water or other public utility services and the public health, safety or welfare is involved.

h. Use of domestic power equipment (including, but not limited to, power lawn mowers, leaf blowers, trimmers, snowblowers, tillers, saws, sanders, drills or similar devices) between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

i. Attendant on-site noise and the playing of instruments connected with the actual performance