Amplified music rules in Genesee County, MI — also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances — set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Genesee County sets no amplified-sound rule countywide. Cities and townships do. Flint bans radios, instruments and sound amplifiers that create a noise disturbance across a property line, or at 50 feet from a vehicle or boat.
Amplified music in Genesee County is governed by municipal ordinances, not the county. Flint's ordinance (§ 31-72(b)(1)) makes it unlawful to operate or play any radio, television, phonograph, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier or similar device that creates a noise disturbance across a real property boundary, or that creates a disturbance at 50 feet from a vehicle on a public right-of-way or a boat on public waters. Places of public entertainment may not exceed 100 dB(A) at a customer position without a hearing-warning sign (§ 31-72(b)(7)). Other Genesee communities have parallel amplified-sound provisions; Grand Blanc similarly limits vehicle-mounted amplifiers to no disturbance at 50 feet.
Set locally. Amplified-music violations in Flint carry a fine up to $1,500 or 90 days' jail; public-entertainment venues over 100 dB(A) without a sign also violate the code.
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