Amplified music rules in Chatham County, GA — also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances — set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Savannah bars operating a radio, TV, phonograph, amplifier, or loudspeaker so as to create a noise disturbance across a property line. Bars, taverns, and nightclubs whose sound is plainly audible beyond the premises are automatically in violation.
City of Savannah §9-2036(a) prohibits operating any radio, television, phonograph, amplifier, loudspeaker, or similar device so as to create a noise disturbance across a real property boundary or within a noise-sensitive area, unless a permit was issued. Bars, taverns, lounges, nightclubs, dancehalls, and game rooms producing sound plainly audible beyond the premises are deemed noise disturbances. Sound plainly audible from a vehicle or to others in a public place is also barred. In unincorporated Chatham County, §11-101(1)(h) prohibits playing a radio, amplifier, record player, tape player, or musical instrument where the sound can be heard beyond the building, premises, or vehicle, absent a sound-equipment permit.
Misdemeanor under Savannah §9-2041 and Chatham County Chapter 11; abatement and permit revocation may follow.
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