Farmersville, TX Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Farmersville, TX, also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances, set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Key Facts
- Covered devices
- radios, PA systems, amplifiers, loudspeakers
- Per se hours
- 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. residential/quiet zone
- Buffer
- within 500 feet of a residence or quiet zone
- Also covers
- mobile advertising sound trucks
- Maximum fine
- $2,000 per offense
- Governing section
- Sec. 44-50(d)
Summary
Farmersville bans amplified music and loudspeakers that create a noise disturbance, with an automatic nighttime violation built in. City Code section 44-50(d)(1) makes playing a radio, PA system, amplifier or other sound device within a residential district or quiet zone, or within 500 feet of one, a noise disturbance per se between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(d)Radios, television sets, musical instruments, loud speaking amplifiers and similar devices.(1)The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated any sound production or reproduction device, radio, receiving set, musical instrument, drums, phonograph, television set, loudspeakers and sound amplifiers or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound within a residential district, or quiet zone, or within 500 feet of any residence or quiet zone, in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance. Furthermore, any such activity shall create a noise disturbance per se if conducted between the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.(2)The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated any sound production or reproduction device, radio, receiving set, musical instrument, drums, phonograph, television set, loudspeaker and sound amplifiers or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound within a nonresidential area in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance.
Full Breakdown
Section 44-50(d) of the Farmersville Code of Ordinances addresses radios, television sets, musical instruments, loud speaking amplifiers and similar devices in four numbered parts. m. Subsection (d)(2) applies the same general ban to sound equipment used in nonresidential areas, without the automatic nighttime trigger. Subsections (d)(3) and (d)(4) extend the ban to amplified sound used to attract attention to a cause or demonstration, a sale, or a performance, including sound equipment mounted on trucks or other moving vehicles for advertising. within a residential district faces a violation on those facts alone.
Violations & Fines
Section 44-1 classifies chapter 44 noise offenses as fire-safety/public-health violations, punishable under section 1-3(a)(1) by a fine up to $2,000.00 per offense, with section 1-4 making each day of continued amplified noise a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does the amplified sound rule cover mobile advertising trucks?
Is amplified music allowed in commercial areas at night?
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Sources & Official References
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