Goodyear, AZ Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Goodyear, AZ, also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances, set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Key Facts
- Requires
- Chief of Police permission first
- Covers
- Sound trucks, vehicle-mounted loudspeakers/amplifiers
- Standard
- Emits 'loud and raucous noises'
- Not covered
- Non-vehicle amplified sound (falls under (C))
- Default penalty
- Up to $2,500 fine / 6 months jail
Summary
Goodyear requires a permit from the Chief of Police before anyone can operate a sound truck, loudspeaker or sound amplifier mounted on a vehicle, under City Code § 11-1-8(B). Without that advance permission, running any vehicle-mounted amplifier, radio or phonograph loud speaker that emits loud and raucous noises is a citable offense, separate from the general nuisance and unreasonably-loud-volume rules that apply elsewhere in the section.
(B) Prohibited noises. It is unlawful to play, operate or use any device known as a sound truck, loud speaker or sound amplifier, radio or phonograph with loud speaker or sound amplifier, or any instrument of any kind or character which emits loud and raucous noises and is attached to and upon any vehicle unless such person in charge of such vehicle shall have first applied to and received permission from the Chief of Police to operate any such vehicle so equipped.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-1648, passed April 27, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 11-1-8(B), titled Prohibited noises, targets amplified sound mounted on a vehicle specifically. It bars operating any device known as a sound truck, loud speaker or sound amplifier, radio or phonograph with loud speaker or sound amplifier, or any instrument of any kind or character which emits loud and raucous noises and is attached to and upon any vehicle, unless the person in charge of the vehicle has first applied to and received permission from the Chief of Police to run the equipped vehicle. That makes vehicle-mounted amplified sound, the kind used for mobile advertising, campaign sound trucks, ice cream trucks with music, or promotional vehicles, a permit-first activity rather than a complaint-driven nuisance like the rest of § 11-1-8.
The subsection does not specify a fee schedule, application form or review timeline for the Police Chief's permission, leaving the approval process to police department discretion. It predates the 2023 rewrite of subsections (C) through (I) by Ordinance 23-1596, so it remains the original Prohibited noises language carried forward from the 1996-era code. Stationary or portable amplified sound not attached to a vehicle, such as a backyard speaker or a store's outdoor PA system, falls instead under the general unreasonably-loud-volume standard in subsection (C), not the permit requirement in (B).
Violations & Fines
Operating a vehicle-mounted sound truck, loudspeaker or amplifier without the Chief of Police's prior permission is enforceable under the citywide misdemeanor penalty in Article 1-8, up to a $2,500 fine for an individual or $20,000 for a business, or up to six months in jail, with each day of unauthorized operation charged separately. The City may alternatively pursue the violation as a civil code violation under Chapter 18.
Frequently Asked Questions
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