Greenburgh, NY Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)

Section 380-6B of the Noise chapter puts outdoor amplified sound, whether from a concert, block party, commercial advertising campaign or a speaker system, under a permit requirement administered by the Town Clerk rather than an outright ban. The written application must specify the purpose, location and duration of the broadcast and state the anticipated volume level in decibels measured at the boundary or property line of the site. If the sound will be broadcast in or bordering a residential zone, the applicant must also name a responsible individual, with an address and phone number, who can control the sound during the event.

The Town Clerk is not limited to that checklist: under § 380-6C the Clerk may impose whatever additional conditions are reasonably necessary to protect public health, safety and welfare and to hold noise to the § 380-4 unreasonably-intrusive-noise standard. A denial, or the conditions attached to an approval, can be appealed to the Town Board under § 380-6D, and the Town Board can also entertain a challenge to a granted permit if at least 25 Town residents petition against it. Not every amplified sound needs this permit: § 380-5F and § 380-5G exempt private, noncommercial amplified sound and amplified noncommercial speech so long as it stays at or under 65 dBA measured from the nearest complaining neighbor's property. Amplified sound used for commercial advertising or solicitation without a Clerk permit is separately barred by § 380-7J.