Amplified music rules in Henrico County, VA — also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances — set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Henrico County Code Sec. 10-68(2) bans radios, speakers, instruments and amplifiers, indoors or out, that are plainly audible inside a neighbor's dwelling, or at 50+ feet in residential areas between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. No decibel meter is used.
The Sound-producing and sound-reproducing devices provision lists radios, phonographs, TVs, projectors, discs, digital/MP3/DVD players, instruments, microphones, loudspeakers and amplifiers. It applies whether the device is inside or outside a structure. Overnight (11 p.m.-7 a.m.) the residential trigger is 50 feet; inside another's dwelling it is prohibited whenever plainly audible. It does not apply to commercial establishments in urban-mixed-use zones, nor 7 a.m.-11 p.m. to recreational, athletic, commercial, industrial or other non-residential sources.
Sec. 10-67: fines up to $500, $1,000, then $2,500. Between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. a device-noise charge requires an officer to witness the violation (Sec. 10-67(b)).
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