Layton, UT Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)

100, "Prohibition of Undesirable Emissions," regulates amplified sound from commercial and industrial properties. Subsection 2 permits exterior two-way conversation systems, drive-through intercoms and similar equipment, but only if the volume stays low enough that no message or conversation is intelligible once it crosses the property line, at any hour. Subsection 3 goes further for loudspeakers and music: exterior paging or public address systems, including telephone and music connections, are flatly prohibited at any commercial or industrial location in the city. A business that already had an outdoor PA system installed before the ordinance may keep operating it, but cannot expand it.

Institutional, park, and community uses are treated differently: an exterior PA system for those uses is evaluated case by case as part of the conditional use approval for the underlying use. The code carves out one more exception: temporary public address systems set up for public celebrations or rallies, such as a parade announcer system or a festival stage, are exempt from the restriction entirely. 06's general performance standards, which also cap vibration, dust, smoke, heat and glare at the lot line, so a business running an outdoor speaker system audible off-site risks the same 'objectionable degree' nuisance finding under the chapter's opening sentence. 050 treats each day a violation continues as a separate offense.