Louisburg, KS Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Louisburg, KS, also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances, set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Key Facts
- Standard
- disturbs peace of neighboring inhabitants
- Also violated by
- louder than needed for room's listeners
- Devices covered
- radios, TVs, instruments, phonographs
- Exempt
- emergency and public works vehicles
- Penalty
- up to $499 or 179 days (§1-116)
Summary
Louisburg City Code § 11-204(b) makes it unlawful to operate any radio, television, musical instrument, phonograph, or other device that produces or reproduces sound in a way that disturbs the peace, quiet, and comfort of neighboring inhabitants, or at any volume louder than needed for the people in the room, vehicle, or chamber where it is being voluntarily played.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use, operate or permit the use or operation of any mechanical or electronic device, radio receiving set, television, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is necessary for convenient hearing for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle or chamber in which such machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners thereto. "Neighboring Inhabitants" shall include persons living within or occupying residential districts of single- or multiple-family dwellings and shall include areas where multiple-unit dwellings and high-density residential districts are located.
Full Breakdown
Subsection (b) of the City's disturbance-of-peace ordinance targets amplified and reproduced sound specifically: mechanical or electronic devices, radio receivers, televisions, musical instruments, and phonographs are all named. The standard is not a decibel number but effect, whether the sound disturbs the peace, quiet, and comfort of 'neighboring inhabitants,' a term the section defines to include people living in single-family and multiple-family residential districts and high-density residential areas. A second, independent trigger applies even without a neighbor complaint: playing a device with louder volume than necessary for convenient hearing of the people actually in the room, vehicle, or chamber where it operates is itself a violation.
Section 11-204 carries its own enforcement mechanism in subsection (f), which makes any violation subject to municipal court action, and subsection (e) exempts sounds from emergency vehicles, public-safety vehicles, emergency Fire or Police Department activity, utility company emergencies, and public works vehicles and activities. Because subsection (f) does not fix a dollar figure, a conviction is punished under the Code's general penalty at § 1-116, up to $499, up to 179 days in jail, or both. The Louisburg Police Department investigates complaints and forwards charges to Municipal Court under Chapter 9.
Violations & Fines
A conviction under § 11-204(b) is punished under the Code's general penalty at § 1-116: a fine of not more than $499, imprisonment of not more than 179 days, or both, imposed by Louisburg Municipal Court. Emergency vehicles, Fire and Police Department activity, utility emergencies, and public works vehicles are exempt under subsection (e).
Frequently Asked Questions
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