Amplified music rules in Marion County, OR — also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances — set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Salem bars any amplified device, stereo, speaker or instrument whose sound is plainly audible inside a neighbor's dwelling, business or school. In the county, plainly-audible amplified sound in a dwelling between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. is prohibited.
Salem Revised Code 93.020(a) makes it unlawful to operate radios, televisions, stereos, tape recorders, amplifiers, loudspeakers or musical instruments so the sound is plainly audible within any dwelling unit, church, business, day care or school other than the source. In unincorporated Marion County within the Salem-Keizer UGB, MCC 8.45.060(C) bars sound from a musical instrument, radio, television, phonograph or loudspeaker that is plainly audible inside a neighbor's dwelling between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Daytime amplified music is still bounded by the county's decibel table.
Amplified-music violations are infractions in Salem and Class A violations in the county. Officers may cite the operator or the person permitting the sound.
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