Millcreek, PA Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)

The Code of the Township of Millcreek has no stand-alone amplified music ordinance. Amplified sound is regulated through the special event permit in Article VIII of Chapter 40 and through the Noise Control article. Section 40-59B lets the Township condition a special event permit with reasonable requirements on the time, place and manner of the event, and item (i) of its list of conditions is restrictions on use of amplified sound. Section 40-59B(2) adds that issuance of a special event permit does not exempt the event from compliance with the noise ordinance. Section 40-54 includes in the definition of special event any event that may exceed limits specified in the Noise Ordinance.

Section 40-51A exempts sounds from properties hosting events approved or permitted by the Township, so long as the event complies with all the terms and conditions of the permit. The two provisions sit side by side, so treat the amplified-sound conditions written into your permit as the limit and confirm them with the Office of Emergency Management before the event. Section 40-51F exempts school and Township activities, including amplified announcements at athletic events.

Without a permit, Table I in § 40-50 governs: 57 dB(A) by day and 52 dB(A) by night in CR, R-1, R-2 and R-3, 67 dB(A) in commercial districts and 77 dB(A) in industrial districts. Applications are due not less than 60 days before the event under § 40-56B, and the Office of Emergency Management approves, conditionally approves or denies within 21 days of a complete application. A denial can be appealed to the Township Supervisors within 14 days. The Township can revoke a permit for good cause under § 40-59C.