Amplified music rules in Nueces County, TX — also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances — set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Nueces County sets no noise ordinance. Corpus Christi Code § 31-2 makes playing any radio, instrument, or sound amplifier a noise nuisance when it disturbs neighbors, and § 31-3 caps received sound at 70 dB(A) daytime / 60 dB(A) at night at the property line.
A Texas county cannot regulate amplified music, so unincorporated Nueces County has no rule. Within Corpus Christi, Code § 31-2(1) declares the playing of any radio, television, drum, juke box, musical instrument, or sound amplifier a noise nuisance when done so loudly or continuously as to disturb reasonable neighbors. Any amplified sound must also stay under the § 31-3 property-line caps: 70 dB(A) between 8:01 a.m.–11:00 p.m. (to midnight Fri/Sat) and 60 dB(A) overnight. The downtown/bayfront Entertainment District allows up to 85 dB(A). Outside the city, loud parties fall under Texas disorderly conduct.
In Corpus Christi, amplified-music noise nuisances are misdemeanors under § 31-8, fined per § 1-6, each act and each day a separate violation.
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