Odessa, TX Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Odessa, TX, also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances, set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 8-2-2(2)
- Residential buffer hours
- 10 p.m.–midnight within 150 feet of homes
- Late-night citywide cutoff
- No outdoor amplification midnight–8 a.m.
- Hospital/school buffer
- 150 feet, anytime facility operating
- Maximum fine
- $500 per day, per violation
Summary
Odessa bans outdoor loudspeakers, amplifiers, and live musical instruments near dwellings after 10 p.m. and citywide after midnight, with a separate 150-foot buffer around hospitals and schools in session, under the city's noise ordinance.
(2) Loudspeakers, amplifiers and musical instruments. (A) A person that operates or causes to be operated a loudspeaker, amplifier or musical instrument under the following circumstances shall be guilty of an offense: ... (ii) The operation of a loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or musical instrument, not enclosed in a building, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight if the equipment is located within one hundred fifty (150) feet of a single-family, duplex, or multiple-family (multifamily) dwelling. (iii) ... between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 8:00 a.m. within the city limits.
Full Breakdown
Odessa's noise ordinance, City Code § 8-2-2(2), makes it an offense to operate an outdoor loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or musical instrument within 150 feet of a single-family, duplex, or multifamily dwelling between 10 p.m. and midnight. Between midnight and 8 a.m., no outdoor amplified sound or instrument is allowed anywhere in the city limits. The same section bars outdoor amplification within 150 feet of a hospital, an in-session school, a nursing home, or an outpatient surgical facility at any hour it operates. Anyone who runs, supervises, or contracts for the equipment can be charged, not just the performer.
Violations & Fines
Violating the loudspeaker or amplified-music hours and buffer rules carries a fine up to $500, with each day of violation counted as a separate offense under the city's general penalty section.
Frequently Asked Questions
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