Pageland, SC Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Pageland, SC, also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances, set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Key Facts
- Restricted hours
- Midnight to 8:00 a.m., plus all day Sunday
- Standard
- Loud enough to disturb community repose
- Home exception
- Radio/TV/games at non-disturbing volume
- Penalty
- $100 to $500 fine
- Governing section
- Sec. 22-26
Summary
Pageland bans operating any musical device loudly enough to disturb the community's repose between midnight and 8 a.m., and at any hour on Sunday. A home radio or TV kept at a reasonable volume is exempt.
It shall be unlawful to operate after 12:00 midnight and prior to 8:00 a.m., or at any time during Sunday, any musical device of any nature, however operated, that is operated so loudly as to make a noise to disturb the repose of the community, provided that this section shall not prohibit the operation of a radio, television, electronic games, or other such instruments in the home, which are so operated as not to disturb the peace.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 1).
Full Breakdown
Town Code Sec. , or at any time during Sunday, any musical device of any nature, however operated, that is operated so loudly as to make a noise to disturb the repose of the community. The section carves out an exception for ordinary household use: it does not prohibit operating a radio, television, electronic games, or other such instruments in the home, so long as they are operated so as not to disturb the peace. A companion section, Sec. 22-25, separately bars operating any coin-operated mechanical music device in a place of business at any time in a manner that disturbs the repose or tranquility of the community, showing the town treats commercial jukebox-style noise and general amplified music as related but distinct problems within the same article.
Sec. 22-27 rounds out the article by making disorderly behavior at public halls or places of amusement, entering in a drunken condition, or interrupting a performance separately unlawful. All three sections fall under the single penalty clause that closes the article.
Violations & Fines
Operating a loud musical device between midnight and 8:00 a.m., or at any time on Sunday, so as to disturb the community's repose violates Sec. 22-26. Sec. 22-31 sets the article's penalty at a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, plus revocation of the business license where the offense occurred if a business is involved.
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Sources & Official References
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