Prescott Valley, AZ Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)

Town Code § 10-01-070(C)(2) regulates sound amplification systems in the Town of Prescott Valley. The definition is broad: any device, instrument or system, electrical or mechanical, for amplifying, producing or reproducing sound, including any radio, stereo, musical instrument, compact disc, or sound or musical recorder or player. Plainly audible means any sound that can be detected by a person using his or her unaided hearing faculties, so no meter reading is involved.

Subparagraph (b) sets the time-of-day limits for self-contained, portable, hand-held music or sound amplification systems on public property or public right-of-way. Between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., the sound cannot be plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet in any direction from the operator, and cannot cause a person to be aware of vibration accompanying the sound at fifty (50) feet or more. Between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., sound and vibration from the equipment cannot be plainly audible or detected by any person other than the operator.

Subparagraph (a) separately bars operating personal or commercial sound amplification systems at any time so that they are plainly audible at fifty (50) feet in any direction from the operator. Subsection C(3) prohibits sound trucks, loudspeakers, sound amplifiers or radios that emit loud and raucous noises and are attached to and upon any vehicle. Music played by a business is also covered by the unreasonably loud standard in C(1), with a rebuttable presumption above 60 dB(A) between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

Subsection D replaces these rules for noise created in the commercial area when it reaches a complainant's dwelling: amplified sound there is measured against Table 1. Subsection E exempts parades, concerts, festivals, fairs and similar activities that remain within sound limits approved by the Town, and school athletic, musical or cultural events. The penalty language was amended under Ord. No. 2025-955 on 06/26/25.