Warner Robins, GA Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Warner Robins, GA, also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances, set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Key Facts
- Daytime distance limit
- 300 feet, 7 a.m.-11 p.m./midnight
- Nighttime distance limit
- 100 feet, 11 p.m./midnight-7 a.m.
- Covered devices
- Radio, TV, stereo, phonograph amplifier
- Public address exception
- Noncommercial amplified speeches exempt
- Enforcing agency
- Warner Robins Police Department
Summary
Playing a radio, stereo, TV or amplifier loud enough to be heard 300 feet away is unlawful in Warner Robins between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. (midnight on weekends), and the threshold tightens to 100 feet overnight under Sec. 13-83(a)(1) and (b)(1).
Mechanical sound-making devices. It is unlawful for any person or persons to play, use, operate, or permit to be played, used, or operated any radio receiving device, television, stereo, musical instrument, phonograph sound amplifier or other machines or devices for the producing, reproducing or amplifying of sound and/or noise at such a volume and in such a manner so as to create, or cause to be created, any noises or sounds which are plainly audible at a distance of three hundred (300) feet or more from the building, structure or vehicle, or in the case of real property, beyond the property limits, in which it is located, whichever is farthest, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69).
Full Breakdown
Sec. m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. Sec. m. m. Friday/Saturday nights into the weekend), but drops the audible distance to 100 feet. A separate carve-out at Sec. 13-83(a)(3) applies the same audibility test to commercial advertising sound cast onto public streets. The rule is not limited to music: 'sound and/or noise' from any amplifying device counts, so a home theater system or a car stereo parked on private property is covered equally with a live band's PA system. Sec. 13-69(3) exempts the reasonable use of amplifiers for noncommercial public addresses, and a written parade/celebration permit from the chief of police under Sec. 13-69(4) also removes the restriction, but no such exception applies to ordinary residential or commercial amplified-sound use.
Violations & Fines
Amplified sound violations are misdemeanors under Sec. 13-88, and the municipal court judge can order immediate abatement of the offending equipment in addition to, or instead of, the misdemeanor penalty. Because Article V sets no separate fine schedule, the general penalty in Sec. 1-7 applies: up to $1,000.00 in fines, up to 12 months' imprisonment, or both, with continuing violations charged per day.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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