Amplified music rules in Zeeland, MI — also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances — set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
The City of Holland's noise ordinance targets amplified sound directly. Radios, stereos, musical instruments and other sound devices may not produce sound plainly audible at 25 feet from the source, indoors, outdoors or in a vehicle.
Ottawa County has no noise ordinance; amplified music is governed by your city or township. The City of Holland's Section 19-5(2) makes it unlawful to play a radio, boom box, stereo, musical instrument or other electronic sound device, inside or outside a building or in a parked or moving vehicle, so as to produce sound plainly audible at a distance of 25 feet from the source. Section 19-6 allows permitted public-address and sound-truck use for charitable, community, educational, recreational and religious purposes between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. with a police permit.
In Holland, amplified-sound violations are a Class I municipal civil infraction under Section 19-14, with civil fines per the Section 2-118 schedule.
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