Kyle, TX Noise Ordinances: Decibel Limits (2026)

Section 53-530 sets the performance standards that every use in Kyle's Warehouse (W) zoning district must meet for noise, along with odor, smoke, glare and vibration. The noise rule works off a sound-pressure table measured at the district's bounding property line rather than a single flat decibel number: 82 decibels in the 37-to-75 cycle-per-second octave band, 76 decibels from 75 to 150, 68 decibels from 150 to 300, 60 decibels from 300 to 600, 56 decibels from 600 to 1,200, 53 decibels from 1,200 to 2,400, 50 decibels from 2,400 to 4,800, 48 decibels from 4,800 to 9,600, and a 62-decibel ceiling on the A-weighted scale used for general monitoring.

The code defines daytime as the hours between sunrise and sunset, and the building official treats the bounding property line as the nearest street, alley or open-space right-of-way, or, absent any such buffer, the common line between the two parcels. Section 53-530(b) then layers on corrections: when noise occurs at night, seven decibels are subtracted from the measured level before comparing it to the daytime table, tightening the effective limit after dark. Measurements are taken with a sound level meter or octave band analyzer meeting American Standards Association specifications, so an operator's own noise defense has to be backed by comparable equipment.

Because these are Chapter 53 zoning performance standards, Kyle's general Chapter 1 penalty provision applies to a W-district use that exceeds the table: repeated exceedances give code enforcement grounds to require corrective action or refer the matter for prosecution as a zoning violation.