Parker, TX Noise Ordinances: Decibel Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- 6am-11pm limit
- 75 decibels at property line
- 11pm-midnight limit
- 65 decibels at property line
- Midnight-1am limit
- 55 decibels at property line
- 1am-6am limit
- 45 decibels at property line
- Fine
- Up to $2,000 per day, § 94.99(B)
- Advance permit
- Mayor-issued 553 permit, max 12 hours
Summary
Parker sets numeric decibel ceilings that step down through the night. Section 94.02(K) of the City Code presumes a noise nuisance violation when continuous or extended sound measured at the property line exceeds 75 decibels from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., 65 decibels until midnight, 55 decibels until 1 a.m., or 45 decibels from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m.
(K) The act of allowing or permitting on any premises owned or controlled by such person the emission of music, sound or other noise in a continuous, or for extended periods of time, in such a manner as to disturb persons living in the vicinity of the premises. It shall be presumed to be a violation of this subchapter if the continuous or extended periods of time produce sound or other noise at the property line of such property in excess of: (1) Seventy-five decibels, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (2) Sixty-five decibels, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and midnight. (3) Fifty-five decibels, between the hours of midnight and 1:00 a.m. (4) Forty-five decibels, between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Full Breakdown
Parker regulates noise as a category of nuisance rather than through a stand-alone noise ordinance. m. 03(A) presumes any of the enumerated nuisances occurred in violation if it takes place in a single-family, single-family transitional, or planned residential development zoning district, or within 2,500 feet of a home, school or church in one of those districts, most residential noise complaints fall automatically under that presumption. 03(B) makes it an affirmative defense to a noise complaint that the activity was expressly authorized under a special use permit for the property.
03(C) to hold an otherwise-prohibited noisy activity, valid for up to 12 hours, with events longer than three separate 12-hour periods requiring City Council approval instead. 99(B), with fines up to $2,000 per offense and each day of continued noise counted as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the property-line decibel thresholds in § 94.02(K), 75 dB by day down to 45 dB overnight, is a nuisance violation punishable under § 94.99(B) by a fine up to $2,000 per offense, with each day counted separately. A special-use permit for the property is an affirmative defense under § 94.03(B); otherwise, a Mayor-issued "553 permit" under § 94.03(C) is required in advance for a noisy activity that would exceed the limits.
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