Unincorporated Cameron County has no industrial-noise ordinance — Texas counties can't zone or regulate noise. State disorderly-conduct and nuisance law provide limited fallback. Cities set zone decibel caps: Brownsville allows higher limits in commercial and industrial zones than residential.
Cameron County does not regulate factory, plant or commercial noise in unincorporated areas, and it cannot zone to separate industrial uses from homes. Recourse against a genuinely harmful operation is state nuisance-abatement authority (Health & Safety Code Ch. 343) or disorderly conduct (Penal Code 42.01). Inside a city, industrial noise is capped by zone: Brownsville's Sec. 46-78(c) table sets tiered dB(A) limits with the highest allowances in heavy-commercial and industrial zones (up to 72 dB(A)) and the lowest in residential zones (50–63 dB(A)), measured at the receiving property line. Construction in an industrial zone is allowed 7 a.m.–5 p.m. under the same code.
No county fine. City zone-limit violations are municipal offenses; egregious operations may face county nuisance abatement (H&S Ch. 343) or disorderly-conduct charges.
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