Cedar Park Article 8.08 caps industrial and commercial noise at 85 dBA during the day (7am–10pm) and 70 dBA at night (10pm–7am, extended to 11pm–7am on Fri/Sat), measured at the property line of the receiving property.
Article 8.08 of the Cedar Park Code of Ordinances regulates all sound and noise within city limits and within 600 feet of the city limits in the ETJ. The article uses an objective decibel standard: 85 dBA daytime / 70 dBA nighttime. Industrial users in M-1/M-2 zoning districts are also subject to performance standards in the city's Zoning Ordinance limiting noise, vibration, glare, and odor at district boundaries. The 2017 amendment (Community Impact, March 2017) tightened the prior subjective 'plainly audible' standard into the current objective decibel framework to improve enforceability. Texas Local Government Code Chapter 250 and HB 2127 (the 'Death Star' bill) do not preempt municipal noise ordinances grounded in nuisance authority.
Violations are Class C misdemeanors. Under §1.01.009, fines may not exceed $500 per offense for general violations, with each day a separate offense. Health/safety-related violations (which industrial noise can implicate as a public-health nuisance) may carry fines up to $2,000 per day.
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