Brazoria County cannot regulate outdoor music in unincorporated areas; state unreasonable-noise law applies. In Pearland, radios, stereos, and musical instruments that disturb a reasonable and prudent person are an offense, and amplified public-street events need a permit.
No Texas county can set outdoor-music rules, so unincorporated Brazoria County relies on Penal Code Sec. 42.01 unreasonable noise. Cities regulate it. Pearland Sec. 19-4 makes it an offense to knowingly allow noise offensive to the ordinary sensibilities of a reasonable and prudent person from radios, television sets, musical instruments, phonographs, or stereos. Amplified music on a public street or in a park also requires a permit under Article II (Sec. 19-26). There is no fixed decibel cap or curfew hour for backyard music in the noise chapter; enforcement turns on whether the sound is offensive to a reasonable person.
Outdoor music offensive to a reasonable person is citable in Pearland under the general penalty; unpermitted public amplification is separately unlawful. State backstop is a Class C misdemeanor.
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