Louisburg, KS Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Louisburg, KS, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Sun-Thu nights
- 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Friday night
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Saturday night
- 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
- Standard
- plainly audible at property line
- Multi-family threshold
- 50 feet
- Penalty
- up to $499 or 179 days (§1-116)
Summary
Louisburg City Code § 11-204(d) makes it a violation, on its face, to run any tool, vehicle, electronic device, instrument, or other noise-making machine loud enough to be plainly audible at the property line, or fifty feet away for multi-family dwellings, during set nighttime hours that run later on weekends than on weeknights.
Prima Facie Violation. It shall be a violation of this Section for anyone to operate any tools, equipment, vehicle, electronic device, instrument, television, phonograph, stereo, machine, or other noise or sound-producing device, in such a manner as to be plainly audible at an adjacent property line, or for fifty (50) or more feet in the case of multiple-family dwelling, during the following hours: (1) Sunday night through Friday morning between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 AM.; (2) Friday night between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 7:00 AM., Saturday morning; and (3) Saturday night between the hours of 11:00 P.M. and 8:00 AM., Sunday morning.
Full Breakdown
Subsection (d), titled 'Prima Facie Violation,' sets three separate windows: from Sunday night through Friday morning, sound plainly audible at the adjacent property line, or fifty feet away for a multi-family dwelling, is a violation between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; on Friday night into Saturday morning the window runs from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; and on Saturday night into Sunday morning it extends to 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Because the test is prima facie, the City does not have to prove the sound disturbed anyone specifically, only that it was plainly audible at the line during the listed hours.
The subsection covers tools, equipment, vehicles, electronic devices, instruments, televisions, phonographs, stereos, machines, or other noise or sound-producing devices, a broader list than the amplified-device language in subsection (b). Subsection (e) exempts emergency vehicles, public-safety vehicles, emergency Fire and Police Department work, utility-company emergencies, and public works vehicles and activities from all of subsections (a) through (d). No separate fine is written for subsection (d), so a violation is punished under the Code's general penalty at § 1-116: up to $499, up to 179 days in jail, or both, through Louisburg Municipal Court.
Violations & Fines
A prima facie violation of the nighttime quiet hours in § 11-204(d) is punished under the Code's general penalty at § 1-116: a fine of not more than $499, imprisonment of not more than 179 days, or both. Emergency vehicles, Fire and Police Department activity, and public works operations are exempt under subsection (e).
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