Quiet hours in Tybee Island, GA — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
In the City of Savannah, residential sound may not exceed 60 dBA from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. or 50 dBA from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., measured at the property line. Any noise disturbance across a residential boundary is prohibited.
Savannah's noise control ordinance sets maximum permissible sound levels by receiving land use (Table I). Residential (any zoning district containing the letter 'R') is capped at 60 dBA daytime (7 a.m.-7 p.m.) and 50 dBA nighttime (7 p.m.-7 a.m.). Business is 65 dBA and industrial 75 dBA at all times; posted noise-sensitive areas 55 dBA. Levels are measured at or as close to the receiving property line as practical over a period of at least ten minutes. Pure-tone sources have limits reduced by 5 dBA. Unincorporated Chatham County uses a plainly-audible/'unreasonably loud' standard rather than fixed residential hours.
Violation of Savannah's noise ordinance is a misdemeanor; each day a violation continues is a separate offense.
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