Farmersville, TX Noise Ordinances: Vehicle Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Stereo standard
- audible or vibration noticeable at 30 feet
- Exhaust
- must run through an effective muffler
- Engine/jake braking
- separately named noise disturbance
- Out-of-repair vehicles
- per se violation 10pm-6am residential
- Maximum fine
- $2,000 per offense
- Governing section
- Sec. 44-50(e),(k)-(n)
Summary
Farmersville limits loud car stereos, bad mufflers and engine or jake braking as noise disturbances. City Code section 44-50(e) bars a vehicle sound system audible, or whose vibration is noticeable, at 30 feet when it causes a noise disturbance, and section 44-50(l) requires an effective muffler on every vehicle's exhaust.
(e)Vehicular sound amplification systems. Operating or controlling a motor vehicle in either a public or private place within the city and operating any sound device which is part of, or connected to, any radio, stereo receiver, compact disc player, cassette tape player, or other similar device in the motor vehicle in such a manner that, when operated, it is audible at a distance of 30 feet, or when operated, causes a person to be aware of the vibration accompanying the sound at a distance of 30 feet from the source when such operation is done in a manner which causes a noise disturbance. ... (l)Motor vehicles-Exhaust. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any motor vehicle in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance, except as discharged through a muffler or other device which effectively and efficiently prevents loud and unusual noises and annoying smoke.
Full Breakdown
Section 44-50 devotes five subsections to vehicle noise. Subsection (e), Vehicular sound amplification systems, bars operating a radio, stereo receiver, CD player or similar in-vehicle sound device in such a manner that, when operated, it is audible at a distance of 30 feet, or causes a person to be aware of the vibration accompanying the sound at a distance of 30 feet from the source, when that operation causes a noise disturbance. m. Subsection (l) requires that vehicle exhaust discharge through a muffler or other device which effectively and efficiently prevents loud and unusual noises and annoying smoke, banning any other open-air discharge that causes a noise disturbance.
Subsections (m) and (n) separately flag engine braking and jake braking, the compression-release braking common on large diesel trucks, as activities that cause a noise disturbance under the article.
Violations & Fines
Vehicle-noise offenses fall under chapter 44's fire-safety/public-health classification in section 44-1, punishable under section 1-3(a)(1) by a fine up to $2,000.00 per offense, and section 1-4 makes each day of a continuing violation, such as a habitually loud exhaust, a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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