Sumner County has no rental-specific noise rule, so short-term rental guests follow the same limits as residents: each city's noise ordinance plus the state disorderly conduct law, Tenn. Code Ann. §39-17-305. Hosts remain responsible for guest behavior.
No Sumner County short-term-rental-specific noise ordinance exists, so guests answer to the same rules as everyone else: the city noise or nuisance ordinance and Tenn. Code Ann. §39-17-305, which makes unreasonable noise a Class C misdemeanor. Gallatin holds residential-area sound to 45 dBA between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. Lakefront rentals around Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville and Gallatin draw the most party-noise complaints, and repeated verified violations can jeopardize a rental's local permit or its grandfathered status under the state STR Act. The host or a local contact is expected to respond to complaints promptly.
Guest noise draws a city ordinance fine and can be charged as disorderly conduct under Tenn. Code Ann. §39-17-305. Repeated violations can trigger permit review or strip a grandfathered rental's protection.
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