Burleson, TX Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

Burleson has no separate party or noise section for short-term rentals. Section 14-581(a) of the Burleson Code of Ordinances requires the owner, operator, local contact person, and occupants to comply with all applicable laws and all city ordinances, including those related to trash, noise, and parking. The owner is not relieved from civil or criminal liability for a violation, whether the owner, operator, local contact person or occupant committed it. Under § 14-581(c), proof that a violation occurred at a short-term rental creates a rebuttable presumption that the owner committed it.

The noise standard comes from § 34-191. Its presumptive limits apply at the complainant's bounding real property line. In agricultural, SFE, SF16, SF10, SF7, SFA, 2F, MF1, MF2, MH and MHP districts, and next to them, the limit is 70 dBA from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and 60 dBA from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. A reading above the limit is prima facie evidence of a public nuisance. A measurement runs a minimum of 30 seconds and violations are based on the highest registered reading.

Separately, § 34-191(d)(1) bars unreasonable noise that disturbs a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities, and no decibel level is needed to enforce it. The listed examples include music or a musical instrument played so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any dwelling, and any dog, rooster or other animal that makes sound on a frequent, repetitive or continuous basis for ten minutes or longer. Construction work within 300 feet of an occupied residence is barred before 7:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and before 9:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Enforcement is by the city manager's designee or any city code officer or police officer. A citizen who witnesses a violation can submit a sworn statement with supporting documentation to a code officer or police officer for municipal prosecution.