Fulshear has no STR-specific noise ordinance, so STR guests and hosts are bound by the generally applicable noise rules in Chapter 18, Article VI of the Code of Ordinances. Residential nighttime hours run 10:01 PM to 6:59 AM; daytime is 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Violations are Class C misdemeanors enforced by Fulshear Police.
Fulshear has not enacted a short-term rental ordinance and therefore has no STR-specific noise standard, decibel limit for guests, or operator-liability rule. Instead, STR properties are governed by the same noise rules that apply to all residential property under Chapter 18, Article VI of the Fulshear Code of Ordinances, with definitions in Sec. 18-227. Residential daytime hours are 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM, and nighttime hours run 10:01 PM through 6:59 AM. Nonresidential daytime is 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM Sunday through Thursday, extending to midnight Friday and Saturday. Sound levels are measured in dB(A). Fulshear is a home-rule city; the Fulshear Police Department responds to noise complaints at the non-emergency line 281-346-2202 and complaints in residential subdivisions are typically addressed first by warning, then by citation. Violations are Class C misdemeanors prosecuted in Fulshear Municipal Court with fines up to $500 per offense under Tex. Local Gov't Code Sec. 54.001. STR operators have no special license to lose because Fulshear does not register STRs, but repeat noise calls can support nuisance abatement actions and HOA covenant enforcement. Master-planned communities such as Cross Creek Ranch, Weston Lakes, and Fulshear Run impose additional quiet-hour and party rules through CC&Rs enforceable under Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 209, often stricter than the city ordinance.
Noise violations under Chapter 18, Article VI are Class C misdemeanors punishable by fines up to $500 per offense under Tex. Local Gov't Code Sec. 54.001, with each day a separate violation. Repeat or amplified disturbances at an STR can support nuisance findings and HOA injunctive relief under Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 209. Because there is no city STR registration to revoke, enforcement against STR operators runs through citations, civil nuisance actions, and HOA proceedings.
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