Galveston makes STR owners responsible for ensuring guests do not violate noise laws. Quiet hours and noise restrictions follow City Code Chapter 24 and must be posted inside the unit. Complaints go to the 24/7 STR hotline. Counties have no noise ordinance.
Galveston Ord. 25-060 requires owners to ensure occupants do not violate city or state laws, expressly including noise restrictions, barking dogs, fireworks, and trash. Quiet hours and noise limits are set by City Code Chapter 24 and must be posted conspicuously inside the unit. Residents can report noise, trash, or conduct problems to the city STR hotline, and the local contact must respond within one hour. Texas counties have no noise ordinance; in unincorporated Galveston County, disorderly-conduct noise is handled under Texas Penal Code § 42.01, not a county STR rule.
Unresolved noise complaints are violations imputed to the owner, supporting Class C misdemeanor citations up to $500 per day and consideration for license revocation.
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