Short-term rental guests must keep quiet overnight. North Myrtle Beach enforces quiet hours from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am, prohibiting any sustained or repetitive noise audible beyond the property line. Horry County and Myrtle Beach enforce parallel noise ordinances against disruptive STR gatherings.
North Myrtle Beach's STR guidance states quiet hours run 11:00 pm to 7:00 am: it is illegal to cause or permit sustained or repetitive noise, from any source, that is audible beyond the property line during those hours when the noise is excessive or disturbs the public. The same rule reaches loud parties at rental units. Unincorporated Horry County enforces its countywide noise ordinance, and Myrtle Beach enforces a beach/entertainment-district noise ordinance, against STR nuisances. Because STRs concentrate visitors in residential blocks, noise is the most common enforcement trigger, and cities route complaints to police dispatch for a real-time response.
Noise violations are enforced by the local police; North Myrtle Beach directs residents and guests to call Police Dispatch (843-280-5511). Repeated STR nuisance noise can jeopardize the operator's business license.
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