York County has no county-wide noise ordinance for rentals. Quiet hours and noise limits are set by your borough, city, or township. State law only governs specific sources like vehicle noise.
Noise at a short-term rental is governed by your municipality, not York County. Pennsylvania has no general statewide noise statute for residential nuisance noise, so boroughs, cities, and townships enact their own noise ordinances and quiet-hours provisions under their police power and the PA Municipalities Planning Code. York City and many boroughs set fixed nighttime quiet hours (commonly 10 or 11 p.m. to 6 or 7 a.m.); some STR ordinances make the host responsible for guest noise. State law does regulate narrow sources such as motor-vehicle noise (75 Pa.C.S. §4523). Check your municipal noise ordinance for the exact hours and decibel limits.
Noise violations are enforced by municipal police or code enforcement, typically as summary offenses with escalating fines; STR ordinances may pin liability on the host.
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