Midwest City, OK Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Sound equipment/amplified music
- Banned outright for guests
- General noise standard
- Must meet Chapter 26 limits
- Enforcement
- License denial, suspension or revocation
- Look-back period
- 24 months for repeat violations
Summary
Midwest City bans short-term rental guests from using sound equipment, amplified music or amplified instruments, and requires STR noise to stay within the city's chapter 26 noise limits.
(16)...nor shall the short-term rental generate noise that exceeds the requirements contained in chapter 26 of this Code, vibration, glare, odors or other effects that unreasonably interfere with any other person's quiet enjoyment of their residence;(17)No guest of a short-term rental shall be allowed to use sound equipment, amplified music or amplified musical instruments;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 21).
Full Breakdown
Under the city's short-term rental licensing ordinance, guests of a licensed short-term rental may not use sound equipment, amplified music or amplified musical instruments at all, and the rental may not generate noise, vibration, glare or odors that exceed the chapter 26 noise standards or unreasonably interfere with a neighbor's quiet enjoyment. License holders must post these noise restrictions where guests can see them. A violation counts against the license: the city may deny, suspend or revoke a short-term rental license for Code violations, including this noise provision, occurring within a twenty-four-month look-back period.
Violations & Fines
Amplified sound/music by guests or exceeding chapter 26 noise limits puts the license at risk; repeated violations let the city deny, suspend or revoke it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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