Chatham County, GA Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

The county folds noise directly into the short-term rental license: §16-1303(1)(b) requires a sign posted inside the unit listing any noise restrictions alongside parking rules, occupancy rate and emergency contacts, and failing to post it can itself support revocation under §16-1303(1)(c). Noise from animals kept at the rental is separately covered: §16-1304(1)(k) requires that all animals being housed at any short term rental comply with the Animal Control Ordinance of the County including noise violations and all other regulations, a requirement the owner must re-affirm at every annual renewal under §16-1305(1)(f).

When a noise citation is actually issued against the property, §16-1310(2) sets the penalty: any property cited for the noise ordinance of Chatham County is punished by a fine of not less than $100. Noise is also listed among the substantiated-complaint categories that can support license revocation or denial under §16-1308(1)(c)(i)(b) and (e), covering both criminal or noise-violation complaints to any law enforcement agency and general noise violations. If law enforcement is called to the rental for noise and an arrest and conviction result, §16-1308(1)(a) allows outright revocation or denial on public-safety grounds.

Three or more complaints of any kind, including noise, trigger a formal BSRS/County Manager investigation and a possible 30-day suspension under §16-1307(1)(c), and any resulting suspension, denial or revocation can only be appealed in writing to the County Manager under §16-1309.