Neenah, WI Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

Neenah regulates short-term rentals as 'Tourist Housing' under Chapter 26 Article XV of the Neenah Municipal Code (Ordinance No. 2017-09). Section 26-661(2) makes compliance with the citywide noise ordinance an explicit condition of every tourist housing permit, so a single substantiated noise violation by a guest can become grounds for the Director of Community Development to revoke the permit under Section 26-663(1). Section 11-146(6) of Chapter 11 Article IV Division 3 prohibits the unreasonably loud and raucous use of a loudspeaker, amplifier, public address system or other sound-producing device adjacent to residential or noise-sensitive areas between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, and 11:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on weekends and holidays. Section 11-146(5) separately bars any radio, television, boombox, stereo or musical instrument that is plainly audible to a non-listener and unreasonably disturbs neighbors in single-family or multifamily residential dwellings. Section 11-146(7) bans yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing in residential areas between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Section 11-146(13) prohibits unreasonably loud and raucous noise from any commercial establishment plainly audible from five feet of any residential property between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Section 11-145(c) makes the property owner and the legal tenant liable for noise complaints if police cannot identify the responsible person, and after two complaint investigations within 12 months the owner is deemed liable. Wisconsin Statute 66.1014 prevents Neenah from banning STRs of seven days or longer, but expressly preserves the city's authority to enforce noise rules against tourist housing operators and guests.