Plano, TX Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Device required
- noise-monitoring device
- Data retention
- 180 days
- Privacy limit
- cannot capture data protected by Penal Code § 16.02
- Disclosure
- device location shown on registration floor plan
- Repeat-incident penalty
- 1-year suspension/denial, Sec. 6-745(d)
Summary
Every registered short-term rental in Plano must have a noise-monitoring device, and the city requires the resulting data to be kept for 180 days, though it can't capture content protected by state privacy law. It's a built-in enforcement tool for policing STR nuisance complaints.
Each STR shall be equipped with a noise-monitoring device, and all data produced by this device shall be retained for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days. Data shall not include data protected by privacy laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 16.02.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 153).
Full Breakdown
Plano Code of Ordinances Sec. 02," the state's unlawful-interception-of-communications statute, meaning the device is meant to measure decibel levels, not record conversations. The registration application requires the applicant to identify, on the required floor plan, the location of all noise-monitoring devices alongside fire extinguishers, video monitoring devices, and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, per Sec. 6-735(d)(2)(iv). The retained noise data supports the article's broader nuisance-incident framework: repeated disturbances at an STR feed directly into the suspension and revocation standards under Sec. 6-745, so the monitoring device functions as documentary evidence the director can use when evaluating whether a nuisance incident occurred at the premises.
Violations & Fines
A confirmed nuisance incident at an STR, which noise complaints substantiated by the monitoring device can support, allows the director to suspend the registration for six months under Sec. 6-745(c) for a single incident, or deny or suspend it for one year under Sec. 6-745(d) if two or more nuisance incidents occur within a year, or if a serious incident occurs that the registrant consciously disregarded.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do Plano short-term rentals have to install a noise monitor?
Can Plano's required STR noise monitor record conversations?
What happens if a Plano STR gets repeated noise complaints?
Sources & Official References
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