Noise Ordinances in Georgia (2026)

Acworth Code § 54-34 bars yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on public streets, especially between 11:00…

Atlanta's noise ordinance tightens overnight: the audibility limit drops from 300 feet to 100 feet from 11 p.m. to 7…

Augusta-Richmond County tightens its noise limits after dark. Code Sec. 3-6-2(b) cuts the daytime 300-foot audibility…

Chatham County enforces a nighttime noise curfew through Sec. 24-304: residential property lines that may run up to 60…

Cherokee County bars willfully making excessive, unnecessary or unusually loud noise that disturbs the peace between…

In unincorporated Clayton County, playing a radio, stereo or other sound device between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. that…

In unincorporated Cobb County, sound that disturbs a neighbor's comfort or repose breaks the noise ordinance once it…

Columbia County treats excessive, unnecessary or unusually loud noise as a nuisance under Code § 34-32(6). There is no…

Coweta County bars plainly audible noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in residential areas: sound reaching inside a…

From 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., unincorporated DeKalb County bans any sound you own or control that is plainly audible…

Dunwoody treats loud radios, phonographs and similar sound devices between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, and…

Unincorporated Fayette County enforces nighttime quiet hours in residential districts from 9:01 p.m. to 6:59 a.m. on…

Unincorporated Floyd County has no county-wide residential noise curfew in its code, but the Unified Land Development…

Unincorporated Forsyth County caps residential noise at 70 dB(A) from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. under Code § 34-153. Between 11…

Unincorporated Fulton County has no fixed quiet hours. Instead, County Code § 46-137 bans any loud, unnecessary, or…

Gwinnett County's residual quiet-hours rule bars sound plainly audible 300 feet or more from a home between 8:00/11:00…

Between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., Hall County treats a radio, phonograph, or similar device audible from 100 feet away…

From midnight to 7:00 a.m., Houston County bans playing a radio, phonograph, or musical instrument, and yelling…

Johns Creek bars residential power equipment for landscaping and yard maintenance between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., and before…

Macon-Bibb County sets quiet hours from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on…

Human voices, from yelling to singing, cannot be plainly audible more than 100 feet away on a Marietta street, sidewalk…

In unincorporated Newton County, any noise audible more than 75 feet from its source that unreasonably disturbs a…

Unincorporated Paulding County bans unreasonably loud, disturbing noise under Code § 46-61. Between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m…

Walton County bars operating a loudspeaker or sound amplifier between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. within or adjacent to a…

Warner Robins tightens its noise standard overnight: any noise plainly audible 100 feet or more from its source is…

In unincorporated Whitfield County it is unlawful to make any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that is plainly…

Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on public streets in the City of Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia is…

Acworth Code § 54-40 limits erection, demolition, alteration or repair of buildings, including land-clearing, to 7:00…

Atlanta bars audible construction noise within 100 feet of residential zoning districts from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. on…

Augusta-Richmond County limits construction and repair noise, pile drivers, excavation, demolition, to 7:00 a.m. to…

Chatham County bars construction, drilling, demolition and utility maintenance noise that crosses a residential…

Operating construction equipment or doing outside repair work on buildings, structures or roads between 7:00 p.m. and…

Clayton County sets no fixed daily start/stop hours for construction. Loud or prolonged construction noise is judged by…

In unincorporated Cobb County, noisy construction work, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of a structure…

Columbia County limits noisy building work to between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. under Code § 34-32(6)b.9. Outside those hours…

Columbus, Georgia bars operating power equipment rated over five horsepower, chain saws, pavement breakers, log…

Coweta County confines construction and demolition noise, including hammering, sawing, drilling and deliveries, to 7:00…

Building erection, demolition, alteration, repair and street excavation within 300 feet of any residential zoning…

Unincorporated DeKalb County limits construction, demolition and deliveries to 7 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m.-5 p.m…

Dunwoody bars construction noise, from pile drivers to nailers, before 7:30 a.m. or after 8:30 p.m. on weekdays, before…

Construction activity, including blasting, is a nighttime public disturbance noise in unincorporated Fayette County's…

Forsyth County limits construction and repair noise, excavation, demolition, pile driving, jackhammers and similar…

Unincorporated Fulton County limits loud construction equipment near occupied homes to set daytime hours on weekdays…

Weekday construction noise in unincorporated Gwinnett County has to stay quiet outside 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday…

Houston County limits construction, demolition, and street excavation noise in residential areas to the hours of 7:00…

Construction and land-disturbance work in Johns Creek is barred outside 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m…

Macon-Bibb County limits building erection, demolition, alteration or repair and street excavation in residential…

Construction, demolition and street excavation within 1,000 feet of a residential district cannot run between 7:00 p.m…

Newton County Code § 36-107(5) bars building erection, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair work that causes…

Unincorporated Paulding County limits construction, demolition, and street excavation in residential areas to 6 a.m.–9…

In unincorporated Rockdale County, construction and utility work in a residentially zoned area is barred between 10:00…

Roswell, Georgia's noise ordinance exempts private and commercial construction noise from the city's decibel limits…

Sandy Springs bars construction noise, including pile drivers, jackhammers and nail guns, before 7:30 a.m. or after…

Construction and demolition work in South Fulton can't run between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, before 9:00…

Walton County limits construction and building-repair noise in the unincorporated area to 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on…

Construction noise of any kind is barred in Warner Robins from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. under Sec. 13-85(b), covering…

Construction noise in unincorporated Whitfield County is confined to weekday daytime hours. Code § 7.5-41(b)(7)…

An Acworth dog that habitually barks, whines or howls is declared a nuisance violation under Section 14-10, alongside…

Atlanta bans letting a dog, cat, or other animal bark, whine, or make similar noise nonstop for 10 minutes or more…

Augusta-Richmond County caps audible dog barking at 20 minutes straight by day, 10 minutes straight at night, or 120…

Unincorporated Bartow County treats a dog that barks, howls or whines continuously for more than 15 minutes, or…

In unincorporated Carroll County, Georgia, an animal that disturbs neighbors with excessive barking or other…

Chatham County Code Sec. 22-108 bars any dog from howling, barking, or making unreasonably loud sounds that disturb the…

Cherokee County treats a dog as a public nuisance animal if it vocalizes for more than 15 minutes without interruption…

Persistent animal noise is not exempt from Clayton County's noise ordinance. The § 62-3.4(11) farm-noise exception…

In unincorporated Cobb County, keeping an animal or bird whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a neighbor's…

Columbia County folds barking dogs into its general noise-nuisance ordinance rather than a separate leash law. Code §…

Columbus, Georgia bars keeping any animal or bird whose frequent or habitual howling, barking, meowing, or squawking…

Coweta County bans animal noise that disturbs anyone off the owner's property. Sec. 10-92 defines unreasonable barking…

Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia treats a dog as a nuisance "barking dog" once it barks, bays, cries or howls…

In unincorporated DeKalb County, a dog or other pet can't vocalize for more than 15 minutes straight, or 30 minutes…

Dunwoody's noise ordinance makes it unlawful to keep any animal or bird whose frequent or long continued noise disturbs…

Frequent or continuous animal noise that unreasonably interferes with residential peace and comfort is a public…

A Floyd County dog that habitually barks, whines or howls so as to seriously annoy a neighbor and interfere with the…

Persistent barking in unincorporated Forsyth County is enforceable as a noise violation under Code § 34-153, which caps…

A barking dog or noisy bird can be a code violation in unincorporated Fulton County: Code § 46-137(b)(5) declares 'the…

Unincorporated Gwinnett County bans letting a dog or other animal vocalize continuously for more than 15 minutes, or…

Hall County bans keeping a domesticated or agricultural animal that makes loud, unnecessary or unusual noise audible…

Henry County's noise ordinance, not its animal control chapter, defines and bans a barking dog. Under Code of…

A dog that barks, whines, howls or brays for more than 15 minutes loud enough to be heard off the owner's property is a…

A dog, cat or other animal that barks or makes noise continuously or intermittently for more than ten minutes in a day…

A Marietta pet cannot bark, bay, howl or cry for more than ten continuous minutes without a break, or more than 30…

Newton County Code § 36-107(4) makes it a violation to keep an animal or bird that unreasonably disturbs a neighbor's…

In unincorporated Paulding County, a persistently barking dog is treated as a private civil nuisance under Code §…

Unincorporated Rockdale County bans letting an animal bark, whine, howl or crow for a "sustained period", defined as 15…

Roswell bars pet owners from letting a dog, cat or other animal vocalize for more than ten straight minutes, or thirty…

South Fulton bans domesticated animal noise that runs more than 10 minutes straight or 30 minutes on and off. Police…

A dog is a public nuisance animal under Walton County Code § 10-8(a)(5) if it 'continuously makes excessive noises,'…

Warner Robins treats a dog as a public nuisance once it disturbs neighbors with more than 15 minutes of continuous…

Whitfield County Code § 4-22 makes it unlawful for an owner to let a dog, cat, or other domesticated animal…

Atlanta bans motorized landscape maintenance devices, including leaf blowers, lawn mowers, and chainsaws, in or within…

Leaf blowers, mowers, edgers and other domestic power equipment are exempt from Clayton County's noise ordinance only…

Unincorporated Cobb County bans noisy landscaping equipment, mowers, trimmers, chainsaws, pressure washers, and leaf…

Columbia County treats unmuffled gas blowers and power fans as a declared nuisance-noise violation under Code of…

Columbus, Georgia bars leaf blowers and other small power equipment of five horsepower or less in residential and…

Coweta County restricts leaf blowers and other landscaping power tools to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Running…

Decatur, Georgia's noise ordinance restricts landscape maintenance equipment, including leaf blowers, lawn mowers, weed…

Unincorporated DeKalb County restricts landscaping power tools, including leaf blowers, to 7:01 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays…

Dunwoody bars landscape contractors from running motorized mowers, mechanical blowers or other loud equipment before…

Operating a mechanically powered blower or similar garden tool in a residential district at night is a public…

Gwinnett County bars leaf blowers, mowers, weed eaters, and other motorized landscape equipment inside a residential…

Power equipment used for landscaping and yard maintenance, including leaf blowers, can't run on Johns Creek residential…

Macon-Bibb County doesn't limit when you can run a leaf blower, but it does control where the debris goes. Section…

Marietta bars noncommercial power tools like leaf blowers from running between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Code Sec…

Newton County Code § 36-107(6) treats an unmuffled, noise-creating blower, power fan or internal combustion engine as a…

Paulding County does regulate leaf blowers. Under Code § 46-62(14), blowers, mowers, trimmers, and chainsaws may run…

In unincorporated Rockdale County, running lawn equipment, including gas or electric leaf blowers, mowers, edgers…

Roswell, Georgia bars homeowners from running leaf blowers and other non-commercial power tools for yard work between 9…

Sandy Springs restricts landscape contractors' motorized mowers and mechanical blowers louder than 55 dB(A) to 7:30…

Power tools used for landscaping or yard maintenance, including leaf blowers, can only run between 7:01 a.m. and 9:00…

In unincorporated Walton County, running a leaf blower, lawn mower, edger or riding tractor between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00…

Whitfield County's noise ordinance bans running any noise-creating blower, power fan or gas engine that lacks a muffler…

Acworth Code § 54-46 does not set leaf-blower hours; it bars operating any noise-creating blower, power fan or gas…

Fulton County's noise ordinance requires any noise-creating blower or power fan in unincorporated areas to be muffled…

Warner Robins bans motorized leaf blowers, lawn mowers and chain saws between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. inside, or within 300…

Forsyth County has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Gas and electric blowers are legal in unincorporated areas…

Hall County's noise code flatly declares it unlawful to run a loudspeaker or sound amplifier on the public streets for…

Columbus, Georgia requires a police-approved registration before any loudspeaker or amplified music plays on a street…

Dunwoody's noise ordinance bans loudspeakers, sound amplifiers and similar devices used to cast sound onto public…

Houston County outlaws loudspeakers and amplifiers mounted on moving vehicles for advertising, and bars their use on…

Johns Creek bans amplified sound from any entertainment venue, indoor or outdoor, that is 'plainly audible' at a nearby…

Newton County Code § 36-107(3) bars using a radio, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker or sound amplifier to…

Acworth Code § 54-33 bans playing a radio, phonograph or other sound device loudly enough to disturb neighbors, and…

Atlanta bans amplified sound audible 300 feet away between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. weeknights (midnight on Friday and…

Augusta-Richmond County bans amplified sound and mechanical sound devices plainly audible 300 feet away during the day…

Chatham County limits amplified sound equipment, radios, loud speakers, sound trucks and similar devices, to 90 dBA…

Cherokee County bans mounted loudspeakers and sound-amplifying equipment used to broadcast or advertise during the…

Outdoor concerts, parades, fireworks displays and other special events are exempt from Clayton County's noise ordinance…

In unincorporated Cobb County, playing a radio, musical instrument, phonograph or other sound-producing device so it…

Amplified music in unincorporated Columbia County is a nuisance noise under § 34-32(6). A radio, instrument or device…

Coweta County bars any noise, including music from radios, stereos, and sound amplifiers, that is plainly audible…

Loudspeakers, sound amplifiers and similar equipment are barred within or near residential and "noise sensitive" areas…

In unincorporated DeKalb County's commercial areas, no source of sound, including outdoor or amplified live music, may…

Fayette County bars loudspeakers and amplifiers used to broadcast or advertise, and separately bars musical…

Unincorporated Floyd County does not set a blanket decibel limit, but its Unified Land Development Code bars amplified…

Amplified music in unincorporated Forsyth County must meet Code § 34-153: no more than 70 dB(A) in residential zones by…

Gwinnett County caps amplified sound at outdoor performance venues, defined as private outdoor property where making…

Henry County's noise ordinance bars operating any radio, loudspeaker, musical instrument or similar amplified device on…

Playing a radio, TV, audio device or musical instrument loud enough to disturb others' quiet or comfort is a code…

Amplified sound equipment in a Marietta public space or right-of-way, including the Marietta Square, cannot be plainly…

Amplified music in unincorporated Paulding County falls under Code § 46-62. A radio, instrument, or sound device…

In unincorporated Rockdale County, operating musical equipment on private property in a residentially zoned area is…

Roswell, Georgia limits boom cars and other vehicle sound systems to being inaudible beyond 50 feet from 8 p.m. to 10…

In Sandy Springs, amplified music and other sound sources cannot exceed 55 dB(A) at night or 65 dB(A) during the day in…

South Fulton's noise ordinance bars operating any radio, stereo, amplifier or other sound-amplifying device at a volume…

Walton County bars operating a radio, loudspeaker, musical instrument or sound amplifier so it is plainly audible more…

Playing a radio, stereo, TV or amplifier loud enough to be heard 300 feet away is unlawful in Warner Robins between 7…

Whitfield County's noise ordinance treats loud stereos, musical instruments and loudspeakers as separate violations…

Aircraft noise in Georgia is governed by federal FAA regulations, not state or local ordinances. Georgia airport zoning…

Clayton County cannot regulate aircraft noise. Section 62-3.4(8) exempts aircraft-related noise while planes are in…

In unincorporated Fulton County, new residential and special-use development within five miles of Hartsfield-Jackson…

Macon-Bibb County channels land uses by proximity to runway noise under Section 20A.04 of the Comprehensive Land…

Marietta regulates aircraft noise through the AICUZ Overlay District around Dobbins Air Reserve Base, mapping noise…

Any rezoning or special-use application within five miles of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, 1,000 feet of an…

Cobb County Code § 14-74(4) requires every pilot using Cobb County Airport, McCollum Field, to follow published…

DeKalb County requires every aircraft using DeKalb-Peachtree Airport to keep takeoffs and landings over populated…

Atlanta's noise ordinance bars loud sound carrying past set distances at set hours citywide, but it expressly excludes…

Fayette County's noise ordinance does not restrict aircraft. Code § 16-40(a)(1) exempts, at all times, sounds…

Gwinnett County's noise ordinance exempts aircraft and Gwinnett County Airport operations, deferring entirely to state…

Atlanta caps commercial and industrial noise bleeding into residential zones at 300 feet during the day and 100 feet at…

Chatham County caps outdoor sound under its Noise Control Ordinance for the Unincorporated Area, Sec. 24-304…

Special events facilities in unincorporated Cherokee County cannot exceed 55 dBA/60 dBC by day or 40 dBA/50 dBC at…

Clayton County sets no general decibel meter reading for everyday noise; Sec. 62-3.2 instead bans sound audible 50 feet…

Cobb County's unincorporated areas cap loud noise at 70 dBA from 7 a.m. to 10:59 p.m. and 65 dBA overnight, measured at…

Columbus, Georgia sets maximum sound-pressure levels by zoning district and time of day in Table A: 60 db(A) daytime…

The City of Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia caps sound at the property line to 65 dB(A) between 7:00 a.m. and 9:59 p.m…

Unincorporated DeKalb County caps sound at 70 dB(A) in commercial areas and 80 dB(A) in industrial areas, while…

In unincorporated Fayette County, sound crossing onto a neighbor's property cannot exceed set decibel ceilings that…

Unincorporated Floyd County does not set a general decibel limit for everyday noise complaints; the county's only…

Unincorporated Forsyth County caps sound reaching a residential lot at 60 dB(A) overnight and 70 dB(A) during the day…

New homes within 5 miles of Hartsfield-Jackson must meet Fulton County's Site Acceptability Noise Standards…

In unincorporated Gwinnett County, sound from any building in a nonresidential zoning district may not be plainly…

Henry County caps outdoor sound at the property line under Code of Ordinances Sec. 3-17-42 and Table 1, with limits…

Johns Creek caps amplified sound from entertainment venues at 55 dBA/60 dBC by day and 40 dBA/50 dBC at night when…

Property near Robins Air Force Base cannot raise ambient noise for neighbors. Section 20C.02[6](f) of the Comprehensive…

Marietta caps sound at the property line of whoever is receiving it under City Code § 10-6-030's Table 1: 65 dBA…

Rockdale County's zoning code sets two specific decibel thresholds rather than one blanket noise limit: organic farming…

Roswell, Georgia caps sound at the property line under its noise ordinance: 70 dBA during the day and 60 dBA at night…

Sandy Springs caps residential noise at 55 dB(A) overnight (11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) and 65 dB(A) during the day (7:00…

South Fulton caps sound levels using Table 1 in Sec. 6-3003(a), a matrix set by zoning category, day of week, time of…

Walton County's Land Development Ordinance caps commercial noise measured at the property line under Table 100-1: no…

Warner Robins does not use a decibel meter for noise enforcement. Instead, Sec. 13-82 defines a 'plainly audible'…

Whitfield County does not measure noise with a decibel meter; it uses a distance test instead. Code § 7.5-41(a) makes…

Bartow County Code § 70-43 bans loud engine or compression braking, commonly called Jake brakes, on specific…

Whitfield County's noise ordinance requires every motor vehicle and motorcycle exhaust to run through an effective…

Acworth Code §§ 54-37 and 54-38 require a working muffler on any engine or motorboat exhaust and bar operating a…

Augusta-Richmond County requires every motor vehicle to run a working exhaust system and bans operating one with a…

Chatham County caps vehicle noise on public roadways at 55 dBA under Sec. 11-109 of the General Offenses chapter. Any…

Cherokee County bans engine brakes and compression brakes on two segments of Knox Bridge Highway, with signage marking…

Clayton County prohibits loud vehicle exhaust, unnecessary horn use and rattling loads. Modified or special exhaust…

Cobb County makes it unlawful, in the unincorporated county, to let exhaust escape without an effective muffler or to…

Columbia County's noise-nuisance code bans excessive horn use, unmuffled exhaust and vehicles 'so out of repair' that…

Columbus, Georgia law bans operating any motor vehicle without an adequate, properly maintained muffler, and prohibits…

In Decatur, Georgia (DeKalb County), the noise ordinance bans blowing a vehicle horn except as a genuine danger signal…

Dunwoody's noise ordinance bars unnecessary horn use, exhaust discharged without an effective muffler, and any vehicle…

Motor vehicles in unincorporated Fayette County are capped at 78-90 dB(A) depending on class and speed, measured 50…

Forsyth County bans motor vehicles, motorcycles, ATVs and mopeds from creating excessive noise near homes, and…

In unincorporated Fulton County, sounding a vehicle horn or signaling device for anything other than a danger warning…

Motor vehicles driven on unincorporated Gwinnett County roads must run a working muffler so exhaust noise is not…

Hall County requires every engine exhaust, whether on a car, stationary engine, or motor boat, to run through a muffler…

Henry County caps vehicle noise under Code of Ordinances Sec. 3-17-45 and Table 2, tying the decibel ceiling to vehicle…

Macon-Bibb County outlaws excessive horn use, worn-out "noisy vehicles," and unmuffled exhaust under County Code Sec…

Marietta caps car stereo volume so it cannot be heard 100 feet away between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m., dropping to 50 feet…

In unincorporated Newton County, the noise ordinance singles out vehicle horns and unmuffled engines as prohibited…

Paulding County bans unmuffled cars and motorcycles and unnecessary horn use under Code of Ordinances Sec. 46-62(6) and…

In unincorporated Rockdale County, playing musical equipment in or on a motor vehicle so it is plainly audible 100 feet…

Roswell limits how loud a car stereo or boom car can be heard from outside the vehicle: not audible past fifty feet…

Sandy Springs caps motor vehicle sound levels by vehicle class and posted speed limit, measured at 50 feet, and…

South Fulton bars radios, phonographs, drums or similar devices operated in a motor vehicle on a public right-of-way…

Walton County bans operating any motor vehicle, motorcycle or off-road vehicle without a properly working muffler, and…

DeKalb County wrote motor vehicle sound out of its own noise ordinance: Sec. 16-303(c)(10) excludes sound projected…