Noise from Specific Sources in Indiana (2026)

Lake County caps continuous mechanical noise, including HVAC condensers and rooftop equipment, at the property line…

Evansville's noise code names air conditioners and HVAC units as example sources on multi-use properties and sets the…

In unincorporated Elkhart County, businesses cannot run outdoor public address systems within 500 feet of a residence…

Evansville's noise chapter names commercial districts, including bars and restaurants, as both regulated sound sources…

Fishers caps business noise, including bars and nightclubs, within 50 feet of a residential unit at 80 decibels by day…

Fort Wayne bars can't run amplified music or loudspeakers loud enough to be plainly audible off-premises between 10…

Bars and nightclubs in unincorporated Clark County are not automatically exempt from the county noise ordinance: sound…

Lake County makes it unlawful to sound a vehicle horn or other audible signaling device, including a triggered car…

Elkhart County bans sounding a car horn, alarm or other signaling device except as a danger warning, and treats any…

Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.02.080 makes it unlawful to sound a horn, klaxon, siren or other vehicle warning signal…

Westfield's noise ordinance bars sound audible 40 feet away or louder than 90 decibels at six feet, but exempts…

Clark County's noise ordinance bans sound audible 50 feet from its source, but Section 90.04(B)(3) carves out burglar…

Fishers exempts burglar and car alarms from its noise ordinance's decibel and time limits, but only if the alarm's…

Fort Wayne exempts burglar alarms and other warning devices, including car alarms, from its noise ordinance only if the…

Kokomo's noise chapter treats vehicle horns and alarms as opposite cases: sounding a horn or signaling device beyond a…

Noblesville's noise code does not ban car or burglar alarms outright. Code § 93.24(C) exempts them from the noise-limit…

Evansville's noise chapter expressly exempts burglar alarms on motor vehicles from its unreasonable-noise rules, so a…

Bloomington Municipal Code § 4.28.160(v) caps generator noise from a mobile food vendor unit at 70 decibels on the…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, the housing code lets residents run a generator only during a power outage…

In the City of Kokomo, running any noise-creating blower, power fan, or internal combustion engine that causes loud…

Evansville exempts emergency electricity generators from its noise ordinance while they run during an actual electrical…

Elkhart County bans unreasonably loud and excessive noise from loading or unloading a vehicle, or from opening and…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, loading, unloading or handling boxes, crates, containers and garbage cans between 7:00…

Loading, unloading or emptying a trash container over six cubic feet between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. that's audible off the…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, Columbus Municipal Code § 8.28.040(F) prohibits loud and excessive noise in loading…

Playing a car stereo, subwoofer, or other vehicle sound system loud enough to be heard, or felt, more than 20 feet away…

Evansville's noise code defines plainly audible bass as enough on its own to prove a violation, and sets vehicular…

Fishers caps amplified sound from radios, stereos, and speakers, the source of most bass complaints, at 80 decibels…

Fort Wayne bars audible bass, stereos and amplified sound reaching neighbors after 10 p.m. or carrying past 50 feet in…

In the City of Kokomo, playing a radio, stereo, or other sound device loudly enough to be plainly audible 50 feet from…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, running a radio, stereo, amplifier, or musical instrument loud enough to be…