Noise Ordinances in Kansas (2026)

The City of Lawrence bans any excessive, unreasonable or unusually loud noise that disturbs the repose, health, peace…

Olathe bans unreasonably loud noise citywide and treats any sound plainly audible 50 feet away, or at the property…

Overland Park bars any radio, stereo, speaker or other sound amplification device from being played loud enough to…

Every Sedgwick County park, lake and recreational area observes quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., during which…

Topeka bans any sound device operated so it disturbs a reasonable person's peace at any hour, and treats running one…

Wichita caps residential sound at 50 decibels between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., a stricter nighttime limit than the…

Sec. 22-128(b) sets an 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. quiet-hours standard: any noise-producing device that is plainly audible…

Olathe caps construction, drilling, and demolition equipment at 65 dBA measured at the property line during allowed…

Overland Park lets construction, demolition and drilling run without decibel or time-of-day limits between 7 a.m. and 9…

Topeka bars erecting, excavating, demolishing or exteriorly altering or repairing a building, or working an exterior…

Wichita bars construction noise outside 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., with permits from the Director of Public Works allowed only…

In the City of Lawrence, Section 3-501(a) makes it a nuisance offense to own, possess, harbor or keep any animal…

Olathe prohibits owning or harboring any animal or bird that frequently or continuously howls, barks, or makes noise…

Overland Park's noise ordinance, not its animal code, is what a neighbor invokes against a barking dog: owning, keeping…

Sedgwick County code lists excessive barking, whining or howling as a nuisance-animal violation whenever it is…

In platted subdivisions where the rule has been activated, Sec. 5-55(c) makes it unlawful to keep or harbor a dog that…

Topeka bans keeping or harboring any animal whose frequent or long continued noise disturbs a neighbor's comfort or…

Owning, keeping or harboring an animal whose loud, frequent, excessive or habitual barking, howling or yelping…

Kansas City, Kansas bans keeping any animal whose excessive noise disturbs a neighborhood under Unified Government Code…

Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas bars outdoor use of saws, drills, sanders, grinders, lawn and garden tools including…

Topeka requires noise-creating blowers to be muffled at all times; there is no set curfew specific to leaf blowers.

Overland Park has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Blowers fall under the garden tool clause of the noise chapter…

Chapter 7.08 sets numeric dB(A) limits measured off the source property: 60 daytime and 55 nighttime in residential…

Johnson County bans loudspeakers and amplification equipment at any permitted amusement enterprise or exhibition once…

In the City of Lawrence, operating a radio, television, musical instrument, phonograph or other electronic sound device…

Olathe bars amplified music, radios, or instruments from creating a noise disturbance across a property line between 11…

Unincorporated Sedgwick County has no city-style decibel ordinance for amplified music. Instead, K.S.A. 21-6203 makes…

Unincorporated Shawnee County has no separate county noise ordinance capping amplified sound or setting quiet hours…

Topeka bans running a radio, loudspeaker, amplifier or similar device so its sound reaches a public street for…

Wichita's noise code sets zone-based decibel ceilings for amplified sound, loudspeakers, and sound systems: 55 db(A) by…

Sec. 22-128(a)(3) of the Unified Government Code limits portable, non-vehicular music or sound equipment used on public…

Near McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita's airport overlay districts bar hotels, schools, day cares, and dense housing…

Olathe's Noise Control Ordinance exempts aircraft movement conducted under federal law, so helicopter and airplane…

Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas caps sound at a receiving property's boundary by zoning: 55 dBA daytime and 50 dBA…

Overland Park sets hard dB(A) ceilings that scale by zoning and time of day: 60 dB(A) daytime in residential areas…

Wichita caps sound at 55 db(A) daytime and 50 db(A) nighttime in residential zones, with higher ceilings for…

The Unified Government's general noise ordinance bans loud sound by a "plainly audible" or "reasonable person" standard…

Playing a vehicle sound system loud enough to be heard 50 feet away on a Lawrence street, alley, parking lot or…

Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas caps vehicle sound on public roads by weight class and speed, from 78 to 92 dBA, and…

Overland Park bans loud vehicle repair, rebuilding or stationary engine testing that carries across a property line…

Topeka bans vehicle sound systems audible 50 or more feet away, whether the car is parked, stopped, or moving on any…

Every motor vehicle operated in Wichita must run a working muffler or noise-suppressing system at all times, and…

Playing a car radio, tape player, TV, or sound amplifier loud enough to be heard more than 50 feet from the vehicle is…