Noise Ordinances in Michigan (2026)

Ann Arbor bans power tools, pest-control devices, bells, radios and amplified music that are audible beyond the…

Bay County bars loud radios, musical instruments, and yelling or shouting between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; music or…

Clinton Township bans loud or plainly audible radios, music, yelling and singing between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

Dearborn's noise ordinance bars radios, TVs, stereos and similar devices from producing sound that crosses a…

Detroit bans amplified music, loudspeakers, and steam or air whistles citywide between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under…

Farmington Hills caps measurable noise at 50 decibels between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in residential districts, 55 dB from 7…

Flint's noise ordinance defines nighttime as 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. and applies tighter limits during those hours…

Grand Rapids bars amplified sound audible across a residential property line between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., part of a…

Jackson County's park campgrounds observe a 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. quiet period. Chapter VI, Section 12(C)(3) of the Parks…

Kent County's Parks Ordinance sets an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. quiet period in county park campgrounds, Section 21(c): noise…

Lansing treats any radio, TV, stereo, or instrument audible fifty feet away between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. as prima-facie…

Livonia's noise ordinance sets an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew on outdoor power tools in residential areas, and the same…

Macomb County has no countywide quiet-hours ordinance. Nighttime noise limits are set locally by each township, city…

Muskegon County's Parks Ordinance sets an 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. quiet period in county campgrounds. Section 6(1)(d)…

Oakland County, Michigan does not enforce a single county-wide noise ordinance. Quiet hours are set by each of the…

Shelby treats yelling, shouting and loud verbal noise between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. as prima facie evidence of a…

Sterling Heights bars loud noise plainly audible from any public place between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., without…

Troy's Code makes it unlawful to play a radio, TV, phonograph or musical instrument, or to yell, shout or make other…

Warren bars excessive noise in residential areas and public streets between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. that disturbs the…

Wayne County bars loud, amplified sound audible off your property from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday through Thursday…

Wyoming, Michigan does not set one blanket noise curfew; instead Sec. 50-233 bars loud, boisterous conduct and…

Ann Arbor bans construction, demolition, and excavation noise all day on Sundays and holidays and from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m…

Bay County confines building construction, demolition, alteration, and repair noise to 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on…

Construction, demolition, alteration or excavation work within 30 feet of a residence or residential zoning district is…

Dearborn bars construction within 500 feet of a residential area between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. unless a special exemption…

Detroit bans heavy construction equipment noise, pile drivers, jackhammers, drills, in or near residential zoning…

Farmington Hills bars construction noise louder than the area's normal ambient level outside 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m…

The City of Flint exempts building erection, demolition, alteration and repair work from its noise ordinance only…

Grand Rapids prohibits running pile drivers, shovels, hammers, derricks, hoists, tractors, or rollers on construction…

Lansing bars construction, drilling and demolition equipment noise that disturbs residential neighbors between 8 p.m…

Livonia bans construction noise, including excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of a structure, between 11 p.m…

Macomb County sets no countywide construction-hours limit. Each township and city regulates its own. Macomb Township…

Construction-noise hours are set by each Oakland County municipality, not the county. Common windows: Charter Township…

Shelby limits noisy construction work to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and sundown. Erecting, demolishing, altering or…

Construction, demolition, alteration, or excavation noise within 30 feet of a residence is barred outside 7:00 a.m. to…

Troy bans construction noise, including excavating, demolition, alteration or repair work, outside 7:00 a.m. to 8:00…

Warren's nuisance ordinance sets fixed construction hours citywide. Section 21-29(a) makes it unlawful to conduct…

Wyoming, Michigan bars piledrivers, hammers, tractors and similar mechanical construction equipment from running…

Barking, howling or other animal noise that disturbs neighbors violates Ann Arbor's animal noise nuisance rule; noise…

Bay County's Animal Control Ordinance bars owners from letting their animal bark, howl, yelp, cry or otherwise make…

Clinton Township's animal nuisance rule treats 20 minutes of aggregate barking or howling in any one hour as sufficient…

A dog, cat or bird that frequently barks, howls, meows or squawks for a long duration and disturbs a neighbor across…

Detroit treats habitual barking, howling, or yelping that disturbs neighbors as a public nuisance. Animal Care and…

City Code § 6-5 makes it unlawful to keep or harbor any dog, cat, bird, or other animal whose loud or habitual barking…

The City of Flint makes it unlawful to own or harbor any dog, cat, or bird that habitually barks, howls, meows, or…

Grand Rapids bans owning a dog whose loud, frequent, or habitual barking, yelping, or howling annoys people in the…

Keeping any animal or bird on Jackson County park property that causes frequent or loud continued noise disturbing…

Lansing, Michigan bars owning or keeping any dog, bird or other animal that repeatedly makes noise loud enough to…

Livonia's noise control ordinance bars owning or harboring any animal or bird that frequently or continuously howls…

Oakland County Animal Control does not respond to barking-dog complaints. Barking is enforced by each municipality's…

Ottawa County's Animal Control Ordinance makes excessive barking a code violation: Section 300.1.6.4 requires any dog…

Village of Shelby treats habitual barking as an animal-control violation, not just a noise complaint. Section 100-8(F)…

City Code § 8-30 bans keeping any dog or cat whose loud, frequent, or habitual barking, whining, yelping, howling, or…

Troy Code Chapter 88 makes it unlawful to keep any animal or bird that causes "frequent or long continued noise"…

Warren bans keeping a dog whose loud, frequent barking or howling seriously annoys neighbors. Barking or howling for 20…

Westland makes it unlawful to harbor an animal that constantly cries, barks or makes other loud noises annoying the…

Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County) bars a barking dog or other domestic-animal noise from being audible beyond the owner's…

Ann Arbor bans gas-powered leaf blowers citywide every summer, June 1 to September 30, and phases them out completely…

Running a leaf blower or other lawn or garden tool loud enough to disturb neighbors is banned in Dearborn between 10…

The City of Flint bars running power saws, sanders, grinders, or lawn and garden tools such as leaf blowers outdoors in…

Grand Rapids bans running leaf blowers, lawnmowers, and other yard maintenance or power tools between 10 p.m. and 7…

Macomb County has no countywide leaf-blower ordinance. Yard-equipment noise is regulated locally. Macomb Township bans…

Playing amplified music too loudly or too late in Clinton Township is a civil infraction. Section 664.07 bans…

Using any sound or light amplification equipment in a Kent County park is unlawful without a written permit from the…

Sterling Heights requires a city license for any outdoor patio using amplified sound and requires a nuisance-mitigation…

Troy bans using any drum, loudspeaker or amplifier "for the purpose of attracting attention for any purpose," full…

Warren requires a city clerk permit before operating a sound truck with a radio or amplifier under Sec. 21-32, and…

Ann Arbor exempts parades, concerts, festivals and fairs from the standard noise limits only when the sound stays…

Outdoor music in Dearborn's downtown business districts is capped on a decibel grid that varies by time of day AND by…

Detroit prohibits amplified music, speech, and sound equipment citywide between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under the…

Farmington Hills prohibits playing musical instruments, phonographs, radios, televisions, tape players or any other…

The City of Flint caps amplified music and sound systems at places of public entertainment at 100 dB(A), unless the…

Grand Rapids bars playing amplified sound, radios, TVs, drums, instruments, loud enough to cross a residential property…

Playing a PA system, amplified instrument or other sound-amplification device on Jackson County park property requires…

Lansing bans noncommercial loudspeakers, PA systems, and amplified live music that cross a residential property line…

Livonia bars stationary loudspeakers and sound amplifiers on public space or for business advertising from being…

Macomb County has no countywide amplified-music ordinance. Loudspeakers and sound systems are regulated by each…

Muskegon County bars sound amplification devices, loudspeakers, audio equipment and car stereos in county parks from…

Section 400.3.1.6(a)(xii) of the Code of Ottawa County bars sound amplification devices, loudspeakers, audio equipment…

Shelby's noise ordinance bars radios, phonographs and musical instruments played loud enough to disturb neighbors, and…

Wayne County bans amplified music and sound equipment audible off your property after 10 p.m. on weeknights and after…

Westland bars radios, TVs, musical instruments, and other sound-amplifying devices from playing loud enough to be…

In Wyoming, Michigan, no musical instrument, radio, phonograph or sound-amplifying device may be run in a public way or…

Michigan's Aeronautics Code preempts local regulation of aircraft operations and noise, leaving control over aircraft…

Troy bars anyone from landing, launching, or hovering aircraft over private property unless the site is a licensed…

Grand Rapids bars helicopter landings and takeoffs in its TN-CC and TN-TCC districts between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., caps…

Livonia's noise ordinance targets model aircraft, drones and similar flying contrivances that produce loud, harsh or…

Ann Arbor's local noise ordinance expressly does not apply to aircraft, leaving aircraft noise regulated by federal and…

The City of Flint's Noise Control Ordinance exempts aircraft and trains, including helicopters, from its noise…

Ann Arbor caps outdoor sound at the property line by zone and time: 61 dB(A) daytime/55 dB(A) nighttime for residential…

Bay County caps noise by zoning district under a decibel table in its Noise Control Ordinance. Residential property is…

Clinton Township's Zoning Code sets hard decibel ceilings by district under Section 1156.05. Most uses may not exceed…

Dearborn's zoning ordinance caps steady noise from any land use by district and time of day: 60 dB(A) daytime and 50…

Non-residential uses that create off-site noise impacts on residential, business, and other Detroit zoning districts…

Farmington Hills caps outdoor sound at fixed decibel levels that vary by zoning district and time of day, from a…

The City of Flint caps continuous noise from industrial-zoned property at 70 dB(A) in daytime and 65 dB(A) at night…

Special land uses in Grand Rapids's SD-IT Industrial-Transportation districts get higher decibel allowances, up to 66…

Lansing caps continuous noise from air conditioners, refrigeration units, and compressors at 55 dBA measured at any…

Livonia caps sound at the property line of the receiving land use: 55 dB(A) in residential areas from 7 a.m. to 11…

Macomb County sets no countywide decibel limits. Numeric dB(A) standards are adopted by individual townships and…

Oakland County does not set a county-wide dBA limit. Royal Oak Zoning §770-94 caps noise at 75 dBA between 6:00 a.m…

In Sterling Heights, Michigan's O-R Office Research District, zoning rules cap noise at 60 decibels in the daytime and…

Troy's Zoning Ordinance caps noise from any use at sixty-five decibels measured at the boundary property line, rising…

Warren's zoning ordinance fixes numeric noise ceilings for the city's four industrial districts. Section 17.02(j) caps…

Wayne County caps nighttime noise at 60 decibels measured at the property line, or 100 feet if unmeasured, under the…

Wyoming, Michigan caps plant noise at industrial-district boundaries: I-1 and I-3 districts hold to 55 dB(A) at a…

Ann Arbor caps street noise from motor vehicles at 76 to 90 dB(A), measured 50 feet away, with stricter limits for cars…

Bay County limits car and motorcycle horns to danger warnings only, bans engine-exhaust-operated horns and whistles…

Dearborn caps car stereo volume at 25 feet and sets dBA exhaust limits for vehicles operated on city streets, with…

Detroit bans motor vehicle horn misuse, unauthorized sirens, and any stereo or speaker sound audible more than ten feet…

Farmington Hills bans operating a parked or moving vehicle's stereo, speakers or similar sound equipment loud enough to…

City of Flint law bars unreasonably loud horns, sirens on non-emergency vehicles, and muffler cut-out or bypass devices…

Vehicle noise on Michigan roads is set by state law statewide, not by Genesee County. MCL 257.707c caps a passenger car…

Grand Rapids bans vehicle sound systems audible 50 feet away between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., dropping to 25 feet audibility…

Michigan law requires every motor vehicle, including motorcycles and mopeds, to have a working muffler that prevents…

Lansing requires vehicle and engine exhaust to pass through a muffler or similar device that prevents loud or explosive…

Livonia bars discharging exhaust from any motor vehicle into the open air except through a muffler or similar device…

Vehicle noise in Macomb County is governed by Michigan state law, not a county ordinance. MCL 257.707 requires every…

Shelby requires every engine to discharge exhaust through a muffler that prevents loud or explosive noise, and treats a…

Sterling Heights prohibits vehicle stereos and portable sound systems that are plainly audible 30 feet away, bans them…

Troy requires every motor vehicle's exhaust to run through a muffler that prevents "loud explosive noises," and…

Warren requires every motor vehicle exhaust to pass through a muffler that prevents loud explosive noises, and bars…

Wayne County bans loud amplified vehicle stereo noise audible off the vehicle during set nighttime and early-morning…

Westland bars vehicle horns and signal devices from creating loud or harsh sound audible within 50 feet or inside…

Wyoming, Michigan limits a parked or moving vehicle's sound system to being audible at 50 feet during the day and 25…