Noise Ordinances in Michigan (2026)

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

Battle Creek Codified Ordinances § 652.07(b)(3) bans yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, singing or any loud noise…

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, Michigan bars yelling, shouting, whistling, or singing on or near a public way between 10:00 p.m. and…

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…

The City of Kalamazoo bans any 'excessive or unusually loud noise' that disturbs a person's comfort, repose, health…

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…

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)…

Novi bans any sound that creates a noise disturbance under City Code § 22-96, and specifically prohibits radios…

In the City of Pontiac, City Code § 58-204 bars a list of specific noisy activities between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if…

The Charter Township of Royal Oak sets nighttime noise limits by the clock. Residential areas drop from 55 to 50 dB(A)…

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

In the City of Southfield, City Code Sec. 9.11(9) and (10) bar radios, televisions, phonographs and musical instruments…

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

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, residential noise cannot exceed 50 dBA between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., versus 65 dBA…

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…

Kalamazoo sets no fixed construction start and stop time; instead, City Code § 21-20 prohibits any construction or…

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

Battle Creek Codified Ordinances § 652.07(b)(8) prohibits erecting, excavating, demolishing, altering or repairing any…

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…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, City Code Sec. 36-341(2) bars construction, drilling, or demolition tools and…

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…

Building work in the City of Flint is exempt from the Noise Control Ordinance between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on…

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…

Construction work in Novi is limited to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, under City Code § 22-98, with…

In the City of Pontiac, City Code § 22-4 bars construction, repair, demolition, grading, excavation and street work…

Rochester Hills limits permitted construction activity to 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, excluding…

In the City of Royal Oak, construction noise from erecting, excavating, demolishing, altering or repairing a building…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, operating tools or equipment used in construction, drilling or…

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

In the City of Southfield, erecting, demolishing, altering or repairing a building, or excavating streets and highways…

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

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, building construction, demolition and street excavation cannot run between 8:00 p.m…

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…

West Bloomfield Township limits construction noise to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends…

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…

Battle Creek Codified Ordinances § 608.11(d) bars owning, harboring or keeping any animal that, by frequent or loud…

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…

City Code § 6-93 makes it unlawful to harbor or keep any animal whose loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping…

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 City Code § 9.63(12) makes it a prohibited noise to own any dog whose loud, frequent, or habitual barking…

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

City Code § 7-3 defines an animal "nuisance" to include habitually disturbing noises, and §§ 7-11 and 7-23 make it…

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…

In the City of Novi, no one may harbor or keep an animal, dogs included, that causes an annoyance to the neighborhood…

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

In the City of Pontiac, City Code § 18-51 makes it unlawful to harbor or keep a dog whose loud, frequent or habitual…

Rochester Hills bars an owner from permitting a dog to 'disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood by barking or…

City Code § 195-14 makes it unlawful in Royal Oak to harbor or keep a dog whose loud, frequent or habitual barking…

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

In the City of Southfield, harboring a dog whose loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling annoys the…

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

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, keeping an animal that habitually barks, howls or otherwise disturbs the neighborhood…

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…

West Bloomfield Township bans keeping or harboring a dog whose loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling…

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…

In Royal Oak Township, Michigan, no one can keep or harbor a dog whose loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping or…

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…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, leaf blowers, lawn mowers and snow blowers count as residential power…

West Bloomfield Township restricts when lawn services and homeowners can run leaf blowers and other gas or electric…

Novi carves lawn and landscaping equipment, including leaf blowers, out of its general noise rules only during set…

In the City of Southfield, discharging air into the open from a noise-creating blower or power fan is unlawful noise…

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, Michigan (Washtenaw County) limits amplified sound in two ways. Under City Code § 9:390, no one may run an…

Under Battle Creek Codified Ordinances § 652.07(b)(2), electronic sound equipment and musical instruments, amplified or…

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, Michigan bans amplified sound between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when it can be heard across a property…

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

City Code § 21-9 prohibits installing, using or operating a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment for commercial…

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…

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

Commercial loudspeakers and public address systems on Novi's public roads and public spaces are barred between 10:00…

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

In the City of Pontiac, City Code § 58-204(5) bans operating a loudspeaker, sound amplifier, public address system or…

Rochester Hills caps measurable noise, including amplified sound, at fixed decibel levels tied to the time of day and…

In the City of Royal Oak, Zoning Code § 770-94 caps property-line noise from any use at 75 decibels between 6:00 a.m…

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

In the City of Southfield, loudspeakers and amplifiers used for noncommercial purposes are capped at four hours a day…

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, radios, stereos, loudspeakers and musical instruments played loud enough to annoy…

Wayne County's Nuisance Noise Ordinance bars amplified music and other amplified sound that carries outside the…

In West Bloomfield Township's community parks, Section 16-29 caps musical instruments, radios, loudspeakers and other…

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…

The City of Southfield bars anyone from operating an aircraft within city limits beyond the manufacturer's…

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 does not apply to aircraft. Section 31-77(e) lists aircraft and trains…

Flights conducted in accordance with federal law, federal air regulations and air traffic control instructions are…

Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County) caps sound at the source's property line under City Code § 9:364, Table I: 61…

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…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, outdoor sound crossing into a receiving zoning district cannot exceed the numeric caps…

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…

City Code § 21-7.B sets hard dB(A) ceilings for noise crossing a property line in the City of Kalamazoo: 50 dB(A)…

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…

Novi's outdoor assembly permit conditions set a hard numeric ceiling on amplified sound: under Sec. 24-21(17), public…

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 the City of Pontiac, outdoor sound is capped by property-line dB(A) limits that shift by land use and time of day…

Rochester Hills caps measurable noise at the property line under Code § 46-94(3): 65 dBA daytime and 50 dBA nighttime…

In the City of Royal Oak, zoning code § 770-94 caps property-line noise at 75 decibels between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00…

In Royal Oak Township, Michigan, the Charter Township code caps sound at 55 dB(A) in residential districts from 7:00…

In the City of Southfield, Sec. 5.119(3) caps the sound a Technical-Education-Research (TR) District use may send…

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

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, powered construction and industrial machinery cannot exceed graduated decibel limits…

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…

West Bloomfield Township caps ambient sound from any parcel or building unit at 85 decibels (dBA) between 7 a.m. and 10…

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…

Battle Creek Codified Ordinances § 652.07(b)(11) bars an amplified sound system in a parked or moving motor vehicle…

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…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, City Code § 32-425 makes it a misdemeanor to operate or park a vehicle, on public or…

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 Code § 28-132 bars horns and warning devices that emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound, bars sirens…

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…

City Code § 21-7.C sets dB(A) ceilings for vehicles on Kalamazoo streets, from 82 dB(A) for cars to 90 dB(A) for heavy…

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…

Novi caps amplified sound from vehicles, including motorcycles and mopeds, at fifty feet: under City Code § 22-99, no…

City Code § 114-30 caps motor-vehicle noise measured at 50 feet, from 76 to 90 dB(A) depending on vehicle weight, speed…

Rochester Hills requires every motorcycle, go-cart, trail bike or similar recreational vehicle operated in the city to…

In the City of Royal Oak, operating a parked or moving vehicle stereo, speakers or sound system so it can be heard or…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, operating or controlling a parked or moving vehicle with sound…

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

In the City of Southfield, City Code Sec. 9.11(4), (8) and (12) together bar unmuffled vehicle exhaust, unnecessary or…

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

In the City of Taylor, Michigan, it is unlawful to run an electronically amplified sound system in a parked or moving…

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…

West Bloomfield Township requires every motorcycle operated in the township to run an efficient muffler that keeps…

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…