Noise from Specific Sources in Ohio (2026)

Columbus classifies air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment as a "stationary sound source" under its noise code…

In the City of Oregon, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 531.02(k) names air conditioning and refrigeration apparatus…

Toledo caps noise from fixed machinery, HVAC units and similar mechanical equipment by zoning district and time of day…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.03(A) declares that maintaining or using refrigeration machinery or…

Parma bars running a window air conditioning unit that sits less than 20 feet from a neighboring house if it creates a…

Cincinnati specifically bars restaurants, hotels, summer gardens and other places of refreshment or entertainment from…

Columbus caps noise from bars, nightclubs, and other commercial sources at 70 dBA between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., and…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.03(G) addresses sound in a place of public entertainment, defined as any commercial…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(2) bars amplified sound from any place of public entertainment that…

Parma caps amplified sound in bars, clubs, and other places of public entertainment at 95 dBA where customers stand…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 509.10(b)(11) bars beer parlors, night clubs, drive-in…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(8)B bars sounding or permitting any motor vehicle burglar alarm unless…

Parma allows vehicle theft alarms but bars any device that doubles as an ordinary warning signal, and separately…

Columbus lets you install a theft alarm on your vehicle, but City Code § 2137.19 requires it be wired so it can't…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.03(D)(2) declares a motor vehicle burglar alarm not in violation of the noise…

Medina's general noise ordinance prohibits unreasonably loud sound from radios, loudspeakers, horns and similar…

Columbus caps stationary noise sources, including generators, at 50 feet beyond a residential property line under the…

Dayton's zoning code bars a food truck parked more than three days at one spot from running on a generator, and caps…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(4)C prohibits discharging the exhaust of a stationary internal…

Canton Codified Ordinances Section 509.03(b)(4) singles out loading and unloading as a named example of a prohibited…

Columbus's noise ordinance treats idling and unloading delivery trucks as stationary sound sources, banning nighttime…

Dayton makes it a violation to create loud, excessive noise while loading or unloading a vehicle, or while breaking…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, loading and unloading that creates a noise disturbance across a residential property…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.05 caps vehicle sound on a public right of way at 86 decibels for motor vehicles of…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(6) bars loading, unloading, opening, closing or handling boxes, crates…

In the City of Oregon, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 531.08 bans loud and excessive noise from loading or unloading…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 509.10(b)(5) names loud and excessive noise from loading or…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, vehicle sound systems that are plainly audible from 50 feet away, including…

Canton Codified Ordinances Section 509.05 bars operating a vehicle sound amplification system so that it is plainly…

Columbus bans loud vehicle sound systems audible 50 feet or more outside the car on any public street or parking area…

Dayton bans running a vehicle's sound system, including car-stereo bass, loud enough to be heard 25 feet away from the…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, the plainly audible test for loud sound from midnight until 8:00 a.m. expressly includes…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a radio, sound amplifier or similar device operated in or on a motor vehicle on a public…

Parma bans playing a car radio, CD player or other audio system loudly enough to be "plainly audible" to anyone outside…