Noise from Specific Sources in Texas (2026)

Baytown caps air conditioning unit noise at 65 dB(A) on residential property and 75 dB(A) on nonresidential property…

El Paso exempts normal HVAC operation from noise-nuisance enforcement, but only under a measured cap. City Code §…

Under Houston's noise ordinance, an air conditioning unit that stays at or below 65 dB(A) on residential property or 75…

Lubbock Code of Ordinances section 14.04.003(b)(8) bars operating any mechanical, electrical or electronic device…

HVAC and mechanical equipment in Mesquite must comply with Noise Zone decibel limits. Residential areas allow 60 dB(A)…

Air conditioning units in New Braunfels are exempt from the city's noise nuisance ordinance only while they stay under…

Noise from a heating, refrigeration, ventilation, air conditioning, generator, or pool equipment system in Plano has a…

San Antonio's noise ordinance exempts air-conditioning units, heat pumps, and pool equipment from citation only when…

DeSoto's noise ordinance applies to HVAC compressors, pool pumps, and mechanical equipment installed on residential…

Irving Ch. 22 general noise provisions apply to HVAC equipment. Units must not produce unreasonably loud noise…

Waco exempts air conditioning units from its general noise ordinance as long as they stay under 65 dB(A) on residential…

Unincorporated Bexar County does not regulate HVAC noise; complaints rely on TX Penal Code 42.01. San Antonio Chapter…

No county HVAC noise ordinance. Texas counties cannot enact noise regulations. Only TX Penal Code Section 42.01 applies…

Fort Worth's noise ordinance carves HVAC and building-maintenance sound out of every limit it sets. Section 23-8(e)(1)…

Properly maintained residential HVAC equipment operating at manufacturer-rated sound levels is permitted even if it…

Richardson regulates HVAC equipment noise under its general noise ordinance, which sets dBA limits at the property line…

Tarrant County does not regulate HVAC condenser or chiller noise in unincorporated areas. The International Mechanical…

Bars and clubs running outdoor sound equipment need an Outdoor Music Venue permit under Austin City Code Sec. 9-2-30…

Bars and nightclubs within 300 feet of a home need a City sound permit to run amplified music past 10 or 11 p.m., and…

A Plano bar or nightclub that wants to exceed the Table 1 noise limits must hold a city-council-approved entertainment…

A bar, restaurant or tavern in Baytown can't run outdoor speakers loud enough to carry more than 200 feet, and if a…

Bars and nightclubs inside Corpus Christi's downtown, bayfront, and port Entertainment District may generate sound up…

Dallas bars and nightclubs cannot blast music loud enough to reach nearby homes. City Code Section 30-2(2) presumes it…

Farmersville's noise ordinance bans operating a loudspeaker, sound amplifier or similar device in a way that causes a…

Fort Worth lets bars, restaurants and music venues in the CBD, Panther Island and West 7th Village run louder and later…

Garland caps sound inside any enclosed place of public entertainment, including bars and nightclubs, at 100 dBA…

Irving restaurants and bars using amplified sound must stop by 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and…

San Antonio caps noise from entertainment-zoned property, the bars, nightclubs and live-music venues where amplified…

Corpus Christi treats a car alarm, horn, or vehicle signal device that sounds continuously or frequently as a declared…

Letting a car horn or vehicle alarm sound continuously or frequently is a noise nuisance in El Paso. City Code §…

Grand Prairie treats the continued or frequent sounding of a vehicle horn, alarm or other signal device, outside a…

San Antonio classifies the continued or frequent sounding of a car horn, alarm or other vehicle signal device as a…

Houston's burglar-alarm permit article, Chapter 11, expressly excludes vehicle alarms: Section 11-50 says the article…

Lubbock Code of Ordinances section 14.04.003(b)(6) treats running an electrical generator to power inflatable play…

Engine-generators cannot run between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. under Carrollton's noise ordinance, but the code carves out an…

Running a portable generator or other power equipment outdoors on residential property in El Paso is barred from 10:00…

Farmersville bars running generators and other power equipment near homes at night. City Code section 44-50(i) makes it…

Garland bans running outdoor power equipment, generators included, in residential zones between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00…

Irving Ch. 22 general noise provisions apply to generators. Continuous use of generators producing unreasonable noise…

Laredo's mobile vending ordinance requires every generator used by a licensed mobile business to be barriered off from…

Taylor requires a muffler on every stationary generator and combustion engine operated in the city. City Code section…

Corpus Christi does not have generator-specific noise provisions. Generators must comply with Chapter 31 limits of 70…

Portable and standby generators in Richardson must operate within the city's noise ordinance decibel limits, which are…

Generators in unincorporated Bexar County are regulated only by TX Penal Code 42.01 and electrical permit rules…

No county generator noise ordinance. No time-of-use restrictions or decibel limits. TX Penal Code Section 42.01 applies…

Austin's noise code makes it an offense to run a delivery vehicle's refrigeration unit, engine, or generator between 7…

Baytown only shields dumpster pickups, deliveries and emptying near homes between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. from its noise…

Loading and unloading operations at commercial or industrial sites within 500 feet of a residential area are barred…

A delivery truck cannot idle more than five minutes within 300 feet of a home in Dallas. City Code Section 30-3.1 makes…

Denton's noise ordinance makes it a nuisance violation to create loud, excessive noise while loading or unloading a…

Farmersville bans loading or unloading any vehicle in a way that causes a noise disturbance, under City Code Sec…

Loading or unloading a delivery truck anywhere in Frisco is a code violation the moment it causes a noise disturbance…

Grand Prairie confines truck loading, unloading and idling noise near homes to daytime hours. Sec. 13-277(11)(d) limits…

Irving bans loading and unloading noise near homes and businesses between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays and 9 p.m. to 9…

A Plano food service establishment that accepts supply deliveries between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. avoids a…

Taylor's noise ordinance singles out loading and unloading as its own violation: City Code section 19-4(b)(8) bans loud…

Late-night deliveries get a narrow exemption from El Paso's noise rules. City Code § 9.40.020(A)(14) allows 10:00…

Dallas City Code Sec. 5-34 bars aircraft engine starts and maintenance run-ups at Love Field and Dallas Executive…

Denton outlaws bass reverberation or vibration from speakers or amplifiers that a neighbor can feel, see, or hear…

Corpus Christi bans sound and bass strong enough to be felt rather than just heard: Code of Ordinances Sec. 31-4 makes…

El Paso regulates bass and other low-frequency noise separately from ordinary loudness. City Code § 9.40.030(B) makes…

Farmersville regulates low-frequency bass and subwoofer noise through a vibration standard rather than a decibel meter…

Grand Prairie caps low-frequency noise from gas drilling and production equipment at 65 decibels in the 16, 32 and 64…

Houston bans sound that makes neighbors feel vibrations or resonance, even when it stays under the chapter's dB(A)…