Macon, GA
Noise Code
The official quiet hours, decibel limits, and enforcement protocols for Macon, GA.
Ordinance Summary
Macon, GA noise ordinances, specifically Macon-Bibb County's Chapter 15 Nuisances, prohibit unreasonably loud, disturbing, and unnecessary noise detrimental to public peace or health. Quiet hours are generally 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on weekends. Noise readily audible inside a closed residence during these times is considered a violation.
Quiet Hours
Sunday through Thursday, 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; Friday and Saturday nights, after 11:00 p.m. and before 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For amplified sound on public streets, sidewalks, or parks, it is unlawful before 7:00 a.m. and after 10:00 p.m.
Police Non-Emergency
478-751-7500Decibel Limits
"The ordinance prohibits 'unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise' of such character, intensity, or duration as to be detrimental to life or health, or in disturbance of public peace and welfare. During quiet hours, noise is a violation if readily audible inside another home, residence, apartment, or building with usual openings closed."
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Specific Noise Restrictions
Construction work is listed as a potentially noisy disturbance. Making loud noises, including from construction, is prohibited between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and after 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, if it disturbs neighbors.
It is unlawful to use, maintain, or operate loudspeakers, sound trucks, amplifiers, or other mechanical or electrical devices for increasing sound volume on public streets, sidewalks, parks, or other public places before 7:00 a.m. and after 10:00 p.m. Reasonable use for noncommercial public addresses is exempted.
Complaints about animals, presumably including excessive barking, are handled by animal control.
Horns, automobiles, and exhausts are examples of potentially noisy disturbances covered by the nuisance law.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quiet Hours?
Sunday through Thursday, 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; Friday and Saturday nights, after 11:00 p.m. and before 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For amplified sound on public streets, sidewalks, or parks, it is unlawful before 7:00 a.m. and after 10:00 p.m..
Construction?
Usually limited to daytime hours (e.g. 7am-6pm). Check 'Specific Restrictions' above.
Who to call?
Use Non-Emergency Police: 478-751-7500.
Fines?
Commonly range from $50 to $500 for initial offenses.
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