Frisco, TX
Noise Code
The official quiet hours, decibel limits, and enforcement protocols for Frisco, TX.
Ordinance Summary
Frisco, TX noise ordinances, including Chapter 54, Article IV, prohibit unreasonably loud noise disturbing public peace or comfort. Ordinance 127-53 sets specific decibel limits for residential areas (55 dB day/50 dB night) and commercial zones (70 dB day/65 dB night). Quiet hours for certain activities like construction and amplified sound are generally 10 PM to 7 AM, with fines up to $500 for violations.
Quiet Hours
10:00 PM to 7:00 AM (general); 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM (residential amplified sound/power equipment/construction/vehicle repair); specific exemptions for Pizza Hut Park events.
Police Non-Emergency
972-292-6010Decibel Limits
"Texas law presumes noise over 85 dB is unreasonable after notice."
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Specific Noise Restrictions
Operating equipment for construction, maintenance, repair, alteration, or demolition work in a residential district or quiet zone, or within 500 feet of a residence, is a noise disturbance per se between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Use of sound production or reproduction devices, radios, musical instruments, drums, phonographs, televisions, loudspeakers, and sound amplifiers in residential districts or quiet zones is prohibited between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Frequent, excessive, or long continuous barking, whining, crying, meowing, howling, or other animal-related noise is prohibited.
Repairing, rebuilding, modifying, or testing any motor vehicle or watercraft in a residential district or quiet zone, or within 500 feet of a residence, is a noise disturbance per se between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Excessive spinning of tires or unnecessary racing of a motor vehicle engine in a nonresidential district causing a noise disturbance is also prohibited. Vehicle radio/sound systems cannot be audible 30 feet from the vehicle.
Activities within Pizza Hut Park are exempt from general noise regulations if conducted between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, and 7:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Noise disturbances outside these hours at the park are per se violations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quiet Hours?
10:00 PM to 7:00 AM (general); 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM (residential amplified sound/power equipment/construction/vehicle repair); specific exemptions for Pizza Hut Park events..
Construction?
Usually limited to daytime hours (e.g. 7am-6pm). Check 'Specific Restrictions' above.
Who to call?
Use Non-Emergency Police: 972-292-6010.
Fines?
Commonly range from $50 to $500 for initial offenses.
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