Prohibited Noise.

Grand Rapids City Code § 9.63

in effect

Sec. 9.63. - Prohibited Noise. No person shall: (1) Make, cause to be made, or allow the making of any sound, by any means, that creates a noise disturbance. Non-commercial public speaking and public assembly activities conducted on any public property or public right-of-way are exempted from operation of this subsection. (2) Between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., operate or play any radio, television, electronic audio equipment, drum, musical instrument, or device creating amplified sound such that the sound emanating therefrom can be heard across a property line of property devoted to residential uses. (3) Allow real property under one's possession or control to be used for a residential disturbance. (4) Operate any device creating amplified sound on any public property or public right-of-way that is louder than average conversational level at a distance of one hundred (100) feet or more, measured vertically or horizontally, from the source. (5) Operate any device creating amplified sound within one hundred (100) feet of a health care hospital or clinic. The distance is measured from the property line of the property upon which the health care hospital or clinic is located. (6) Operate or use any pile driver, shovel, hammer, derrick, hoist, tractor, roller, or any other mechanical apparatus in building or construction operations between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except for work on essential services, within six hundred (600) feet of a residence or hospital. (7) Activate, cause, or suffer to be activated any horn or audible signal device on any motor vehicle of any kind except as a warning of danger or peril as provided in Chapter 181 of Title X of this Code. (8) Operate or allow to be operated any motor of a motor vehicle which weighs more than five (5) tons (ten thousand (10,000) pounds) for a consecutive period of longer than two (2) minutes while such vehicle is in a stationary location on private property located within one hundred fifty (150) feet of property devoted to residential uses. Except the provisions of this subsection shall not apply: (a) When the vehicle or motor is being used for normal productive work. (b) When the vehicle or motor is being used by a public utility, municipal department, commission, or other governmental agency to provide essential services. (c) To buses operated for the transportation of passengers while standing in established bus turnarounds, terminals, or storage yards. (d) To any vehicle standing within a completely enclosed structure. (9) Operate or use, between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., any motorized lawnmower or other lawn, landscaping, or yard maintenance equipment or domestic power tools. (10) Between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., yell, cry, call, shout, whistle, or sing upon a public way, or in such proximity to a public way, as to be distinctly and loudly audible upon such public way. (11) Alter, modify, or change any exhaust muffler, intake muffler, or other equipment designed to abate noise on any motor equipment unless such alteration, modification, or change shall reduce the noise emitted by such equipment. Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to prohibit the replacement of worn noise abatement equipment certified as meeting or exceeding specifications of the manufacturer's original equipment. (12) Own any dog which by loud or frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling, shall cause annoyance to the people in the neighborhood. (Ord. No. 2019-71, § 2, 11-19-19; Ord. No. 2023-48, § 1, 10-10-23; Ord. No. 2026-01, § 1, 1-13-26)

Source: City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mi/grand_rapids/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIOLRE_CH151NU_ART5NOCO_S9.63PRNOFetched: 11/7/2026