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 Kansas City
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 46. NOISE CONTROL
 Article I. IN GENERAL

  § 46-5. Specific prohibitions.  

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  • Due to the noise inherent in certain activities and for other reasons, special rules apply to the following acts and situations:

    (1)

    Domestic power tools. No person shall operate or permit the operation of any mechanically or electrically-powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, lawn or garden tool, or similar device used in a residential district between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on a residential property or within 250 feet of a residential real property boundary (when operated on commercial or light-industrial property), unless such activities do not exceed the limits set forth in Table I.

    (2)

    Loading and unloading. No person shall load, unload, open, close or perform other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans or similar objects between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary, except when necessary in the performance of construction work as defined in section 46-3.

    (3)

    Refuse and recycling vehicles. No person shall allow for the collection or collect refuse or recycling materials with a refuse or recycling collection vehicle or operate the compacting mechanism of any motor vehicle that compacts refuse or recycling, between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day in a residential property area or within 500 feet of such an area.

    (4)

    Portable sound systems. Self-contained, portable, non-vehicular music or sound production or amplification devices shall not be operated on a public space or public right-of-way in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet in any direction from the operator between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., sound from such equipment, operated on a public space, shall not be plainly audible by any person other than the operator. Section 46-4 shall still apply, however, to the use of such devices on property not in public spaces or on public rights-of-way.

    (5)

    Powered model vehicles and aircraft. No person shall operate or permit the operation of powered model vehicles or model aircraft so as to create a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary or in a public space between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day.

    (6)

    Racing events. No person shall operate or permit any motor vehicle or motorcycle racing event at any place so as to create a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary or in a public space between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day.

    (7)

    Vehicular stereos.

    a.

    Daytime. Vehicular music amplification or reproduction equipment shall not be operated in such a manner that is plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet in any direction from the operator or sound source between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

    b.

    Nighttime. Vehicular music amplification or reproduction equipment shall not be operated in such a manner that it is plainly audible at a distance of 25 feet in any direction from the operator or sound source between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

    (8)

    Security alarms.

    a.

    Security alarm systems, commercial or residential, failing to cease emitting an audible sound within 15 minutes of activation are prohibited and shall also constitute a nuisance.

    b.

    Security alarm systems, commercial or residential, which emit an intermittent signal failing to cease within 15 minutes of activation are prohibited and shall also constitute a nuisance.

    (9)

    Places of public entertainment. No person shall operate, play or permit the operation or playing of any radio, television, music player, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier or similar device which produces, reproduces or amplifies sound at a sound level greater than 85 db(A) as read by the slow response on a sound level meter at any point that is normally occupied by a customer in any place of public entertainment with a seating capacity of less than 500 persons, unless a conspicuous and legible sign is located outside such place, near each public entrance, stating: "WARNING: SOUND LEVELS WITHIN MAY CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING IMPAIRMENT." Section 46-4 shall still apply, however, to places of public entertainment.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 24.11; Ord. No. 53435, 4-7-82; Ord. No. 61549, 10-22-87; Ord. No. 64437, 9-14-90; Ord. No. 910609, § 3, 5-30-91; Ord. No. 130608 , § 1, 8-29-13; Ord. No. 150190 , § 1, 5-7-15; Ord. No. 160213 , § 1, 5-19-2016)