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Kentucky noise rules

We have 2 city pages for Kentucky. Each one is taken from that city's own code and lists its sources and the date we checked them.

What does Kentucky law say about noise?

State law
Kentucky Revised Statutes § 525.060 makes it disorderly conduct in the second degree to make unreasonable noise in a public place, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or by wantonly creating a risk of it.
Penalty
A Class B misdemeanor.

Source: Kentucky Revised Statutes § 525.060 (PDF). City rules are usually more specific, so check your city's page too.

Cities in Kentucky

Lexington, KYNo general quiet hours. Music or a TV that disturbs a reasonable person across a wall, floor, ceiling or property line is barred at any hour. Construction tools: not from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Outdoor power tools and lawnmowers: not from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., or before 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.Louisville, KY9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights, and 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights, for noise from a structure.

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