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League City council approves first reading of revised noise ordinance after debate over animal-noise language and golf-course exemptions
Summary
On Oct. 14, 2025, the League City Council approved on first reading an amendment to Chapter 42 that creates a special-event sound permit, clarifies exemptions and leaves animal-noise language in place after an unsuccessful amendment to remove it; council also clarified an exemption related to golf-course maintenance hours.
League City Council approved on first reading an amendment to Chapter 42, Article 2 of the city code relating to noise on Oct. 14, 2025, after roughly an hour of public comment and council discussion. The motion to approve the ordinance passed 6-1 with one member absent.
The ordinance updates League City’s noise rules by clarifying exemptions, establishing a special-event sound permit process and refining enforcement language. One of the most contested changes during debate was a provision that repeats animal-noise language already found in the city’s nuisance code; an amendment to strike the animal-noise language failed on a council vote.
The debate drew public comment from residents who live on golf-course property and from homeowners near course fairways. Stephen Morris, who identified himself as owner and operator of South Shore Harbor Country Club, told the council that golf-course maintenance routinely…
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