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Parker council workshops noise ordinance; staff told to clarify enforcement language
Summary
Council reviewed a draft noise ordinance that moves rules into a new chapter, adds definitions and measurement standards, and formalizes exemptions. Staff and the city attorney will rewrite sections to clarify when officers may act and how "plainly audible" and decibel standards connect; council withdrew formal action and will publish a revised draft for public review.
Parker City Council members spent the evening of Dec. 16, 2025 poring over a revised draft of the city’s proposed noise ordinance, focusing debate on how to measure and enforce complaints while preserving residents’ expectations of a "country" atmosphere.
Kent, a city staffer, told the council the draft relocates noise regulations from Chapter 94 to a new Chapter 131, deletes older subsections, introduces comprehensive definitions, simplifies decibel thresholds and measurement standards, creates time-based restrictions, and adds nine exemptions and affirmative defenses. He said staff adjusted a presumption distance to 500 feet and harmonized measurement language to a…
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