Columbia In vicinity of schools, hospitals, churches, etc ordinance (§ 16-266)
Chapter 16: Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions · Article III. Noise
The creation of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church or court, while the same is in use; or, adjacent to any hospital; which unreasonably interferes with the working of such institution, or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, provided conspicuous signs are displayed in such streets indicating that the same is a school, hospital or court street, is hereby declared unlawful.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 16-266
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.