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Noise Ordinances in North Las Vegas, NV (2026)

7 verified noise ordinances for North Las Vegas, Nevada, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Quiet Hours

Between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., North Las Vegas bars loud radios, phonographs and musical instruments, plus yelling, shouting and singing on public streets, when it disturbs neighbors' rest. The same clock applies to both, under the city's general Noise Control chapter.

North Las Vegas Nighttime Quiet Hours

Some Restrictions

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.28.020(B), (C)

B. The playing of any radio, phonograph or a musical instrument in such a manner or with such volume, particularly during the hours between eleven (11) p.m. and seven a.m., as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any persons in any office, hospital, dwelling, hotel or other type of residence or of any persons in the vicinity; C. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on...

Construction Hours

North Las Vegas confines construction, excavation, demolition and repair noise to 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. under the city's Noise Control chapter. Work outside those hours needs the building official's sign-off, though summer projects near homes get an earlier 5 a.m. start.

North Las Vegas Construction Noise Hours

Some Restrictions

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.28.020(H)

H. The construction, including excavation, erection, demolition, alteration or repair of any building, streets and highways other than between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. except in cases of urgent necessity in the interest of public health and safety and minor construction work not creating a noise disturbance in the neighborhood... In a declarant-controlled common-interest community, ...

Barking Dogs

A dog, bird or other animal that causes frequent or long-continued noise disturbing a neighbor's comfort or repose is a code violation under North Las Vegas's noise ordinance. It's treated the same as any other prohibited noise, with a misdemeanor penalty for the owner.

North Las Vegas Barking Dog Nuisance Rule

Some Restrictions

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.28.020(D)

D. The keeping of any animal, bird or fowl which by causing frequent or long continued noise shall disturb the comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity;

Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound

North Las Vegas bans running a loudspeaker or sound amplifier so loud it becomes a public nuisance, interferes with traffic, or disturbs public peace, at any hour. A separate rule targets radios and phonographs played loud enough to disturb neighbors, especially between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

North Las Vegas Amplified Sound Rules

Some Restrictions

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.28.020(K)

K. The use or operation of a loudspeaker or sound amplification device in connection with any radio, phonograph, tape recorder, microphone or other devices in which the emanated sounds are of such a strength, character, intensity or duration as to be a public nuisance, cause interference with pedestrian or vehicular traffic, be detrimental to the life or health of any individual or be in distur...

Aircraft Noise

Aircraft noise over North Las Vegas is federally preempted by the FAA. Nellis AFB military operations and North Las Vegas Airport (VGT) general aviation drive overflights.

North Las Vegas Aircraft Noise

Few Restrictions

FAA Aviation Noise

Aviation Noise The FAA conducted a nationwide survey regarding annoyance related to aircraft noise. For detailed information on the survey, please review the survey introduction and read the survey report . Further information on FAA's aircraft noise research program, can also be found on a Federal Register notice published on January 13, 2021. This notice invited comments on the FAA's aircraft...

Decibel Limits

North Las Vegas's only fixed decibel number in its noise code applies to racetracks: motor vehicle and loudspeaker sound can't exceed 88 decibels measured at the property boundary. Every other noise source in the city is judged by disturbance, not a meter reading.

North Las Vegas Racetrack Decibel Cap

Light Restrictions

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.28.020(L)

L. The operation of a racetrack when the sounds emitted from motor vehicles and loudspeakers exceed eighty-eight (88) decibels when measured from anywhere along the racetrack property boundary. A decibel is a logarithmic and dimensionless unit of measurement for amplitude of sound utilizing sound level meters with the A-weighting network. This noise level standard shall be subject to annual rev...

Vehicle Noise

North Las Vegas bans unnecessary horn honking and un-muffled vehicle noise under Municipal Code § 8.28.020. Subsection A outlaws sounding a car, truck, motorcycle or bus horn except as a genuine danger signal, and subsection G requires every engine, from motor vehicles to dirt bikes, to run through a muffler that prevents loud or explosive exhaust noise. Both are misdemeanors under § 8.28.040.

North Las Vegas Vehicle Horn & Exhaust Noise Rules

Some Restrictions

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.28.020(A), (G)

A.The sounding of any horn or signal device on any automobile, van, truck, motorcycle, dirt bike or bus while in motion, except as a danger signal if another vehicle is approaching apparently out of control, or if in motion only as a danger signal after or as brakes are being applied and deceleration of the vehicle is intended; the creation by means of any such signal device or any unreasonably...

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County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement North Las Vegas city rules.

Noise Ordinances in Clark County