Noise Ordinances in Safety Harbor, FL (2026)
7 verified noise ordinances for Safety Harbor, Florida, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Quiet Hours
Safety Harbor bans loud and raucous noise citywide and sets a nighttime curfew: yelling, shouting and outdoor entertainment noise are barred from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., with tighter limits on lawn equipment and construction.
Safety Harbor Nighttime Noise Curfew
Some RestrictionsSec. 15.03
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any loud and raucous noise, which term shall mean any sound which, because of its volume level, duration or character, annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, health, peace or safety of reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities within the city limits. ... Yelling, shouting, whistling...
Construction Hours
Safety Harbor bans loud construction equipment noise on weekdays before 7 a.m. and after 6 p.m., on Saturdays before 8:30 a.m. and after 6 p.m., and at any time on Sundays.
Safety Harbor Construction Equipment Noise Hours
Some RestrictionsSec. 15.03(b)(2)
(2)Construction equipment. The operation between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, between the hours of 6:00 pm and 8:30 am on Saturdays or at any time on Sunday, of construction equipment, including, but not limited to, any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, dredge, steam or electric hoist tractor, earth moving equipment or other construction equipment, the u...
Barking Dogs
Safety Harbor bans keeping any animal or bird whose barking or noise persists at least fifteen minutes, twice in fourteen days by day or once at night, punishable by a $500 fine or sixty days in jail.
Safety Harbor Barking Dog Noise Rule
Some RestrictionsSec. 15.03(b)(7)
(7)Animals, birds, etc. The keeping of any animal or bird which frequently or for continuous periods of time causes a loud and raucous noise on two (2) separate incidents of, at least, fifteen (15) minutes continuously within a fourteen-day period between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.; or a single period of, at least, fifteen (15) minutes continuously between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6...
Leaf Blower Rules
Safety Harbor bans loud lawn maintenance equipment, including leaf blowers, between sunset and 7:00 a.m. under the city's excessive noise ordinance, with fines up to $500 per violation.
Safety Harbor Leaf Blower and Lawn Equipment Hours
Some RestrictionsSec. 15.03(b)(13), (b)(3)
(13)Lawn maintenance equipment. Sounds produced from lawn maintenance equipment between the hours of sunset and 7:00 a.m. on any day so as to create a loud and raucous noise. ... (3)Blowers, etc. The operation of any blower or power fan or any internal combustion engine, the operation of which causes loud and raucous noise, unless the noise from such blower or fan is muffled or such engine is e...
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Safety Harbor bans outdoor amplified entertainment after 11 p.m. in the downtown Bayshore corridor and after 10 p.m. everywhere else, treating it as prohibited loud and raucous noise under the city's noise ordinance.
Safety Harbor Sets Outdoor Entertainment Noise Curfew
Some RestrictionsSec. 15.03(b)(5)
(5)Entertainment noise. Entertainment as defined in section 271.00 of the Safety Harbor Comprehensive Zoning and Land Development Code performed outdoors between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. for the area of 2 nd Street N to 2 nd Street S, between 10 th Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard, including the land extending east from Bayshore Boulevard to Tampa Bay, and between the hours of 10:00 p...
Decibel Limits
Safety Harbor bans loud and raucous noise from machinery, manufacturing equipment, air conditioners, and blower equipment that runs frequently or continuously, treating it as a code violation under the city's general noise ordinance.
Safety Harbor Machinery and Equipment Noise Rules
Some RestrictionsSec. 15.03
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any loud and raucous noise, which term shall mean any sound which, because of its volume level, duration or character, annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, health, peace or safety of reasonable persons of ordinary sensibilities within the city limits. ... (12)Machinery, etc. Sounds p...
Vehicle Noise
Safety Harbor bans loud vehicle exhaust and requires an effective muffler or sound-suppression device on every motor vehicle and vessel operated in the city.
Safety Harbor Vehicle Muffler and Noise Rules
Some RestrictionsSec. 15.03(b)(1), (b)(8)
Engine exhaust. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine or stationary internal combustion engine except through an operative and effective muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud and raucous noises therefrom... Vehicles or vessels. The use or operation of any motor vehicle or vessel which produces loud, grating, grinding, rattling, irritating or ot...
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