Noise Ordinances in St. Petersburg, FL (2026)
7 verified noise ordinances for St. Petersburg, Florida, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Quiet Hours
St. Petersburg's catch-all noise table in Section 11-54 tightens the property-line audibility standard every night: sound from a residential zoning district cannot be plainly audible 50 feet or more between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., down from a 500-foot daytime limit, while nonresidential districts step from 500 feet to 200 feet overnight.
St. Petersburg Nighttime Noise Curfew
Some RestrictionsSt. Petersburg City Code § 11-54
No person shall operate or cause to be operated a source of sound in a manner as to create a sound that is plainly audible to a person at the property boundary of a receiving land use and that violates the time or distance requirements set forth in the following table. Residential zoning district 11:00 p.m.* — 8:00 a.m. 50 feet or more *12:00 (midnight) on Fridays, Saturdays, and the days prior...
Construction Hours
St. Petersburg limits when construction equipment can run near homes: weekdays 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays and holidays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., under City Code § 8-7. The rule applies within 1,000 feet of any lawful residential use, and the noise code (§ 11-49) exempts permitted work that stays inside these hours.
St. Petersburg Construction Equipment Noise Hours
Some RestrictionsSt. Petersburg City Code § 8-7
(a)It is the intent of this section to identify the days of the week and the hours of the day that construction activities, including but not limited to, exterior building construction, alterations, or improvements, demolition or earth moving, excavation, drilling, coring, pile driving and any other outside activity, and any inside activity which results in exterior noise, dust, traffic, light ...
Barking Dogs
St. Petersburg makes it unlawful to keep a dog that barks frequently between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or barks continuously for ten minutes or more at any time, treating it as a dog nuisance under Sec. 4-57 alongside vicious acts and property damage.
St. Petersburg Barking Dog Nuisance Rule
Some RestrictionsSt. Petersburg City Code § 4-57
It shall be unlawful for any person to own or keep any dog that becomes a nuisance. Acts of nuisance shall include, but are not restricted to, the following: (1)Frequent barking between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. or frequent barking for continuous periods of ten minutes or more at any time, or both.(2)Vicious acts. As used in this subsection, the term "vicious" means posing a physica...
Leaf Blower Rules
St. Petersburg exempts power tools and lawn and garden equipment, including leaf blowers, from the citywide noise ordinance only between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sundays and holidays. Outside those windows, general noise-disturbance and audibility rules apply, making early or late blower use a citable offense.
St. Petersburg Leaf Blower and Power Tool Hours
Some RestrictionsSt. Petersburg City Code § 11-49(12)
(12)The emission of sound from the operation of power tools and lawn and garden tools between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and between 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Sundays and national holidays.
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Where amplified sound is the primary, permitted use of an outdoor property, a live-music venue, Section 11-53(4)c allows it to stay plainly audible up to 3,000 feet from the source between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., extended to midnight on Fridays, Saturdays and the day before a holiday.
St. Petersburg Outdoor Performance Venue Noise
Some RestrictionsSt. Petersburg City Code § 11-53(4)c
(4)c.Playing, using, operating or permitting to be played, used, or operated any radio, compact disc or tape player, musical instrument, drum, phonograph, sound amplifier, or other machine or device that produces, reproduces or amplifies sound in any privately-owned outdoor place, when making sound is the primary, lawful permitted use of that portion of the property (e.g., a performance venue),...
Aircraft Noise
St. Petersburg cannot regulate how loud aircraft are, that field belongs to the FAA, so its code instead controls what gets built near the airport. New residential units and new education facilities are barred within the airport's 65 DNL noise contour under City Code § 16.30.010.6.C, and the city's older, separate airport-noise-impact-area restriction was repealed outright in 2018.
St. Petersburg Airport Noise Land-Use Rules
Light RestrictionsSt. Petersburg City Code § 16.30.010.6.C
C.New residential units and new education facilities, with the exception of aviation school facilities, shall be prohibited within the boundary of the 65 day-night average sound level ("DNL") contour; however, the prohibition shall not extend more than an area measuring one-half (½) the length of the longest runway on either side of and at the end of each runway centerline.
Vehicle Noise
Loud exhausts, modified mufflers, and car stereos audible at 25 feet or more are prohibited under FL 316.272 (state law) and St. Petersburg Code Chapter 11. Cruising and street takeover activity on Gulf Boulevard and downtown corridors draws extra enforcement.
Noise: Vehicle Noise
Some RestrictionsFla. Stat. § 316.272
316.272 Exhaust systems, prevention of noise. — (1) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order and in constant operation, including muffler, manifold pipe, and tailpiping to prevent excessive or unusual noise. In no event shall an exhaust system allow noise at a level which exceeds a maximum decibel level to be established by regulation of ...
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