Noise Ordinances in Tampa, FL (2026)
6 verified noise ordinances for Tampa, Florida, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Quiet Hours
Tampa Code § 14-154 makes noise that's plainly audible 100 feet or more from a property line between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. presumptively unlawful. Officers cite after a five-minute warning, and repeat violations are Class II offenses with fines escalating under § 23.5-5. Ybor City and the Arena District use a separate decibel table instead.
Tampa's 10 PM-7 AM Noise Curfew
Some RestrictionsTampa City Code § 14-154(e)
Prima facie evidence. Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. it shall be prima facie evidence that the sound (whether recurrent, intermittent, or continuous) is unreasonably loud and raucous if the sound is plainly audible a minimum of one hundred (100) feet from the property line of the source of the sound at or within any receiving property.
Barking Dogs
Tampa bans letting an animal bark, howl, or make persistent noise for 20 or more consecutive minutes under Sec. 19-77(c). A first violation in a calendar year draws only a warning; a second draws a $75 civil citation, waivable by completing a responsible-pet-ownership course.
Tampa Barking Dog Noise Citation Rule
Some RestrictionsTampa Code § 19-77(c)
It shall be unlawful for the owner, or any person having custody, of an animal or animals to allow or fail to restrain the animal(s) from barking, meowing, whining, crowing, howling, or making other sounds common to the species, persistently or continuously for a period of twenty (20) minutes or longer when every animal is not contained within an enclosure sufficient to baffle loud noises. ... ...
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Outside the Ybor City Historic District and Arena District, Tampa has no fixed decibel number for outdoor or live music. Section 14-154 instead makes noise a violation if it is 'unreasonably loud and raucous,' and presumes a violation between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. if it's plainly audible 100 feet from the source's property line.
Tampa Outdoor Noise Rule Outside Ybor/Arena
Some RestrictionsSec. 14-154, Tampa, FL Code of Ordinances
It shall be unlawful for any person(s), to permit, cause, allow, create, emit, or sustain unreasonably excessive noise from a property, including air space thereof, located in the City of Tampa and not within the areas described under section 14-153. ... Unreasonably loud and raucous means any sound which because of its volume level or duration jars, injures or endangers the health, safety, wel...
Aircraft Noise
Homes built in MacDill Air Force Base's Accident Potential Zone 1 must meet Tampa's sound-insulation construction standard, exterior walls rated STC-39, windows and doors STC-28, engineered to cut interior noise by 25 decibels under City Code Sec. 5-120.1.
Tampa's APZ 1 Aircraft Noise Construction Rule
Some RestrictionsCity of Tampa Code § 5-120.1
5-120.1.1. Compliance. Compliance with the following standards shall be deemed to meet the requirements of section 27-137.5, City of Tampa Code, as amended, in which an NLR twenty-five (25) db is specified. ... Except as provided in sections 119.1.3(2) and (c)(3), Florida Building Code, exterior walls shall have a laboratory sound transmission class rating of at least STC-39. ... windows shall ...
Decibel Limits
Inside Ybor City and the Arena District, Tampa Code § 14-153 caps property noise at 85 dBA/87 dBC from 6 p.m.-3 a.m. and 65 dBA/75 dBC from 3 a.m.-6 p.m., measured at the property line. Elsewhere the city uses a qualitative 'loud and raucous' test instead of a fixed decibel number.
Tampa Noise Decibel Limits by Time
Some RestrictionsTampa Code § 14-153
(a)Prohibition of unreasonably excessive noise from a property—Ybor City Historic District, and the Arena District. It shall be unlawful for any person(s), to permit, cause, allow, create, emit, or sustain unreasonably excessive noise from a property, including air space thereof, located in the City of Tampa within the Ybor City Historic District, and the Arena District. Unreasonably excessive ...
Vehicle Noise
City Code § 14-155 bans vehicle noise, stereos, exhausts, revving engines, that's 'plainly audible' 50 feet or more from the vehicle anywhere in Tampa. Officers can cite immediately with no warning period, and violations are Class II infractions with fines climbing to $450 under § 23.5-5.
Tampa Vehicle Noise 50-Foot Rule
Some RestrictionsTampa City Code § 14-155
It shall be unlawful for any person(s) in control of a vehicle to permit, cause, allow, create, emit, or sustain unreasonably excessive noise that is plainly audible from a vehicle in the City of Tampa. ... Unreasonably excessive noise from a vehicle means sound from any vehicle which is plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet or more from the vehicle at the time it is heard.
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