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Noise Ordinances in Winter Park, FL (2026)

7 verified noise ordinances for Winter Park, Florida, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Quiet Hours

Winter Park bans any noise disturbance at any hour under Sec. 62-96. Sec. 62-97 then names 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. as the window for yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on public streets and for loud loading and unloading in residential areas. Other noise sources carry their own hours.

Winter Park Noise Curfew and Quiet Hours

Some Restrictions

Winter Park Code §§ 62-96, 62-97

(a) No person shall make, continue or cause to be made or continued any noise disturbance. ... (7) The time of day or night the noise occurs; ... (4) Yelling, shouting, etc. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on the public streets between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. so as to create a noise disturbance. ... (7) Loading, unloading, opening boxes. The creation of a loud and...

Construction Hours

Winter Park bars construction equipment and equipment or materials delivery that creates a noise disturbance across a property line from 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, from 8:00 p.m. Friday to 8:00 a.m. Saturday, and from 6:00 p.m. Saturday to 7:00 a.m. Monday. Six named holidays are barred all day.

Winter Park Construction Hours and Noise Limits

Some Restrictions

Winter Park Code § 62-97

(9) Construction activities, piledrivers, hammers, etc. The operation between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Monday through Friday, and from 8:00 p.m. on Friday to 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, of any piledriver, ... or construction materials or equipment delivery such as to create a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial real property line. ... (11) Construction activit...

Barking Dogs

Sec. 18-17 of the Winter Park Code makes it unlawful to keep or harbor any animal or fowl that barks, howls, screams, cries, crows or makes other noises by day or night which disturb the peace and quiet of any person or family. The text sets no decibel level and no minute count.

Winter Park Barking Dog and Animal Noise Rules

Light Restrictions

Winter Park Code § 18-17

It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor within the city any animal or fowl which: (1) Barks, howls, screams, cries, crows or makes other noises by day or night which disturb the peace and quiet of any person or family; (2) Habitually destroys or desecrates property of any person; or (3) Habitually chases cars or other vehicles.

Leaf Blower Rules

Winter Park defines a leaf blower in Sec. 62-92 and regulates it as a power tool in Sec. 62-97. Creating a noise disturbance across a property line with one is barred from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. the following day, and from 9:00 p.m. Saturday to 9:00 a.m. Sunday.

Winter Park Leaf Blower Hours and Power Tool Limits

Some Restrictions

Winter Park Code §§ 62-92, 62-97

Leaf blower means any air blowing machine that uses a concentrated stream of air to push, propel, or blow dirt, dust, leaves, grass clippings, trimmings, cuttings, refuse, or debris. ... (10) Power tools. Creating a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial real property line by operating or permitting the operation of any mechanically powered saw, drill, grinder, leaf blower, lawn o...

Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound

Winter Park presumes a noise disturbance when a sound system, radio, amplifier or musical instrument is plainly audible from 50 feet away or inside a neighbor's home across a residential property line. The clock is 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. for sound from outside a building and 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. for sound from inside one.

Winter Park Amplified Music and Sound System Rules

Some Restrictions

Winter Park Code § 62-97(a)(2)

(2) Radios, phonographs, television sets, musical instruments, etc. a. Using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner: ... 3. As to create a noise disturbance. ... c. The operation of any sound system, speakers, radio, television, turntable, ...

Decibel Limits

The decibel figure in Winter Park's noise division is 50 dBA, and Sec. 62-98 applies it in the Central Business District and Hannibal Square Neighborhood Commercial District between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Vehicle and street sound is measured at the recipient's property line, and musical entertainment is measured inside the receiving property.

Winter Park Decibel Limits in Downtown and Hannibal Square

Some Restrictions

Winter Park Code § 62-98

(a) The regulations of this section apply within the Central Business District and Hannibal Square Neighborhood Commercial District. ... (3) Is at a level that equals or exceeds 50 dBA measured at the property line of the recipient of such sound. ... (c) It shall be unlawful for any person on a public street or highway between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. to operate or amplify the soun...

Vehicle Noise

Winter Park requires a muffler on any motor vehicle so exhaust does not become a noise disturbance. In the Central Business District and Hannibal Square Neighborhood Commercial District, Sec. 62-98(b) bars amplified vehicle sound from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. that is plainly audible on a public street outside the car or inside a hotel or restaurant.

Winter Park Vehicle Noise, Exhaust and Car Stereo Rules

Some Restrictions

Winter Park Code §§ 62-97, 62-98

(6) Exhaust. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, motorboat, automobile or other motor vehicle (with exception of construction or agricultural equipment either on a job site or traveling on the highways) without the use of a muffler or other device which will reduce the noise to such a level so as to not be a noise disturbanc...

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