10 rules for unincorporated Collier County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
In unincorporated Collier County, residential nighttime sound (10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) is capped at 55 dB(A)/67 dB(C); the daytime limit is 60 dB(A)/72 dB(C). Cities like Naples and Marco Island set their own rules.
Collier County Code Sec. 54-92(b), Table I
Residential 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.: 60 dB(A), 72 dB(C). After 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.: 55 dB(A), 67 dB(C).
Construction and site-preparation activities in unincorporated Collier County are allowed only 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. No work is permitted on Sundays or six named holidays.
Collier County Code Sec. 54-92(f)(2)a
Any construction activities and site preparation activities shall occur only during the following hours: 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. No construction activity or site preparation activity is permitted on Sundays or on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Collier County treats a persistently barking or noisy dog as a noise violation. Animal noise that is clearly unreasonably loud or a nuisance can be cited without a decibel meter by Domestic Animal Services or the Sheriff's Office.
Collier County Code Sec. 54-93(D)(1)
Domesticated animal, including dog, bird or fowl, which violations pursuant to this Section shall be enforced only by Domestic Animal Services or by the Sheriff's Office when testing equipment is not used.
Collier County has no leaf-blower ban. Lawn care and domestic power tools, including blowers, are expressly exempt from the noise limits when used between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. in unincorporated areas.
Collier County Code Sec. 54-87(L)
Operation of Equipment or conduct of activities normal to residential or agricultural communities such as lawn care, soil cultivation, domestic power tools, lawn mowers, maintenance of trees, hedges, gardens, refuse collection, agricultural equipment, saws and tractors, street sweepers, mosquito fogging, tree trimming and limb chipping and other normal community operations, between the hours of...
Amplified sound is capped by Collier County's Table I limits, and any commercial or nonresidential venue with outdoor amplified entertainment within 2,500 feet of a home or residential zone must obtain an Amplified Sound Permit.
Collier County Code Sec. 54-92(g)(1)
A one-time, site-specific Amplified Sound Permit will be required for any commercial business or nonresidential land use... which conducts such outdoor entertainment activities within 2,500 feet of any property containing a residential use or of any residential zoning district.
Collier County's noise ordinance does not regulate aircraft. Noise from normal aircraft and airport operations, including mosquito-fogging aircraft, is expressly exempt; aircraft noise is governed by the FAA and federal law.
Collier County Code Sec. 54-87(I)
All Noise coming from the normal operations of aircraft (not including scale model aircraft), including Noise from mosquito fogging aircraft, and from the normal operations of airports within the County.
For manufacturing and industrial-use sites in unincorporated Collier County, sound is capped at 75 dB(A)/87 dB(C) at all times under Table I. Any premises where manufacturing is legally permitted is treated as manufacturing use.
Collier County Code Sec. 54-92(a)(4)
All premises where manufacturing is legally permitted shall be considered manufacturing use.
Collier County's Table I caps sound by use: residential 60 dB(A) day / 55 night; commercial or tourist 65 / 60; manufacturing, industrial, and agricultural 75 dB(A) at all times. A sound must also exceed the ambient level by 5 dB to violate.
Collier County Code Sec. 54-92(b)(1)
No Sound tested by a Sound Level Meter shall be deemed to be in violation of this Ordinance unless the offending Sound exceeds the Sound Level limits in Table I, and also exceeds the then existing Ambient Sound Level by at least five (5) dB(A) or five (5) dB(C), at the sound-affected site or unit.
Outdoor music in Collier County must stay within Table I limits (residential 60 dB(A) day / 55 night; commercial 65 / 60). Loudspeakers over public property need an annual permit and may run only Monday-Saturday during daylight hours.
Collier County Code Sec. 54-94
Loudspeakers or public address systems used to produce sound signals from any source may not be operated on or over public property and public right-of-way, unless an annual permit has been issued by the County Manager or designee... Such systems may be used Monday through Saturday during daylight hours only.
Collier County treats loud vehicles, including those with modified or removed exhaust or defective mufflers, as a noise violation. Such vehicle noise is enforced by the Sheriff's Office and can be cited without a decibel meter.
Collier County Code Sec. 54-93(D)(2)
Vehicle (including motor vehicle) including the total volume of noise from the vehicle or from any part thereof including motor/engine... This includes all vehicles for which any part of the vehicle's original manufacturer's exhaust system is modified or removed, and all vehicles that are out of repair.
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