5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Hernando County, Florida.
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The Hernando County Noise Control Ordinance sets decibel limits at the property line: 60 dBA daytime and 55 dBA overnight in residential areas, with the quiet window running 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Hernando County Code § 21-134(a)
Sources of sound shall conform to the sound level limits by receiving land use as set forth in Table I of section 21-135. The minimum measurement period shall be ten (10) minutes. Sound shall be measured at or within the real property line of the receiving land use. Exceedences accumulating to more than ten (10) percent of the measuring period shall constitute a violation.
Hernando County exempts construction noise from its decibel limits only between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. (Sec. 21-136(l)). Outside that window, a job site must meet the standard residential sound limits or stop.
Hernando County Code § 21-136(l)
Construction activities between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Hernando County's Noise Control Ordinance does not cover animal noise. Sec. 21-136(f) defers barking and animal sounds to the Florida Statutes, so complaints run through Hernando County Animal Services rather than the decibel code.
Hernando County Code § 21-136(f)
Animal sounds, which shall be regulated as set forth in the Florida Statutes.
Hernando County does not ban leaf blowers. Sec. 21-136(m) exempts domestic power tools from the decibel limits between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., so daytime use is fine and only overnight use is restricted.
Hernando County Code § 21-136(m)
Operation of domestic power tools between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
Amplified music in Hernando County must stay within the Noise Control Ordinance decibel limits: 60 dBA daytime and 55 dBA overnight at a residential property line. Vehicle sound systems plainly audible 100 feet away are separately unlawful.
Hernando County Code § 21-137(c)(1)
It is unlawful for any person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on private property to operate or amplify the sound produced by a radio, tape player, or other mechanical soundmaking device or instrument from within the motor vehicle so that the sound is: Plainly audible at a distance of one hundred (100) feet or more from the motor vehicle.
1 cities in Hernando County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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