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Noise Ordinances in Miami-Dade County, FL (2026)

8 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 6 cities in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Quiet Hours

Miami-Dade County bans loud radios, TVs and stereos audible 100 feet away between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., a rule enforced countywide unless a municipality has adopted its own noise ordinance.

Miami-Dade County Quiet Hours: 11 PM–7 AM

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 21-28(4)(b)

The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of one hundred (100) feet from the building, structure, vessel, floating structure, or vehicle in or on which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.

Construction Hours

Miami-Dade County bars noisy construction, repair, alteration, or demolition equipment audible at a residence's property line between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., countywide unless a municipality substitutes its own rule.

Miami-Dade County Construction Noise Curfew

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 21-28(4)(m)

The operation of any noise-producing tools, equipment, or machinery used in construction, repair, alteration, or demolition work at, adjacent to or adjoining, or otherwise plainly audible at the exterior property line of a residence, including multi-family residences, between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

Barking Dogs

Miami-Dade County bans keeping a dog, animal or bird whose noise is plainly audible 100 feet away for more than 30 minutes, or three 15-minute spells over three days, under County Code § 21-28(4)(c).

Miami-Dade County Barking Dog Noise Limit

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 21-28(4)(c)

The owning, harboring, possessing or keeping of any dog, animal or bird which causes frequent, habitual or long continued noise which is plainly audible at a distance of one hundred (100) feet from the building, structure or yard in which the dog, animal or bird is located. ... Noise shall be deemed to be frequent, habitual or long continued if the noise continues: for a period in excess of 30 ...

Leaf Blower Rules

Leaf blowers and other power landscaping tools can't run outdoors at a residence between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. countywide.

Miami-Dade Leaf Blower Hours

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 21-28(4)(k)

Power tools and landscaping equipment. The operation of noise-producing lawn mowers, lawn edgers, weed trimmers, blowers, chippers, chain saws, power tools, and other noise-producing tools that are used for any purpose outdoors at a residence between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. It is provided, however, that any person who violates this subparagraph by operating ... between the hours of 7:00 a.m. an...

Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound

Amplified outdoor music that could draw a crowd needs a Miami-Dade Police permit first, capped at six hours and cut off by 11 p.m.

Miami-Dade Outdoor Concert Permits

Significant Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 21-28.1

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to play, broadcast or transmit music in such a manner as would reasonably be calculated to attract a crowd or cause numbers of persons to congregate in or on any open space, lot, yard, sidewalk or street... without first having obtained a permit to do so from the Miami-Dade Police Department; e...

Aircraft Noise

Property near Miami-Dade's airports falls into DNL noise contour zones: the 75 DNL zone bars new homes and schools outright, while the 65-74 DNL zone requires new construction to cut indoor noise by at least 25 decibels.

Miami-Dade Airport Noise Compatibility Zones

Significant Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 33-333(A)(2)

(2)Noise compatibility restriction zones:(a)75 DNL Zone...New residential construction and educational facilities, excluding aviation-related schools, are prohibited within this zone.(b)65-to-74 DNL Zone...All new uses shall incorporate at least a 25 decibel outdoor-to-indoor Noise Level Reduction (NLR) into design and construction.

Decibel Limits

Miami-Dade County caps sound from rural event venues, farm wineries, breweries and distilleries, and other agritourism uses in the AU Agricultural District at 70 dBA or 80 dBC, measured from 200 feet off the property line or from any point on an adjoining residential lot. The limit applies on top of the countywide noise ordinance and is enforced with calibrated sound meters.

Miami-Dade Farm Venue Noise Cap: 70 dBA

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 33-279(27)(d)

Sound emanating from the property with the agritourism use shall not exceed 70 dBA or 80 dBC, when measured: i.from any point at least 200 feet from any exterior property line of the property with the agritourism use; or ii.from the property line of any abutting or adjacent property with a residential use, or from any other point on such abutting or adjacent property.2.Measurement shall be perf...

Vehicle Noise

Miami-Dade County bars playing a vehicle stereo loud enough to be heard 100 feet away between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., and requires every vehicle exhaust to run through an effective muffler.

Miami-Dade County Vehicle Stereo and Muffler Noise Rules

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 21-28(4)(b), (e)

(b)Radios, televisions, phonographs, etc. ...The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of one hundred (100) feet from the...vehicle in or on which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.(e)Exhausts. The discharge...of any...motor ...

Noise Ordinances by City in Miami-Dade County

6 cities in Miami-Dade County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

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