Noise from Specific Sources in Miami-Dade County, FL (2026)

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

Verified from official government sources

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.

Bar & Nightclub Noise

Miami-Dade County's noise ordinance makes it a violation to play music audible 100 feet away between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., a standard enforced against bars and nightclubs whose sound carries beyond their walls.

Miami-Dade Bar and Nightclub Noise Limits

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 21-28(4)(b)

Radios, televisions, phonographs, etc. The using, operating, or permitting to be played... any radio receiving set... musical instrument, phonograph, or other machine or device... to disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants... The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. ... plainly audible at a...

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Car Alarm Limits

Sounding a car horn, alarm, or other vehicle signaling device with unreasonably loud, harsh sound, or for an unnecessary period is banned countywide under Miami-Dade's noise ordinance, unless used as a genuine danger warning.

Miami-Dade Bans Excessive Vehicle Horn and Alarm Noise

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 21-28(4)(a)

Horns, signaling devices, etc. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle on any street or public place of the County, except as a danger warning; the creation by means of any such signaling device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound; and the sounding of any such device for any unnecessary and unreasonable period of time.

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Generator Noise

Miami-Dade law requires stationary generators and other combustion engines to vent exhaust through a muffler that prevents loud or explosive noise, countywide.

Miami-Dade Generator Exhaust Noise Rule

Some Restrictions

Miami-Dade County Code § 21-28(4)(e)

(e)Exhausts. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, or motor vehicle except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent unreasonably loud or explosive noises therefrom. Notwithstanding the foregoing, engine or exhaust noise from vessels may be enforced as provided in Section 7-26.1 of the Code and section 3...

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