Noise Ordinances in Osceola County, FL (2026)
8 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Osceola County, Florida.
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Quiet Hours
Unincorporated Osceola County enforces a nightly noise curfew: sound crossing your property line cannot exceed 45 decibels on the A-scale from one minute after sunset until 6:59 a.m., down from the daytime cap of 55 decibels. A separate catch-all bans any 'noise disturbance' at any hour, and both the code enforcement board and sheriff's deputies can act on it.
Nighttime Quiet Hours in Osceola County
Some RestrictionsOsceola County Code § 9-110(a), (g); § 9-106
(a) Prohibited sound levels. Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall create, or cause to be created, any source of sound so as to create a sound level beyond the real property line of the real property upon which the sound source is located which exceeds the following sound level limits: Time of Day Decibels (A-scale) 7:00 a.m. through sunset 55; One minute after sunset through 6:5...
Construction Hours
Construction crews in unincorporated Osceola County get a narrow noise exemption: work is exempt from every decibel limit in the noise ordinance only between 7:00 a.m. and sunset. Once sunset passes, that carve-out disappears and construction noise must fall back under the general property-line sound caps, which drop to 45 decibels overnight.
Construction Noise Hours in Osceola County
Some RestrictionsOsceola County Code § 9-110(h)(12), (a)
(h) Exemptions. The following uses and activities shall be exempt from the provisions of this section: ... (12) Lawful construction activity conducted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sunset. ... (a) Prohibited sound levels. Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall create, or cause to be created, any source of sound so as to create a sound level beyond the real property line of th...
Barking Dogs
Osceola County makes it unlawful for an owner to let an animal bark, howl, or make other objectionable noise repeatedly enough to disturb neighbors under Code § 4-31(a), and separately bans any 'noise disturbance,' including sounds harmful to animal life, under the county's Noise Control Ordinance, § 9-110(g).
Barking Dog Noise Rules in Osceola County
Some RestrictionsOsceola County Code § 4-31(a); § 9-110(g); § 9-106
(a)It shall be unlawful for an animal owner to permit an animal, either willfully or through failure to exercise due care and control, to bark, cry, howl, screech, squawk, scream, whine or make any other objectionable noise, in a continuing or repeated manner so as to disturb the comfort, peace, quiet or repose of any person residing in the vicinity...(g)General prohibition. No person shall mak...
Leaf Blower Rules
Osceola County sets no separate leaf-blower ordinance. Gas and electric lawn, garden and household maintenance tools, including leaf blowers, are exempt from noise limits only between 7:00 a.m. and sunset under § 9-110(h)(13); outside those hours the dBA limits apply.
Osceola County Leaf Blower Hours
Some RestrictionsOsceola County Code § 9-110(h)(13)
Lawn mowing, and operation of gasoline and electric-powered lawn, garden, and household maintenance tools and machinery between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sunset.(14)Refuse collection vehicles when operated between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sunset.(15)Refuse collection vehicles when operated between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and sunset.(16)The operation of golf course maintenance equipment on a p...
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Outdoor music and amplified sound must stay within 45 dBC (7 a.m.-sunset) or 40 dBC (sunset-6:59 a.m.) at the property line under § 9-110(b). Outdoor loudspeakers and PA systems may not exceed the ambient sound level of the lot (§ 9-110(f)).
Osceola County Outdoor Music Rules
Some RestrictionsOsceola County Code § 9-110(f)
No person shall operate ... any outdoor loudspeaker, public address, paging, or telephone signaling device which exceeds the ambient sound pressure of the lot upon which the sound source is located.
Aircraft Noise
Aircraft noise is not regulated by Osceola County's noise ordinance at all. Sec. 9-110(h)(5) exempts 'locomotives and other railroad equipment, and aircraft' outright from every decibel limit and curfew that otherwise applies to sound crossing a property line, day or night.
Aircraft Noise Exemption in Osceola County
Few RestrictionsOsceola County Code § 9-110(h)(5), (a)
(a) Prohibited sound levels. Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall create, or cause to be created, any source of sound so as to create a sound level beyond the real property line of the real property upon which the sound source is located which exceeds the following sound level limits: Time of Day Decibels (A-scale) 7:00 a.m. through sunset 55; One minute after sunset through 6:5...
Decibel Limits
Air conditioning, mechanical, ventilating, refrigerating equipment, pumps and similar machinery may not exceed 50 dBC (7 a.m.-sunset) or 45 dBC (sunset-6:59 a.m.) at the property line under Osceola County Code § 9-110(c). Routine utility maintenance is exempt.
Osceola County Industrial & Equipment Noise
Some RestrictionsOsceola County Code § 9-110(c)
No person shall operate ... any air conditioning, mechanical, ventilating, refrigerating equipment, pump or machinery ... which exceeds: 7:00 a.m. through sunset 50 [dBC]; One minute after sunset through 6:59 a.m. 45 [dBC].
Vehicle Noise
Every motor vehicle in unincorporated Osceola County must run through a manufacturer-approved muffler; Sec. 9-110(d) bans unmuffled exhaust outright. On public roads, vehicle sound is policed under state law (F.S. § 316.293), while off-road recreational vehicles, go-carts, dune buggies and racing vehicles are held to the county's own property-line decibel limits under Sec. 9-112(b).
Vehicle Noise & Muffler Rules in Osceola County
Some RestrictionsOsceola County Code § 9-110(d); § 9-112
(d) Unmuffled exhaust. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device approved by the mechanism's manufacturer, which will effective prevent loud and explosive sound therefrom. ... Sec. 9-112. - Motor vehicle maximum sound levels. (a) Motor vehicles operating o...
Noise Ordinances by City in Osceola County
1 cities in Osceola County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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