Schaumburg, IL Noise Ordinances: Decibel Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Decibel cap
- 55 dB (A-weighted) at residential line
- Standard hours
- 10 p.m.-6 a.m., Sun-Fri nights
- Weekend extension
- 10 p.m. Sat to 8 a.m. Sun
- Measurement standard
- ANSI-conforming sound level meter, § 97.04
- Governing section
- Village Code § 97.03
- Penalty
- $100-$50,000 per § 10.99
Summary
Schaumburg caps nighttime noise from any continuous or recurring source at 55 decibels measured at a residential property line under Village Code § 97.03. The limit runs from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. most nights and extends to 8:00 a.m. from Saturday night into Sunday morning, and sound is measured on the A-weighted scale.
§ 97.03 - DECIBEL LEVELS. No person shall operate or cause to be operated on any property within the village any continuous, predictable or recurring source of sound in such a manner as to create a sound pressure level measured on a sound level meter using the A-weighting network at or within the property limits of the receiving residential property which exceeds fifty-five (55) decibels between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Sunday night to Saturday morning and the hours of 10:00 p.m. through 8:00 a.m. Saturday night to Sunday morning.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
03, adopted by Ordinance 95-138 in 1995, sets the village's one numeric decibel standard: no person may operate, or cause to be operated, 'any continuous, predictable or recurring source of sound' that creates a sound pressure level, measured with the A-weighting network on a sound level meter, exceeding fifty-five (55) decibels at or within the property line of a receiving residential property. m. m. m. Sunday morning, giving residents an extra two hours of protection on the one morning most likely to follow a Saturday-night gathering.
04 requires the village to use measurement procedures that conform to American National Standards Institute practices, so a resident's phone-app decibel reading is not itself the enforcement standard; the village's own sound-level-meter reading under ANSI procedure is. 02.
Violations & Fines
Operating a continuous or recurring sound source above 55 decibels at a residential property line during the restricted overnight hours violates § 97.03 and is enforced under the Village Code's general penalty, § 10.99: fines from $100 to $50,000, with each day the excess noise continues treated as a separate offense. The village measures compliance with an ANSI-conforming sound level meter under § 97.04, not a resident's own estimate.
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