Palm Bay, FL Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

It shall be unlawful to operate lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers and power-driven hedge shears in the city between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day.

(B)   The following actions are prohibited only when causing a noise disturbance as defined in this chapter:

(1)   No person shall repair, rebuild, modify or test any motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a real property boundary.

(2)   The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, streetcar or other vehicle on any street or public place of the city, except as a danger warning.

(3)   The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated of any radio receiving device, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound which is broadcast upon the public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting the attention of the public to any building or structure is only prohibited when causing a noise disturbance.

(4)   Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

(5)   The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, generator, motorboat, or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or