Quiet hours in Delaware County, PA — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Delaware County has no countywide quiet-hours law. Each of the 49 municipalities sets its own. Middletown Township, for example, bars unnecessary noise that disturbs neighbors at any hour and restricts loud activity overnight.
Pennsylvania counties do not regulate residential noise; that power sits with each borough, township, and city under the Municipalities Planning Code and local nuisance codes. So your quiet hours depend on where you live in Delco (Media, Radnor, Upper Darby, Chester, Middletown, etc.). Middletown Township's Chapter 155 declares unnecessary, harsh, or prolonged noise a nuisance regardless of clock time, and pins specific overnight limits (construction 9 p.m.-7 a.m.; landscaping after sunset) in Section 155-2. Check your own municipality's noise chapter for the exact protected hours.
In Middletown Township a noise violation carries a fine of up to $600 plus prosecution costs; unpaid, up to 30 days in county jail. Each violation is a separate offense.
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