Quiet hours in Monroe County, PA — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Monroe County has no countywide noise code. Quiet hours are set by each of the 20 townships and boroughs, and by the POA communities most residents live in. Statewide, unreasonable noise is a summary offense under 18 Pa.C.S. §5503.
Pennsylvania is a Dillon's Rule state, so the county sets no general noise limits. Stroud, Pocono and Coolbaugh Townships and Mount Pocono Borough each adopt their own quiet hours, commonly 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Inside gated POA communities like A Pocono Country Place, Penn Estates and Arrowhead Lakes, the association's rules impose their own, often stricter, quiet hours enforced by community security. Statewide, anyone making unreasonable noise faces a disorderly-conduct citation from local or state police.
Disorderly conduct under §5503 is a summary offense, up to $300 plus costs. Township ordinance fines commonly run $100 to $1,000; POA communities levy their own fines.
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