Quiet hours in Osceola County, FL — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
In unincorporated Osceola County, general sound crossing your property line may not exceed 55 dBA from 7:00 a.m. through sunset, or 45 dBA from one minute after sunset through 6:59 a.m. Inside Kissimmee or St. Cloud, city rules apply.
Osceola County Code § 9-110(a) sets a nighttime quiet period beginning one minute after sunset and ending 6:59 a.m., when the limit drops to 45 dBA measured at the real property line. From 7:00 a.m. through sunset the general limit is 55 dBA. Multifamily dwellings have a separate interior standard (§ 9-110(e)): 55 dBC from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and 45 dBC from 10:01 p.m. to 6:59 a.m., measured in the center of the neighbor's room with doors and windows closed. The ordinance applies only to the unincorporated county; cities set their own hours.
Enforced by code enforcement officers and law enforcement under chapter 7; cases go before the code enforcement board or special master, with penalties as provided by law.
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