Quiet hours in Leon County, FL — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Unincorporated Leon County's Noise Control article (Code of Laws Ch. 12, Art. II, Ord. 08-08) does not set a single blanket curfew but bans specific activities during night hours. Yelling, shouting, or singing in residential or noise-sensitive areas is prohibited from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., and a general prohibition bars unreasonably loud noise at any time (Sec. 12-55, 12-56).
Leon County regulates nighttime noise in unincorporated areas through Chapter 12, Article II of the Code of Laws (enacted by Ord. No. 08-08, 4-8-2008; amended through 2013). The article applies only outside the City of Tallahassee's municipal limits (Sec. 12-53). Sec. 12-55 is a general prohibition on any unreasonably loud or raucous noise, or noise that unreasonably disturbs the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of reasonable persons of ordinary sensitivity at any hour; factors include time of day, duration, and proximity to sleeping facilities. Sec. 12-56 then lists per se violations tied to specific night windows: yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing in residential or noise-sensitive areas between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. (subsection 7); commercial-establishment noise plainly audible five feet onto residential property between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. (subsection 13); and amplified sound between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. weekdays / 10:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. weekends and holidays (subsection 6). The Leon County Sheriff has primary enforcement responsibility (Sec. 12-58). Violations are civil infractions (Sec. 12-59).
A violation is a civil infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00 (Sec. 12-59(a)). Each occurrence, and each day a continuing violation persists, is a separate offense (Sec. 12-59(b)). The Leon County Sheriff has primary enforcement responsibility and may first seek voluntary compliance through warning, notice, or education; speech-related gatherings must be given an opportunity to disperse before a citation (Sec. 12-58).
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