Quiet hours in Davenport, IA — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Davenport's nighttime hours run 10 PM to 7 AM. Residential property-line limits are 55 dBA daytime and 45 dBA nighttime under Municipal Code Chapter 8.19. Violations are a simple misdemeanor.
Chapter 8.19 (Noise Abatement) makes it unlawful to make any noise disturbance, meaning sound that annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities (Sec. 8.19.050). Nighttime hours are 10 PM to 7 AM (Sec. 8.19.020). Table 1 in Sec. 8.19.110 caps residential-receiving sound at 55 dBA daytime and 45 dBA nighttime, measured at the property boundary; commercial-source-into-residential limits are 60 daytime and 50 nighttime. The city administrator's environmental officer and the police department enforce and issue citations (Sec. 8.19.030). Pure-tone and impulsive sounds get a 5 dBA stricter limit.
Simple misdemeanor under Sec. 8.19.170: fine of $25 to $100 and up to 30 days jail, with each day a separate offense. The environmental officer can order abatement and seek a court injunction.
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