Champaign County, IL Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Champaign County, IL, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Quiet hours
- 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Applies to
- Unincorporated Champaign County only
- Covered sources
- Construction, tools, vehicles, horns, speakers, pets
- Notice period
- 15 days, or immediate if ongoing
- Settlement window
- 14 days to pay $100 minimum fine
- Court fine
- $100-$500 first, $200-$500 repeat
- County remedy
- Can also seek an injunction
Summary
Unincorporated Champaign County enforces a 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. noise curfew under its Public Nuisance Ordinance, barring any noise a neighbor can hear inside their home that isn't customary for the zoning district, whether from construction, vehicles, horns, speakers or pets.
F. Noise discernable by a person of average sensibility within any dwelling or lodging unit between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when the noise is of an intensity, tone, characteristic, frequency of occurrence or duration as not to be customarily associated with uses permitted in the zoning district in which such dwelling or lodging unit is located including, but not limited to, noise generated by the following activities: 1. construction; 2. operation of powered tools or equipment; 3. operation of motor vehicles or related equipment on private property; 4. operation of any bell, siren, whistle, horn or similar device except for noncommercial use of unamplified bells or chimes; or 5. operation of any sound amplification device; or 6. keeping any DOMESTIC ANIMAL.
Full Breakdown
is a public nuisance whenever its intensity, tone, characteristic, frequency of occurrence or duration is not customarily associated with the uses permitted in that zoning district. The section lists six illustrative sources without limiting the rule to them: construction; operation of powered tools or equipment; operation of motor vehicles or related equipment on private property; bells, sirens, whistles, horns or similar devices, except noncommercial unamplified bells or chimes; sound amplification devices; and keeping a domestic animal. The curfew binds only unincorporated land; Champaign, Urbana, Rantoul, Savoy and Mahomet each administer separate noise codes inside their limits. 1 and, if substantiated, issues a notice of violation. D). 3). 4). 5).
Violations & Fines
A substantiated complaint brings a notice of violation with at least 15 days to stop the noise, or immediate cessation if it's ongoing (Section 4.3.D). Settlement costs a $100 minimum fine paid within 14 days (Section 6.2.2); an unresolved case can draw a $100-$500 court fine per offense on a first conviction, $200-$500 on repeats, plus an injunction (Sections 6.4, 6.5).
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the nighttime quiet hours in unincorporated Champaign County?
Does the county quiet-hours rule cover Champaign or Urbana?
How much time do I get to fix a noise complaint before being fined?
What's the penalty for repeated nighttime noise violations in the county?
Sources & Official References
Other rules in Champaign County
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