Quiet hours in Eagan, MN — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Eagan treats overnight noise through City Code Chapter 10. Between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., loud party-type noise that is plainly heard and disturbing the peace at 50 feet from the source can be reported to police, and the City also adopts Minnesota's state nighttime decibel limits (lower at night) by reference.
Eagan does not publish a single fixed 'quiet hours' decibel number; instead it relies on two tools. First, the City's noise guidance (cityofeagan.com/noise) describes party-type noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. that is 'plainly heard and disturbing the peace at a distance of 50 feet from the source' as reportable to the Eagan Police Department. Second, City Code Section 10.42 (Noise pollution regulations) adopts the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency state noise standards 'by reference as though set forth verbatim,' making it unlawful 'to create or maintain levels of sound in excess of those permitted by the noise pollution standards.' Those state standards (Minn. R. 7030.0040) set lower limits at night: for a residential receiver (NAC-1) the nighttime limits are L10 = 55 dBA and L50 = 50 dBA, versus L10 = 65 dBA and L50 = 60 dBA in the daytime. Under Minn. R. 7030.0020, 'nighttime' is 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and 'daytime' is 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Eagan may also seek civil injunctive relief to enforce the noise regulations. Most everyday complaints are handled by police on the disturbing-the-peace standard rather than by formal decibel testing.
Disturbing-the-peace party noise is enforced by Eagan Police; a general City Code violation is a misdemeanor under Section 10.99. The City may also seek civil injunctive relief to stop noise that exceeds the adopted state standards.
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