Quiet hours in Gates, NY — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
The Town of Gates regulates noise through its Code (eCode360 ID GA0050) and refers many quiet-hours questions to New York State Penal Law Section 240.20 (disorderly conduct) and Monroe County nuisance enforcement. There is no separately codified standalone noise chapter, so unreasonable noise after typical residential quiet hours (10 p.m.-7 a.m.) is handled as a disorderly-conduct violation or under the zoning and property-maintenance provisions of the Town Code.
Gates is a town of about 29,167 in Monroe County, a suburb west of Rochester. The complete Town of Gates Code is published on eCode360 at https://ecode360.com/GA0050. Unlike many NY towns, Gates does not maintain a stand-alone noise control chapter; loud or disturbing noise is policed under the Zoning chapter (Ch. 190) for commercial/industrial properties, under property-maintenance and nuisance provisions for residential nuisances, and under New York State Penal Law Section 240.20(2), which makes unreasonable noise a violation of disorderly conduct. Special-event permits issued under Town Code Ch. 76 require compliance with noise standards as a condition of issuance. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office Gates Substation handles after-hours noise complaints; ongoing disturbances are referred to the Town's Code Enforcement office at 1605 Buffalo Road.
First-time noise violations under PL Section 240.20 are typically charged as a violation (not a crime) carrying up to 15 days in jail and a fine up to $250. Repeat or commercial-source violations can be referred to the Town's Bureau of Zoning Compliance for further action under the Zoning chapter; daily-occurrence violations under the Town Code carry separate per-day fines.
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