Grand Rapids, MI Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Grand Rapids, MI, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Nighttime quiet hours
- 10:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m.
- Covers
- radios, TVs, amplified sound, instruments
- Test
- audible across residential property line
- Residential gatherings
- barred if audible 25+ ft.
Summary
Grand Rapids bars amplified sound audible across a residential property line between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., part of a broader ban on unreasonable noise disturbances.
Between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., operate or play any radio, television, electronic audio equipment, drum, musical instrument, or device creating amplified sound such that the sound emanating therefrom can be heard across a property line of property devoted to residential uses.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 70).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 9.63 of the Grand Rapids City Code's Noise Control Ordinance prohibits operating or playing a radio, television, electronic audio equipment, drum, musical instrument, or other amplified sound device between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if the sound can be heard across the property line of residentially used property. The same section separately bans any sound that creates a broader 'noise disturbance' at any hour, and bars residential gatherings between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. whose noise is audible 25 feet or more from the property line.
Violations & Fines
Enforced by the City under the Noise Control Ordinance; per § 9.63.1 the listed sounds are deemed unreasonable per se, exposing violators to citation and civil infraction fines.
Frequently Asked Questions
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