Gretna, LA Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Gretna, LA, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Weekday curfew
- 10pm-7am
- Weekend/holiday curfew
- 10pm-10am
- Covers
- loudspeakers, sound amplifiers, similar devices
- Exception
- permitted public performance, gathering or parade
- Enforcing agency
- Gretna Police Department
Summary
Gretna bars loudspeakers, sound amplifiers and similar devices from running between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and between 10:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on weekends and holidays within or adjacent to residential or noise-sensitive areas, under section 24-133(2), whenever the sound crosses the property line.
(2)Loudspeakers and sound amplifiers. The using or operating of any loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, sound amplifier or other similar device between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, and 10:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on weekends and holidays, within or adjacent to residential or noise-sensitive areas such that the sound therefrom is plainly audible across the immovable property line of the source; provided, however, that this shall not apply to any public performance, gathering or parade for which a permit has been obtained from the city.
Full Breakdown
on weekends and holidays, within or adjacent to a residential or noise-sensitive area, where the sound is plainly audible across the immovable property line of the source. The curfew does not apply to a public performance, gathering or parade for which a permit has been obtained from the city. Section 24-133 also separately restricts radios, televisions and musical instruments audible on the public right-of-way or in a public park, and street sales by shouting or outcry, so the amplified-sound curfew sits alongside a broader set of nighttime and public-space rules in the same section.
The Gretna Police Department enforces the article under section 24-129, and complaints outside the curfew hours are instead evaluated against the ordinary Table 1 decibel limits in section 24-132.
Violations & Fines
Running a loudspeaker or amplifier past curfew is punishable under the Code's general penalty, section 1-8: a fine up to $500.00, with each night the violation recurs charged as a separate offense in Mayor's Court. A permitted public performance or parade is not a violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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