Kenner, LA Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Kenner, LA, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Kenner Code § 7-166(b)(2), (4)
- Overnight hours
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Audibility test
- Plainly audible at 50 feet
- Maximum fine
- $500.00
- Maximum jail term
- 60 days
Summary
The City of Kenner treats radios, phonographs, and similar devices played between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. loud enough to be heard 50 feet away as automatic evidence of a noise violation, and separately bans yelling, shouting, or singing on public streets during those same overnight hours if it disturbs nearby residents.
(2)Radios, phonographs, etc. The using, operating or permitting to be played, used, or operated of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants ... The operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine, or device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. ... (4)Yelling, shouting, etc. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of persons in any office, or in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence, or of any persons in the vicinity.
Full Breakdown
Kenner Code of Ordinances Sec. 7-166(b)(2) declares it a loud, disturbing, and unnecessary noise to use, operate, or permit the operation of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, or other sound-producing device in a manner that disturbs the peace, quiet, and comfort of neighboring inhabitants. The section builds in a bright-line overnight test: operating such a device between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. so that it is plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet from the building, structure, or vehicle where it is located is prima facie evidence of a violation, meaning the city does not need a decibel meter reading to make its case during those hours the way it does for the separate amplified-music table in subsection (17).
Subsection (4) covers a related but distinct category of noise: yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets, which is called out particularly for the hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., though the subsection also reaches such noise at any time or place if it annoys or disturbs the quiet, comfort, or repose of people in a nearby office, dwelling, hotel, or other residence. Both subsections sit within the same general unnecessary-noise section first adopted by Ord. No. 7297 in 1995, and both are enforced by the Kenner Police Department responding to a complaint or an officer's own observation of the 50-foot audibility standard.
Violations & Fines
A violation of either subsection (2) or (4) of Sec. 7-166 is punished under the section's general penalty, which incorporates Sec. 7-3's default Chapter 7 fine of not more than $500.00, imprisonment of not more than 60 days, or both, with the city also able to seek civil abatement by restraining order or injunction for a repeat offender under subsection (17)d.
Frequently Asked Questions
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