Quiet hours in Las Cruces, NM — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Las Cruces sets no fixed decibel limit or clock-based quiet hours. Its noise ordinance (Sec. 19-121) bans any loud or unusual noise audible 30 or more feet from the source, day or night.
Las Cruces regulates noise as a nuisance under Chapter 19, Article III, Division 2 of the Municipal Code, not through a decibel meter or set quiet hours. Section 19-121 makes it unlawful to make any loud or unusual noise that annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others. It is prima facie evidence of a violation if the noise is audible to a person or officer at 30 or more feet from the source. NMSA 30-20-1 (disturbing the peace) backs this at the state level.
Enforced by Las Cruces Police as a municipal nuisance; disturbing the peace under NMSA 30-20-1 is a petty misdemeanor carrying up to $500 and/or six months in jail.
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