Maple Grove, MN Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Maple Grove, MN, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Street noise window
- 10:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. on public streets
- Banned sounds
- Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing
- Any-hour test
- Unreasonably annoying or disturbing persons in the vicinity
- General noise test
- Plainly audible at the property boundary or 50 feet away (§ 20-139)
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, or petty misdemeanor at prosecutor's discretion (§ 1-13)
- Special event permit
- Council permit, not more than 12 months (§ 20-154(e))
Summary
Maple Grove, Minnesota bans yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on public streets between 10:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. The same sounds are also unlawful at any hour or place when they unreasonably annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of people nearby. The rule sits in the noise division of the Hennepin County city's code.
No person shall yell, shout, hoot, whistle, or sing on the public streets between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. or at any time or place so as to unreasonably annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of persons in the vicinity. ... (a)Emergency work. Operations and acts performed exclusively for emergency work to preserve the safety, welfare, or public health of the citizens of the city or for emergency work necessary to restore a public service or to eliminate a public hazard shall be exempt from the prohibitions of this division. ... (b)Emergency vehicles. Authorized emergency vehicles shall be exempt from the prohibitions of this division.(c)Noise authorized or required by law. Noise authorized or required by law, including, but not limited to, noise for safety purposes, shall be exempt from the prohibitions of this division.(d)City parks and recreational facility activities. Activities authorized by the city at city parks and parkways shall be exempt from the prohibitions of this division.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 6 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Section 20-147 of the Maple Grove City Code is the voice-noise rule in the city's noise division. It bars yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets between 10:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. The section sets two separate tests. The first is a clock test: the listed sounds are prohibited on public streets inside the overnight window. The second is a disturbance test that applies at any time or place: the same sounds are unlawful when they unreasonably annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of persons in the vicinity.
Section 20-147 works alongside the division's general prohibition in § 20-139. That section reaches any noise that reasonably annoys, disturbs, injures, or unreasonably endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of others in the city, when it is plainly audible at the boundary of the real property, building, structure, or residence where it starts, or at a distance of 50 feet from the source. Other noise sources carry their own hours. Outdoor power implements under § 20-142 are limited to 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on public holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and construction under § 20-143 is limited to 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays. Those are separate rules with their own pages.
Section 20-154 lists exceptions that apply to the whole noise division. Emergency work to preserve the safety, welfare, or public health of the city's citizens is exempt, as are authorized emergency vehicles, noise authorized or required by law, and activities authorized by the city at city parks and parkways. The city council can also grant a permit that exempts operations and acts from some or all of the division's prohibitions for public necessity or furtherance of the public good, a sporting event, or a celebration open to the public. The application goes on a form provided by the city clerk with a nonrefundable fee set under § 16-81, an incomplete application is grounds for denial, and a permit runs for the period the council finds reasonable and necessary, not more than 12 months, on such other terms and conditions as the council deems reasonable and necessary.
Violations & Fines
Section 20-147 prints no penalty of its own, so the general penalty in § 1-13 applies: the violation is punished as a misdemeanor, and the city's prosecuting attorney has discretion to charge it as a petty misdemeanor. Each day a violation continues is a separate offense. Section 1-14 gives a person directly and adversely affected by a city officer's order or decision a right to appeal to the city council, by written request to the city clerk within ten days of notice, but it excludes appeals resulting from legal proceedings, civil or criminal.
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