Miami, FL Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Miami, FL, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Curfew hours
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Applies to
- Business establishments citywide
- Penalty
- Business tax receipt revocation, 2nd offense
- Enforcement
- City manager / code enforcement board
- Exempt
- City-owned facilities, special-event resolutions
Summary
Miami bans jukeboxes, radios, musical instruments, and amplified sound from business premises between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. unless played indoors and inaudible outside the building.
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person owning, occupying or having charge of any business establishment, or any part thereof, in the city, to cause or suffer to cause the playing or operating of music boxes, jukeboxes, radios, musical instruments or any other musical devices on or about the premises between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day, unless such devices are played or operated in a closed building and the sound is not audible from outside the building so as to disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 | Ordinance 11000 (Previous Zoning Code): Supplement 22 | Miami 21 (Zoning Code): ?).
Full Breakdown
City of Miami Code § 36-5(a) makes it unlawful for any business establishment in the city to play or operate music boxes, jukeboxes, radios, musical instruments, or other musical devices on the premises between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., unless the sound stays inside a closed building and isn't audible outside so as to disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of people in a nearby dwelling, hotel, or residence. A second conviction lets the city manager revoke the business's tax receipt issued under chapter 31. City-owned facilities and events are exempt, and several entertainment districts (NRD-1, Overtown, Miami Riverside) run separate pilot-program hours with decibel limits instead of the 11 p.m. curfew.
Violations & Fines
First violation draws code enforcement action under chapter 2, article X; a second conviction can trigger revocation of the business's tax receipt under chapter 31, plus injunctive relief in circuit court.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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