New Port Richey, FL Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)

Section 14-23(a) prohibits operating any source of sound in a manner that creates a sound level emanating from a property above the Table 1 limits for the type of property that is the source of the sound. Residential property is held to 55 dB(A) or 65 dB(C) from 7:00 a.m. through 10:00 p.m. and to 50 dB(A) or 60 dB(C) from 10:01 p.m. through 6:59 a.m. Non-residential property is held to 70dB (A) or 85dB(C) from 7:00 a.m. through 11:00 p.m. and to 55dB (A) or 65dB(C) from 11:01 p.m. through 6:59 a.m. The residential night period therefore begins at 10:01 p.m., while the non-residential night period begins at 11:01 p.m.

Section 14-22 defines residential property as property that satisfies both criteria: it contains habitually occupied sleeping quarters, and it is located in any zoning district that allows dwelling units, as provided in the Land Development Code. Under section 14-21 the article applies to all properties in the city unless a city council policy, ordinance or approved agreement applies sound requirements to specifically described property.

Subsection (c) is a different test. It prohibits sound plainly audible from any property at a distance of 100 feet from the property line of the property that is the source of the sound, between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and it applies notwithstanding whether the sound exceeds the levels in subsection (a). The exemptions in section 14-24 (3) and (4), for non-amplified human voices and for non-amplified sounds from lawful public assembly or public speaking, do not apply to violations under subsection (c).

Decibel readings under subsection (b) are taken from any public or private property adjacent to the property from which the sound reasonably emanates. The meter must meet the Type 2 standard in ANSI S1.4-1983 and the slow response setting is used. Subsection (e) applies a 100-foot plainly audible rule at any time to sound from public property owned or controlled by the city or another governmental entity.

Section 14-24 exempts listed activities from the sound level limits of section 14-23, including yard and building maintenance machinery operated between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., and permitted construction between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. Section 14-23 dates from Ord. No. 2016-2091 of November 15, 2016, amended by Ord. No. 2017-2108 (March 7, 2017) and Ord. No. 2017-2115 (June 6, 2017).