New Port Richey, FL Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in New Port Richey, FL, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Quiet hours
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Audible distance
- 100 feet from property line
- Test used
- Plainly audible, no meter needed
- First offense
- 10-minute cure window after warning
- Enforcer
- New Port Richey Police / code enforcement
Summary
New Port Richey enforces an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. noise curfew: any sound plainly audible 100 feet from the source property's line during those hours violates the code, regardless of decibel readings.
No person shall permit, cause, allow, create, or sustain the operation of any source of sound in a manner as to create a sound level plainly audible from any property at a distance of 100 feet from the property line of the property which is the source of the sound between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., notwithstanding whether said sound exceeds the sound levels set forth in subsection (a) hereof.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 68).
Full Breakdown
Section 14-23(c) bars any source of sound plainly audible from 100 feet beyond the property line between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., whether or not the sound would otherwise pass the metered dB(A)/dB(C) limits set in subsection (a). It's a separate, simpler nighttime standard: officers need only confirm audibility at that distance, not run a sound-level meter. The lawful-assembly and non-amplified-voice exemptions in Sec. 14-24(3) and (4) do not apply to violations of this nighttime rule, and neither does the public-property exemption in subsection (e).
Violations & Fines
Officers issue a verbal warning first; if noise isn't abated within 10 minutes, or the person has a prior citation within 12 months, they issue a citation instead, with fines escalating one class per repeat violation under Sec. 14-25.
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