Oak Park, IL Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Oak Park, IL, 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., public streets
- Covered conduct
- Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, singing
- Beyond curfew hours
- Also barred any time it disturbs nearby residents
- Fine range
- $20 to $750 per § 1-1-5
- Last amended
- Ordinance 23-19, March 13, 2023
Summary
Village Code section 17-1-30(D) bars yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on Oak Park's public streets between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and at any hour if it disturbs the quiet, comfort, or repose of people in nearby offices, dwellings, hotels, or elsewhere in the Village.
D. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M., or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of persons in any office, or in any dwelling, hotel or other type of residence, or of any person in the vicinity.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-9: Code current through: Ord. 26-159, passed - -2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 17-1-30(D) of the Oak Park Village Code sets the Village's nighttime quiet-hours rule inside its general noise ordinance. as the period when that conduct is presumptively disturbing. can still violate the section if it disrupts a nearby home or business. The rule sits within section 17-1-30's broader ban on loud, unnecessary, prolonged, or unusual noise, whose list of examples, including horn use, sound equipment, animal noise, and engine exhaust, is expressly non-exclusive. Because the prohibition targets street-level vocal noise rather than mechanical or amplified sound, it is enforced separately from the Village's rules on sound equipment in subsections B and C. The current text traces to the 1981 Code and was last amended by Ordinance 23-19 on March 13, 2023.
Violations & Fines
Subsection D carries no standalone fine, so it is punished under the Village's general penalty in section 1-1-5: a fine of $20 to $750, with each day of continuing disturbance treated as a separate offense. Oak Park police can issue a citation to anyone yelling, shouting, or singing on the street during the 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. window or whenever it disturbs a nearby resident.
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