Palm Bay, FL Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Palm Bay, 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 window
- 11:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m.
- Covered conduct
- Yelling, shouting, hooting, singing
- Trigger
- Must be a 'noise disturbance'
- Enforced by
- Police / code enforcement
Summary
Palm Bay's noise code targets yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on public streets, particularly between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., when it rises to a noise disturbance.
The following actions are prohibited only when causing a noise disturbance as defined in this chapter:
(1) No person shall repair, rebuild, modify or test any motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a real property boundary.
(2) The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, streetcar or other vehicle on any street or public place of the city, except as a danger warning.
(3) The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated of any radio receiving device, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound which is broadcast upon the public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting the attention of the public to any building or structure is only prohibited when causing a noise disturbance.
(4) Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(5) The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion engine, generator, motorboat, or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises from the same.
(6) The creation of any noise disturbance within seventy-five (75) feet of the property line of any school, institution of learning, church or court
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-41: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2026-13, passed 5-21-26).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 92.03(B)(4) is triggered 'only when causing a noise disturbance,' and prohibits 'yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.' A 'noise disturbance' is defined in § 92.02 as sound that, by volume, duration, and character, annoys or disturbs a reasonable person, or that exceeds the Table 1 dBA/dBC limits. The same nighttime pattern runs through the chapter, lawn equipment stops at 7 p.m. and construction noise at 9 p.m., making 11 p.m.-7 a.m. the code's core quiet window.
Violations & Fines
Civil noise infraction enforced by Police Department or code enforcement officers under § 92.09; fine set by City Council resolution, each incident a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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