Palm Coast, FL Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Palm Coast, 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
- 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Residential dBA overnight
- 55 dBA, down from 60 dBA daytime
- Measurement standard
- Property line, 10+ min, exceeds 10% of period
- Governing sections
- Sec. 35-52(4) and Sec. 35-53 Table I
- Max fine
- $500.00 per violation under Sec. 1-15
Summary
Yelling, shouting or singing loudly enough to disturb others between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is banned outright under Sec. 35-52(4), and the City's own decibel table tightens at the same hour: residential sound drops from a 60 dBA daytime cap to 55 dBA overnight under Sec. 35-53.
(4)Yelling, shouting, whistling, or singing so as to create a loud and raucous noise between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44 | Land Development Code: Supplement 18).
Full Breakdown
Sec. , layered on top of the general Sec. 35-51 standard that bans any sound which, by volume, duration and nature, annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, health, peace or safety of a reasonable person, measured from 50 feet away. Sec. ; commercial and tourist occupancies fall from 65 dBA to 60 dBA over the same overnight window, while manufacturing and agricultural uses stay at a flat 75 dBA at all times. A violation requires the sound to exceed the applicable limit for more than ten percent of any measurement period, which must run at least ten minutes and be taken at or beyond the property boundary where the sound originates.
Sec. 35-60 layers a near-identical yelling curfew onto Sundays specifically. Sec. 35-54 carves out narrow exemptions that survive the nighttime hours regardless of decibel level, including emergency vehicle sirens, fire and burglar alarms before the owner has a reasonable chance to silence them, and safety or warning signals.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 35-56 puts enforcement in the hands of the City Manager or designee, and obstructing that enforcement is its own violation. Breaking the 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. curfew or the overnight dBA limits carries the Code's general penalty of up to $500.00 per offense under Sec. 1-15, and a third citation for the same conduct within 12 months lets a court confiscate the offending equipment under Sec. 35-59.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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