Quiet hours in Peoria, IL — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Peoria Code of Ordinances Sec. 15-62 (Radios, phonographs, etc.) is the city's primary nighttime quiet-hours rule. It prohibits operating any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, compact disc player, DVD player, or other sound-producing device in a manner that unreasonably disturbs persons of ordinary sensibilities, particularly between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in the Central Business District (defined in Article 8 of the Zoning Code) and between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in the rest of the city. A minimum fine of $500.00 applies to violations occurring outside the Central Business District between 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m.
Peoria is a home rule city under Article VII Sec. 6 of the Illinois Constitution (population well above the 25,000 threshold), which is why its noise framework is more developed than most central-Illinois municipalities. The quiet-hours rule in Sec. 15-62 sits inside Chapter 15 (Health and Sanitation), Article III (Noise). It uses an unreasonableness standard during quiet hours rather than a strict decibel cap, but Peoria does maintain decibel-based rules for specific sources elsewhere in the chapter (Sec. 15-68 motor vehicle muffler decibel chart, Sec. 15-75 75-foot audibility rule on the public way). The city's separately defined Daytime Hours (7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.) and Nighttime Hours (7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) in the Chapter 11 definitions section also govern other source-specific rules. Sec. 15-76 ties the minimum fine for Article III violations (Secs. 15-61 through 15-75) to Sec. 1-5 of the Code, with the elevated $500 minimum specifically codified for late-night residential violations under Sec. 15-62(b). Enforcement is by the Peoria Police Department; Illinois state law preempts neither the local quiet-hours rule nor the city's home rule authority to set stricter standards. 415 ILCS 5 (Illinois Environmental Protection Act) sets industrial source standards but does not preempt residential noise. Complaints can be filed via the non-emergency police line.
First offense outside the Central Business District between midnight and 5:00 a.m. carries a minimum fine of $500.00 per Sec. 15-62(b). Other Sec. 15-62 violations are punished under Sec. 1-5 of the Code. Repeat violations are commonly escalated through Peoria's administrative adjudication hearings (Chapter 2). Continuing violations may be cited as separate offenses for each day.
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