Peoria, IL Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
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.
Key Facts
- Code Section
- Sec. 15-62, Chapter 15 Art. III
- CBD Quiet Hours
- 11 PM-7 AM
- Citywide Quiet Hours
- 10 PM-7 AM
- Late-Night Minimum Fine
- $500 (midnight-5 AM, outside CBD)
- Standard
- Unreasonably disturb persons of ordinary sensibilities
- Enforcement
- Peoria Police Department
Summary
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.
alarm or disturb another and to provoke a breach of the peace; (2) Transmits or causes to be transmitted in any manner to the fire department of any city, town, village or fire protection district a false alarm of fire, knowing at the time of the transmission that there is no reasonable ground for believing that the fire exists;
Full Breakdown
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). ) 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.
Violations & Fines
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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