Plantation, FL Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Plantation, FL, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Night hours
- 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Night audibility
- Plainly audible at 50 feet
- Day audibility
- Plainly audible at 100 feet
- Single-family limit
- 55 dBA day, 50 night
- Maximum fine
- $1,000.00 per day, first violation
Summary
Plantation treats 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. as night. A device plainly audible fifty feet away at night violates chapter 16, and single-family property lines are capped at 55 dBA by day and 50 dBA at night.
The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated, of any device in such manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet or more from the building or premises from which such sound is emanating, 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 30 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 16 defines excessive sound rather than banning noise outright. At night, meaning 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., a radio, television, instrument or amplifier that is plainly audible fifty feet from your building is a violation; during the day the trigger distance is one hundred feet. Measured limits are 55 dBA by day and 50 dBA at night on a single-family boundary, and 50 dBA day and 45 dBA night inside any sleeping or living room. Construction, excavating, demolition and similar work is confined to 7:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays.
Violations & Fines
Cases go to the code enforcement board or a special magistrate, where fines run up to $1,000.00 per day for a first violation and $5,000.00 per day for a repeat violation.
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