Quiet hours in Prior Lake, MN — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Prior Lake City Code Chapter 7 (Public Safety) treats unreasonably loud or disturbing noise that annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort or repose of the public as a public nuisance. Complaints during quiet hours are taken by the Police Department non-emergency line at 952-445-1411.
Prior Lake does not publish a municipal decibel chart in its public code; instead it relies on the general public-nuisance language carried in City Code Chapter 5 and Chapter 7, plus the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency standards under Minn. Rules Chapter 7030. MPCA Rule 7030.0040 caps residential noise at L50 60 dBA / L10 65 dBA from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and L50 50 dBA / L10 55 dBA from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., measured at the receiving property line; Prior Lake police use these state limits when investigating sustained noise complaints. Loud parties, amplified music, and vehicle stereos that are 'plainly audible' across a property line during nighttime hours are treated as a disorderly conduct or public nuisance offense.
A public nuisance noise violation is a misdemeanor under Prior Lake City Code and Minn. Stat. §609.74, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and/or 90 days in jail. Repeat violations within the same calendar year are prosecuted in Scott County District Court.
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