Quiet hours in Hamilton County, TN — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
In Chattanooga, playing a radio, phonograph or musical instrument, or yelling and shouting on the street, is prohibited between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when it disturbs the quiet of nearby residents. Amplified sound at a home cannot exceed 50 dB(A) between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m.
Chattanooga City Code Sec. 25-68(a)(2)–(3) targets any radio, phonograph or musical instrument, and yelling, hawking, shouting, whistling or singing, that disturbs quiet during the 11 p.m.–7 a.m. window. Sec. 25-69(a)(1) sets an enforceable cap of 55 dB(A) from 9 a.m.–9 p.m. and 50 dB(A) from 9 p.m.–9 a.m. at the nearest residential property line. Hamilton County has no separate countywide quiet-hours decibel ordinance for unincorporated land; residents there rely on Tennessee's disorderly-conduct statute and any county nuisance resolution adopted under TCA 5-1-118(c). Each incorporated city (East Ridge, Red Bank, Soddy-Daisy) sets its own hours.
Chattanooga city court may impose a $50 citation fine per violation plus a civil penalty up to $500 for each violation (Sec. 25-73).
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