Quiet hours in Spring Hill, FL — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Spring Hill is an unincorporated CDP in Hernando County with no separate municipal code - all noise rules come from the Hernando County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 21 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions), Article VIII (Noise). The county uses a dBA-by-zone table at the property line: 60 dBA day / 55 dBA night in residential zones, with the 'night' window running 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Spring Hill is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) and has no city government or municipal code. Noise complaints in Spring Hill are governed by the Hernando County Code of Ordinances, administered by the Hernando County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). The applicable noise rules are codified in Chapter 21 ('Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions'), Article VIII ('Noise'). Sec. 21-135 ('Sound level limits') establishes the operative numeric thresholds by receiving land use: residential, institutional, public space, or recreational district areas - 60 dBA from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and 55 dBA from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; commercial district areas - 65 dBA from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and 60 dBA from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.; and agricultural, agricultural/residential, conservation, industrial, mining, or rural district areas - 75 dBA at all times, measured at the property line. The 9:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. window functions as a de facto quiet-hour period: a 5 dBA drop in residential and commercial zones. For Spring Hill's predominantly residential subdivisions (most of which are zoned R-1B or PDP-R), the nighttime 55 dBA limit at the property line is the controlling number. Sec. 21-136 ('Exceptions to sound level limits') exempts the unamplified human voice, agricultural tractors and farming equipment in agricultural areas, unamplified church bells used for religious purposes, scheduled road construction by city/county/state agencies, sound for emergency alerting, construction activities between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., domestic power tools between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., and properly functioning residential air-conditioning equipment. Enforcement is split: in-progress complaints (loud party, stereo right now) go to the Hernando County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) non-emergency line at (352) 754-6830 or the District II (Spring Hill) office at (352) 688-5000; ongoing/pattern complaints (chronic equipment hum, repeated late-night gatherings) go to Hernando County Code Enforcement at (352) 754-4056, option 5.
Citation under Hernando County Code Ch. 21, Art. VIII, Sec. 21-135 by HCSO deputies or Hernando County Code Enforcement Officers. Persistent violations are referred to the Hernando County Code Enforcement Special Magistrate, which can impose escalating daily fines until the violation is abated. Note: the Hernando County BOCC has historically had enforcement gaps due to court rulings on 'plainly audible' language and noise-meter availability - the county purchased an ANSI Type II noise meter to enable Sec. 21-135 dBA enforcement.
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