Quiet hours in St. Michael, MN — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
St. Michael Code Sec. 91.18(AE) declares it a public nuisance affecting peace and safety to engage in construction or maintenance activities that disturb the peace between sunset and 7:00 a.m. The city has no objective dBA cap, instead enforcing nighttime disturbances through the general nuisance ordinance.
Chapter 91 of the St. Michael Code (Health and Sanitation; Nuisances) is the primary tool for noise complaints. Sec. 91.18 lists 30+ enumerated nuisances affecting peace and safety; subsection (AE) prohibits 'any kind of construction or maintenance activities which disturb the peace between the hours of sunset and 7:00 a.m.,' excluding emergency street and public-works work, utility repairs, flood prevention, and snow removal. The general 'disturbance of the peace' language is applied to amplified music, parties, mechanical equipment and outdoor power tools during the same window. Complaints route through the Wright County Sheriff's Office, which contracts policing for St. Michael, with follow-up by city code enforcement.
Violation of Sec. 91.18 is a misdemeanor under the general penalty clause Sec. 10.99, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and/or up to 90 days in jail per Minn. Stat. § 609.02. Each day of violation may be charged as a separate offense and the city may also abate the nuisance and bill the property owner.
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