St. Peters, MO Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in St. Peters, MO, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Overnight quiet window
- 10:30 PM to 7:00 AM
- Street yelling/shouting ban
- Section 210.390(C)(17)
- Garage/filling station curfew
- 11:00 PM-7:00 AM, residential districts
- Trash collection curfew
- 7:00 PM-6:00 AM weekdays (residential)
- Max fine
- $500 per day of violation
Summary
In the City of St. Peters, Missouri, prolonged yelling, shouting or whistling on public streets between 10:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is expressly banned as a disturbing noise, and the Code Enforcement Officer must weigh how close any noise is to sleeping residential units during that same overnight window.
17. Prolonged yelling, shouting, hooting or whistling on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 10:30 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of persons of reasonable sensitivity in any office, dwelling, hotel or other type of residence or of any persons in the vicinity. ... ... 5. The proximity of the noise in residential sleeping facilities during the sleeping hours of 10:30 P.M. to 7:00 A.M.
Full Breakdown
Section 210.390(C)(17) singles out prolonged yelling, shouting, hooting or whistling on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 10:30 P.M. and 7:00 A.M., as a loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise if it annoys or disturbs persons of reasonable sensitivity in any dwelling, hotel or residence nearby. Subsection (D)(5) folds that same 10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. window into the enforcement factors the Code Enforcement Officer must weigh for any noise complaint, specifically the proximity of the noise in residential sleeping facilities during the sleeping hours of 10:30 P.M. to 7:00 A.M.
The objective decibel table in Subsection (F) reinforces the same overnight period by tightening the residential ceiling from roughly 59-70 dBA during the day to roughly 54-65 dBA overnight. Other overnight-specific bans in the same Section include garage or filling station noise in residential districts between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. (Subsection (C)(13)) and residential solid waste collection between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. weekdays (Subsection (C)(19)). Together these provisions function as St. Peters' quiet-hours regime: 10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. is the operative overnight window across the noise ordinance, adopted by Ord. No. 7236 on December 19, 2019.
Violations & Fines
A neighbor disturbed after 10:30 p.m. can complain to the City Administrator's office, which investigates and, if warranted, issues a written notice describing the violation and setting a hearing at least seven days out at St. Peters City Hall. If the City Administrator finds the noise problem uncorrected after the hearing, the matter can be referred to the Police Department for a signed complaint and, if the City Prosecutor proceeds, prosecution in St. Peters Municipal Court, where conviction carries a fine of up to $500, each day a separate violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the penalty for violating the overnight noise rules?
Sources & Official References
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