Quiet hours in St. Petersburg, FL — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
St. Petersburg enforces quiet hours from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. under Chapter 11, with 'plainly audible' distance standards rather than decibel readings for residential noise complaints.
Under the St. Petersburg City Code Chapter 11 (Environmental Protection, Article III - Noise Pollution), quiet hours run from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Saturday. The 2019 amendment (effective June 1, 2019) kept the 'plainly audible at distance' enforcement standard rather than switching to fixed decibel limits. In residential zones, sound that is plainly audible 200 feet from the source during quiet hours is a violation, while 500 feet is the daytime threshold. Nonresidential zones allow up to 500 feet daytime and 200 feet at night. Codes Compliance Assistance is located at One 4th Street N and is reachable at 727-893-7373. Noise-sensitive zones extend 300 feet around every hospital.
Civil citations under Chapter 11 with escalating fines listed in Appendix A. Repeat offenses can result in code enforcement board hearings and per-day penalties.
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