Stratford, CT Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)

The Town of Stratford, Connecticut does not use a single curfew. Chapter 142 (Noise) builds its nighttime rules from two places. First, § 142-3 defines NIGHTTIME HOURS as the hours between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., Sunday evening through Saturday morning, and 10:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., Saturday evening through Sunday morning. The Saturday evening and Sunday morning hours also apply on the night before and the day of federal and state holidays, and during daylight savings time the weeknight start moves to 9:00 p.m.

Second, § 142-6(B)(3) names 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. in its ban on yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on the public street, and § 142-6(B)(2) uses the same window for radios and instruments. Those two paragraphs use the word particularly, and the prohibition on annoying noise in § 142-6(A) has no hour limit. The defined nighttime hours carry real consequences elsewhere in the chapter. Impulse noise above 80 dB peak is barred during the nighttime to any residential noise zone under § 142-5(C)(2). Domestic power equipment such as power saws, sanders, grinders and lawn and garden tools is exempt only when operated during daytime hours under § 142-5(E)(2), and construction equipment run at night must stay within the § 142-5 maximum levels under § 142-5(E)(6).

Refuse collection is exempt only during daytime hours, which for that purpose begin at 7:00 a.m. under § 142-5(E)(5). The Director of Health or a designee measures noise under § 142-9.