Quiet hours in Tulsa, OK — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Tulsa Revised Ordinances Title 27, Chapter 14 (Disturbing the Peace) prohibits willful or malicious noise that unreasonably disturbs public peace. Amplified music and similar noise between 11 PM and 7 AM that disturbs quiet, comfort, or repose is specifically prohibited. Conviction carries up to $100 fine and/or 30 days jail.
Title 27, Chapter 14, Section 1400 of the Tulsa Revised Ordinances makes it an offense to willfully or maliciously disturb the public peace by creating noise of such character or duration as to be unreasonably loud or disturbing. Playing radios, phonographs, musical instruments, or amplified music in such volume as to unreasonably disturb persons, particularly between 11:00 PM and 7:00 AM, is prohibited. Quiet Zone signs may be posted near schools, churches, hospitals, and clinics. The ordinance considers context including geographic area, ambient noise levels, and time of day.
Misdemeanor offense. Fine up to $100 (excluding costs) and/or imprisonment up to 30 days per Title 27, Chapter 14.
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