Muskegon County, MI Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Muskegon County, MI, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Quiet hours
- 11:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m.
- Applies to
- County park campgrounds
- Governing section
- §6(1)(d), Parks Ordinance
- Penalty
- Up to $100 fine, 90 days jail
- Enforced by
- Parks & Rec staff, Sheriff's deputies
Summary
Muskegon County's Parks Ordinance sets an 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. quiet period in county campgrounds. Section 6(1)(d) bars campers from making noise or a disturbance that disrupts the peace and quiet of a campground during those hours, backed by the ordinance's misdemeanor penalty.
1. No person, while on County Park property, shall: ...
d. Make, cause, or create any noise or disturbance which is a hindrance to the peace and quiet of a campground between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.
Full Breakdown
The county's overnight quiet-hours rule lives inside the camping chapter of the Muskegon County Parks Ordinance, adopted June 14, 2022. m. park curfew that governs day guests (Section 6(1)(n)), and each camping party must register a member responsible for the conduct of the whole group and its visitors (Section 6(2)). Because the quiet-hours language is written into the camping section specifically, it applies to Muskegon County's campgrounds; conduct elsewhere in a county park that disturbs neighbors at any hour falls instead under the separate 'disturb the peace and quiet or good order of a park area' language in Section 9(1)(b), which is not tied to a clock.
Muskegon County Parks and Recreation staff and Muskegon County Sheriff's Office deputies enforce both provisions under the enforcement authority in Sections 1 and 21. A camper cited for violating quiet hours faces the ordinance's general penalty in Section 20, and repeated disruption can also cost the offending party its camping permit and site under the Director's authority to expel a violator.
Violations & Fines
Breaking campground quiet hours is a misdemeanor under Section 20, carrying a fine of up to $100 and up to 90 days in jail at the court's discretion. The Parks Department can also expel a noisy camping party from its site without a refund and bar its return for a period the Director or designee sets under Section 4(1)(c).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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