Volusia County, FL Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Volusia County, FL, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Residential night cap
- 55 dBA, 10 p.m.-6:59 a.m.
- Residential day cap
- 60 dBA, 7 a.m.-10 p.m.
- Commercial/tourist night cap
- 60 dBA
- Manufacturing/agricultural
- 75 dBA at all times
- Measurement point
- At the property boundary
Summary
Volusia County's Table I cuts the allowable sound level at the property line after 10:00 p.m., dropping from 60 to 55 dBA for residential receivers and from 65 to 60 dBA for commercial or tourist uses, under Sec. 50-476(c). Manufacturing and agricultural uses stay capped at 75 dBA around the clock.
(c)Maximum permissible sound levels by receiving use occupancy. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any source of sound from any occupancy in such a manner as to create a sound level which exceeds the limits set forth for the receiving use occupancy category in Table I, more than ten percent of any measurement period, which shall not be less than ten minutes when measured at or beyond the property boundary of the land use from which the sound emanates. TABLE I - DECIBEL LIMITS BY RECEIVING LAND USE OCCUPANCY: Residential 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. / After 10:00 p.m. to 6:59 a.m. — 60 / 55. Commercial or tourist 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. / After 10:00 p.m. to 6:59 a.m. — 65 / 60. Manufacturing at all times — 75. Agricultural at all times — 75.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 108 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
; a commercial or tourist receiving use goes from 65 dBA daytime to 60 dBA at night. Manufacturing and agricultural receiving uses are held to 75 dBA 'at all times,' with no nighttime step-down. Measurement is taken 'at or beyond the property boundary of the land use from which the sound emanates,' using the equipment and procedures adopted under section 50-475. is in violation even though it would have been legal two hours earlier. Enforcement and citation follow the general penalty in section 1-7, and this measured standard applies only within the unincorporated county per section 50-474.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding 55 dBA at a residential property line between 10:00 p.m. and 6:59 a.m., or 60 dBA for a commercial/tourist receiver, violates the Table I limits in section 50-476(c), even where the same sound level was legal in daytime hours. Citations are punishable under section 1-7, with escalating exposure for repeat offenders on the same equipment.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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