Quiet hours in Cumberland County, ME — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Cumberland County does not publish a county code and has no county-level quiet-hours rule. Quiet hours in Cumberland County are set by each of its 28 municipalities (Portland, South Portland, Westbrook, Scarborough, etc.) under home-rule authority, on top of the statewide disorderly-conduct floor at 17-A MRS § 501-A.
Cumberland County's governmental role is limited to the Sheriff's Office, Jail, EMA, Regional Communications Center, Registry of Deeds, District Attorney, and Public Health (see cumberlandcountyme.gov Departments listing). The county does not adopt subject-matter ordinances and has no codified noise title. The operative state floor is 17-A MRS § 501-A (Disorderly conduct), which makes it a Class E crime to intentionally or recklessly cause public inconvenience by 'making loud and unreasonable noise' in a public place, or — in a private place — to make 'loud and unreasonable noise that can be heard by another person as unreasonable noise … after having been ordered by a law enforcement officer to cease the noise.' Class E carries up to 6 months in jail under 17-A MRS § 1604(1)(E). Above that floor, each Cumberland County municipality sets its own nighttime quiet hours by ordinance under the 30-A MRS § 3001 home-rule grant; typical Cumberland-area windows are 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. (e.g., Portland City Code Chapter 17).
State disorderly-conduct violations (17-A MRS § 501-A) are Class E crimes punishable by up to 6 months in jail (17-A MRS § 1604(1)(E)) plus a fine. Municipal quiet-hours violations are civil infractions enforced by the local police department; first-offense fines in Cumberland County towns typically run $100-$500. The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office handles unincorporated and contracted-patrol areas; the Regional Communications Center dispatches 911 calls.
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