Quiet hours in Zeeland, MI — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Ottawa County adopts no countywide noise ordinance; each city and township sets its own. In the City of Holland, loud noises on public streets are barred between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or anytime they disturb a resident's quiet, comfort or repose.
Under Michigan law, cities and townships regulate noise; Michigan counties like Ottawa generally do not, so quiet hours depend on your municipality (Holland, Grand Haven, Hudsonville, or a township such as Georgetown or Allendale). The City of Holland's noise ordinance, Section 19-5(3), prohibits yelling, shouting, whistling, singing or other loud noises on public streets from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., and also bars any such noise at any time when it disturbs the quiet, comfort or repose of people in a home, office, hotel or hospital. The plainly-audible test, not a decibel meter, governs enforcement.
In Holland, a Section 19-5 violation is a Class I municipal civil infraction, with civil fines set by the schedule in Section 2-118. Each day is a separate violation.
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