Cocoa, FL Noise Ordinances: Vehicle Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Vehicle stereo measuring point
- 25 feet from the device
- Repair noise standard
- crosses residential property boundary
- Residential daytime cap
- 60 dBA (§ 13.5-26)
- Residential nighttime cap
- 55 dBA (§ 13.5-26)
- Maximum penalty
- $500 fine or 60 days jail
Summary
Cocoa bars car and boat stereos from creating a noise disturbance measured twenty-five feet from the vehicle, whether parked or moving on a public right-of-way, street or waterway. Repairing, rebuilding or testing a motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat so loudly it crosses into a neighboring residential property is a separate violation under City Code § 13.5-23.
(1)Electronic device; musical instruments. Operating, playing or permitting the operation or playing of any radio, television, phonograph, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier, or similar device which produces, reproduces, or amplifies sound: ... b.In such a manner as to create a noise disturbance at twenty-five (25) feet from such device, when operated in or on a motor vehicle on a public right-of-way or public space, or in a boat on public waters; ... (5)Vehicle and boat repairs. Repairing, rebuilding, modifying, or testing any motor vehicle, motorcycle, or motorboat in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 17).
Full Breakdown
5-23 lists specific acts the city treats as noise disturbances, and two of them target vehicle- and boat-related sound. curfew that governs stationary electronic devices under the same subsection's paragraph (a). Subsection (5) separately covers vehicle and boat repair noise: repairing, rebuilding, modifying, or testing any motor vehicle, motorcycle, or motorboat is a violation if it causes a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary, without a specific decibel figure attached, so the standard turns on whether the sound crosses onto a neighbor's residential lot.
5-26, which sets residential daytime and nighttime caps of 60 and 55 dBA respectively, measured at the property line. Enforcement runs through the code enforcement board, civil court, or criminal prosecution at the city's election.
Violations & Fines
A vehicle or boat noise violation under § 13.5-23 carries the same penalty as any other article violation under § 13.5-29: a fine of up to $500, imprisonment for up to sixty days, or both, on conviction, enforceable through the code enforcement board, civil court action, or criminal prosecution at the city's election.
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