Palm Bay, FL Noise Ordinances: Vehicle Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforced by
- Police / code enforcement
- Penalty
- Civil infraction fine by resolution
- Banned noise
- Grating, grinding, rattling, overloaded
- Exhaust rule
- Muffler required, no open discharge
Summary
Palm Bay bans driving a vehicle so out of repair, overloaded, or misused that it creates loud grating, grinding, or rattling noise, and requires exhaust to pass through a muffler.
The use of any automobile, motorcycle or vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or in such manner as to create a loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling or other noise.
(8) It shall be unlawful to operate lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers and power-driven hedge shears in the city between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day.
(B) The following actions are prohibited only when causing a noise disturbance as defined in this chapter:
(1) No person shall repair, rebuild, modify or test any motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a real property boundary.
(2) The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, streetcar or other vehicle on any street or public place of the city, except as a danger warning.
(3) The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated of any radio receiving device, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound which is broadcast upon the public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting the attention of the public to any building or structure is only prohibited when causing a noise disturbance.
(4) Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-41: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2026-13, passed 5-21-26).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 92.03(A)(7) prohibits operating an automobile, motorcycle, or vehicle so out of repair, so loaded, or in such manner as to create a loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling, or other noise. Separately, § 92.03(B)(5) bars discharging exhaust from any motor vehicle or motorboat into open air except through a muffler or similar device that prevents loud or explosive noise, and that exhaust rule applies only when it also causes a noise disturbance across a property line. Police and code enforcement officers cite violations under § 92.09.
Violations & Fines
Civil noise infraction enforced by the Police Department or code enforcement officers; fine amount set by City Council resolution, each disturbance a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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