Weston, FL Noise Ordinances: Vehicle Noise (2026)

Section 52.52(A)(1) bans discharging engine exhaust into the open air except through a muffler or other device that effectively prevents Loud and Raucous Noise. Section 52.52(G) applies that standard directly to motor vehicles, making it unlawful to operate any Motor Vehicle so out of repair, so loaded, or otherwise operated as to create loud grating, grinding, rattling, or other Loud and Raucous Noise, or that isn't equipped with a muffler in good working order and constant operation. Section 52.52(I) separately restricts horns and anti-theft alarms: sounding one is lawful only as a danger signal, either warning of an out-of-control vehicle while stopped or accompanying braking and deceleration while moving, and sounding a horn or alarm for an unnecessary and unreasonable period is itself declared a Loud and Raucous Noise violation.

Section 52.50(B) makes clear who answers for these violations: any Person, Owner, agent, or supervisor in charge of operating or allowing the operation of a noise-creating device is subject to the penalties in Section 2.99. Since Weston contracts police service to the Broward Sheriff's Office rather than running its own department, BSO deputies issue the citations alongside Code Compliance. The prohibited-noise list was adopted by Ordinance 2010-12, and most of Chapter 52's subchapter on prohibited acts was amended by Ordinance 2024-09, passed May 20, 2024.