Palm Beach Gardens, FL Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)
Key Facts
- Weeknight curfew
- 8:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday nights
- Weekend curfew
- 11:00 p.m. Friday to 8:00 a.m. Saturday
- Sunday curfew
- 11:00 p.m. Saturday to 12:00 noon Sunday
- Audibility threshold
- more than 25 feet from the property boundary
- Where it applies
- residential and conservation zoning districts only
- Penalty
- up to $500 fine or 60 days jail (§1-18)
- Enforcing agency
- Palm Beach Gardens Police Department / code enforcement
Summary
In the City of Palm Beach Gardens, yelling, shouting, or creating verbal noise on residential or conservation-district property is banned during set curfew hours: weeknights 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., Friday 11 p.m. to Saturday 8 a.m., and Saturday 11 p.m. to Sunday noon, whenever the sound carries more than 25 feet past the property line.
From 8:00 p.m. on each day from Sunday through Thursday through 8:00 a.m. on the next day, from 11:00 p.m. on Friday through 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, and from 11:00 p.m. on Saturday through 12:00 noon on Sunday, no person on property within a residential district or a conservation district within the city shall yell, shout, or otherwise verbally create noise, either individually or in concert with other persons at the same time and place, that can be heard at a distance of more than twenty-five feet from the boundary line of such property.
Full Breakdown
Palm Beach Gardens Code § 34-57 targets group and individual verbal noise rather than amplified sound specifically, making it the city's functional loud-party rule for backyard gatherings, block parties, and late-night arguments in residential and conservation districts. The ordinance sets three curfew windows tied to the weekly schedule: Sunday through Thursday nights, the ban runs from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. the next morning; on Friday night it tightens to 11:00 p.m. through 8:00 a.m. Saturday; and the Saturday-into-Sunday window runs from 11:00 p.m. until 12:00 noon Sunday, covering the hours hosts are most likely to run a party late.
The trigger is audibility, not decibels: if the yelling, shouting, or other verbal noise can be heard more than twenty-five feet from the property boundary where it originates, the code has been violated, whether one person or a group is making the noise individually or in concert. The rule sits in Chapter 34, Article III (Noise) beside the city's loudspeaker and construction-noise sections, and it was adopted under Ordinance No. 13-1998 and carried forward from the 1987 Code § 96.02. Because Article III sets no dedicated fine for shouting, a violation defaults to the citywide general penalty in section 1-18: up to $500 and up to 60 days in jail, with each day of a continuing violation charged as a separate offense.
Palm Beach Gardens Police Department officers and code enforcement respond to complaints under this section, and a repeat-offender host can be referred to the special magistrate process under Chapter 2. The section applies only within residential and conservation zoning districts.
Violations & Fines
Because Article III of Chapter 34 carries no dedicated noise fine, a shouting violation falls under the citywide general penalty in section 1-18: a fine of up to $500.00, up to 60 days in jail, or both, with every day the violation continues charged as a new, separate offense. Palm Beach Gardens Police officers and code enforcement can issue the citation directly for noise heard beyond the property line.
Frequently Asked Questions
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