Noise Ordinances in Arizona (2026)

Avondale limits permitted construction work to 5 a.m.-7 p.m. on weekdays from May 1 through October 15, 6 a.m.-7 p.m…

Construction within 500 feet of a residential property in Chandler may only run 5:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. on weekdays and…

Gilbert sets fixed construction hours that shrink on weekends. Code of Gilbert § 42-63(b) allows concrete pouring from…

Glendale bars construction and repair noise outside set hours under Sec. 25-68: summer residential work runs 5 a.m.-7…

Goodyear limits when construction, landscaping and repair work can run near homes. City Code § 11-1-8 bars work within…

Outdoor construction and repair work in Maricopa is barred from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. daily, and on weekends and…

Unincorporated Maricopa County restricts construction noise, concrete pouring, pile drivers, power hammers, idling…

Mesa exempts construction, demolition, and excavation noise from its nuisance ordinance only between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00…

Peoria limits construction noise to set daily windows that shift by season and zoning: work near homes runs 6 a.m. to 7…

Effective May 13, 2025, Arizona state law (A.R.S. section 9-500.52) bars Phoenix from prohibiting permitted general…

Unincorporated Pima County caps construction and repair work to set daytime hours, with tighter limits near homes and…

In unincorporated Pinal County, near homes construction generally runs 6am-7pm (Apr 15-Oct 15) or 7am-7pm (Oct 16-Apr…

The Town of Queen Creek bars noisy construction work outside set daily windows that shift with the calendar: as early…

Sahuarita limits noisy construction work, including pile drivers, jackhammers and demolition, to fixed daily windows…

Scottsdale restricts construction work to set daily windows under City Code § 31-12: 6 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays and 7…

Sedona bars construction work outside set daily windows, generally 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. near homes, but extends the…

Surprise bars loud, unnecessary construction or repair work, or the operation of construction-type equipment, in or…

Tempe bars outside construction and repair work outside set daily windows that shift by season and by proximity to…

Tucson's excessive-noise ordinance bars audible construction noise, repair, remodeling, demolition, drilling, wood…

Buckeye's noise ordinance (City Code 10-1-2) does not set a general construction-hours window. The only hour-based…

Avondale makes it unlawful to harbor or keep any animal that disturbs the peace with loud noise at any hour of the day…

Two Buckeye ordinances cover animal noise. City Code 6-1-7 makes it unlawful to keep animals or poultry that disturb…

Chandler names dog noise directly in its disturbing-the-peace ordinance: City Code § 11-10.1(B)(5) makes it unlawful to…

Coconino County has no separate barking-dog ordinance; persistent animal noise is handled under Arizona's disorderly…

Gilbert's noise ordinance makes it unlawful to keep or harbor any animal whose frequent, habitual or continued noise…

Glendale bans keeping or harboring any bird or non-human mammal that disturbs the peace and quiet of two or more…

Goodyear makes it unlawful to harbor or keep an animal or fowl that disturbs the peace with loud noise at any time of…

Maricopa adopts Pinal County's animal control ordinance, which bars dogs from frequently or continuously barking or…

Mesa bars owning or keeping any animal that makes frequent or long, continued sound disturbing a neighbor's peace…

Persistent barking is treated as a noise nuisance in Mohave County. Animal control and the Sheriff's Office handle…

Phoenix City Code section 8-2 makes it unlawful to keep a dog within the city that is in the habit of barking or…

A dog or bird that habitually howls, barks, meows or squawks loud enough to be clearly heard past your property line…

The Town of Queen Creek makes it unlawful to keep any animal that disturbs the peace of a residential neighborhood…

Sahuarita bans keeping any animal whose barking, howling or other sounds are clearly audible beyond the property line…

Scottsdale's Code of Ordinances § 4-17(c) makes it unlawful to knowingly keep or harbor any animal or fowl whose…

Sedona bars domesticated or caged animals from barking, howling or making similar noise for more than five minutes…

Surprise bans letting a dog bark or howl in a way that repeatedly or unreasonably disturbs a neighbor's peace and…

Tempe treats a dog's frequent or habitual howling, yelping or barking as a nuisance violation, but City Code §…

Owning or harboring an animal or bird that frequently or continuously howls, barks, or squawks and disturbs a…

Yuma bars owners from letting any mammal, bird or fowl excessively bark, howl or make noise that disturbs the peace…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, County Ordinance P-6 makes it unlawful for a dog owner to let their dog bark, yowl…

Buckeye, Arizona caps landscape leaf blowers at a 50cc engine and bans blowing debris or dust into any public roadway…

Gilbert's Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to use a leaf blower to blow landscape debris into a road, and…

Glendale sets no leaf-blower operating hours, but City Code Section 25-102(a) bans using a leaf blower to move…

Goodyear requires leaf blowers to be operated only on a stabilized surface and bans blowing landscape debris into a…

Maricopa County's Ordinance P-25 bans blowing landscape debris into public roadways and requires leaf blowers to run…

Peoria bars loud, raucous blowers, power fans and internal-combustion equipment in residential or noise-sensitive areas…

Pinal County exempts landscape-maintenance equipment (including leaf blowers) from the noise ordinance as long as it is…

Tempe restricts leaf blowers under general code § 13A-52 rather than banning them outright: you can't blow debris into…

Avondale bans blowing landscape debris or dust from a leaf blower into a public roadway. The rule is narrow: it targets…

Chandler City Code § 30-20(M) doesn't set leaf-blower hours, but bars running one over surfaces that haven't been…

Queen Creek's leaf blower rule isn't about hours: it bars blowing landscape debris into any public roadway, period. A…

Scottsdale's leaf blower rule is narrow but absolute: Sec. 18-9.1 makes it unlawful for anyone to use a leaf blower to…

Surprise bans operating a leaf blower in a way that blows landscape debris, dirt or other debris into a public roadway…

Unincorporated Yavapai County bars live or amplified music at any outdoor commercial patio. The restriction is written…

Amplified sound in Gilbert's public areas needs a police permit first. Code of Gilbert § 42-62(b) bars operating a…

Goodyear requires a permit from the Chief of Police before anyone can operate a sound truck, loudspeaker or sound…

Restaurants, hotels and venues in Maricopa need city manager or council sign-off before playing amplified or loud music…

Playing a loudspeaker, sound truck, radio or any other sound amplifying device attached to a vehicle or trailer…

Tempe requires a temporary permit from the Special Events Task Force before anyone runs a loudspeaker or…

Avondale bans playing a radio, sound reproduction device, or musical instrument loudly enough to disturb the quiet…

Buckeye, Arizona bars playing radios, stereos, musical instruments or loudspeakers loud enough to annoy neighbors at…

Chandler City Code § 11-10.1 bans playing a radio, phonograph or other musical device loud enough to disturb a…

Amplified music falls under the county nuisance ordinance in unincorporated areas and city codes elsewhere. Flagstaff's…

Glendale bans playing a radio, phonograph or sound system loud enough to be heard 125 feet from the premises under Sec…

In unincorporated Maricopa County, radios, loudspeakers, and other amplified sound equipment can't be heard from inside…

Amplified music and party noise fall under Mohave County's Chapter 14 ordinance in unincorporated areas and city codes…

Peoria caps live bands and sound-amplifying equipment, radios, TVs, boomboxes, stereos and musical instruments at 55…

Phoenix City Code section 23-14 enumerates amplified-sound nuisances, including playing a radio, phonograph or musical…

Unincorporated Pinal County bans any radio, phonograph, musical instrument or other sound-producing mechanism from…

Broadcasting amplified sound in a Sahuarita park requires a director-issued permit under Town Code § 12.20.020(F), and…

Scottsdale bars operating a mobile sound amplification system, essentially any vehicle-mounted radio, stereo or speaker…

Sedona bans playing a radio, stereo or musical instrument from a public street or right-of-way loud enough to carry 50…

Surprise bans running any sound amplification system, from a phone speaker to a full PA rig, in the outdoor part of a…

Playing a radio, amplifier, or musical instrument audible beyond your property line for 15+ minutes violates Tucson's…

Arizona law forces cities, towns, and counties holding land in a military airport's high noise or accident potential…

Chandler Zoning Code §§ 35-3000–35-3003 create an Airport Impact Overlay District around Chandler Municipal Airport and…

Land near Luke Air Force Base with the highest aircraft noise exposure is zoned Airport District One, where the county…

Mesa requires a Police Chief permit before any helicopter takes off or lands anywhere in the city outside an…

The Town of Queen Creek's Mesa Gateway Airport Overlay District bars new homes, schools, hospitals and daycare centers…

Sahuarita's airport environs chapter defines 'noise-sensitive land use,' including site-built homes, schools, and…

Tucson's Airport Environs Zone splits land near Tucson International Airport into Noise Control Districts NCD-65 and…

Property near Glendale Municipal Airport falls into one of three Airport Noise Overlay districts based on post-2010…

Pima County uses Airport Environs Zone overlays around Davis-Monthan AFB and Tucson International Airport. Sound…

Scottsdale's Code of Ordinances § 5-358 forces new noise-sensitive development inside the Airport Influence Area's AC-2…

Yuma experiences significant aircraft noise from MCAS Yuma (one of the busiest military air stations for training) and…

Gilbert's noise ordinance carves aircraft noise out of local enforcement entirely. Code of Gilbert § 42-61(c)(10) lists…

Aircraft noise is federally preempted. Goodyear is near Phoenix Sky Harbor and Goodyear Airport (GYR). No local…

Oro Valley is not located under major commercial airport flight paths, but military aircraft from Davis-Monthan Air…

Peoria has minimal commercial airport noise impact. Luke Air Force Base in neighboring Glendale occasionally affects…

Unincorporated Pinal County's noise ordinance does not reach aircraft. County Code Section 10-27(12) exempts any…

Sedona's noise ordinance carves aircraft noise out of its enforcement scheme entirely. SCC 8.25.030(A) lists 14 exempt…

Surprise is near Luke Air Force Base, which generates significant military jet noise. The city has no authority over…

Tempe's noise code exempts aircraft operated under federal law and FAA air traffic control instructions from every…

Chandler's Airport Impact Overlay District splits land near Chandler Municipal Airport and Stellar Airpark into three…

Avondale sets hard decibel ceilings for moving motor vehicles, measured at fifty feet from the lane center. Heavy…

Batch plants in Buckeye, Arizona must sit at least a quarter mile from any residential use or zoning district, sit…

Coconino County's zoning ordinance does not set a single decibel table by district; instead it repeats a 50 dBA/decibel…

Gilbert sets numeric noise ceilings by zone and time of day. Code of Gilbert § 42-61(e)(1) caps residential noise at 45…

Glendale's zoning code sets numeric decibel ceilings for specific commercial uses rather than one citywide limit: 55…

The City of Maricopa caps residential noise at 55 dBA daytime and 45 dBA nighttime (L50), with peak limits of 70 and 60…

Unincorporated Maricopa County's IND-2 general industrial zoning district only permits manufacturing and processing…

Mesa's noise ordinance doesn't set separate decibel limits by zoning district; instead, Title 6, Chapter 12, Section…

Peoria caps noise measured 50 feet from the source property line at set decibel levels that shift by zoning district…

Special-permit data centers near homes in Phoenix must stay at or below 55 dB(A) daytime and 45 dB(A) at night…

In unincorporated Pima County, the noise code bans excessive, unnecessary or offensive sound that disturbs a…

Unincorporated Pinal County caps ambient sound at the property line under a four-tier table tied to zoning, set out in…

Sahuarita caps industrial noise at the I-2 General Industrial Zone boundary using an octave-band decibel table under…

Scottsdale Sec. 19-26 bars any business that serves alcohol or provides live entertainment from creating unreasonable…

Sedona caps neighborhood noise at 50 dB(A) overnight and 60 dB(A) by day in residential zones, measured at the…

Tucson caps property-line sound at 70 dB(A) daytime / 62 dB(A) nighttime for residential property, 72/65 for…

Yuma caps electronically amplified sound reaching any residential 'receiving property' at 70 dB maximum (Lmax) and 55…

Glendale bans intentional tire-squealing acceleration or cornering and unmuffled engine braking on any city street. A…

Avondale's noise ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to drive a vehicle with a defective exhaust, no muffler, or an…

Buckeye bans modified mufflers, tire squealing, and excessive engine noise on public streets, capping vehicle sound at…

Code of Gilbert § 62-4 bans four specific vehicle noises: tire squealing from aggressive acceleration or turning…

Goodyear bans loud car stereos and mounted loudspeakers before you even get to a decibel meter. City Code § 11-1-8…

Maricopa's noise code, not a separate vehicle-noise ordinance, bans loud mufflers and blaring car stereos under City…

Maricopa County bans motor vehicles without a working muffler and prohibits cut-out, bypass, or muffler-elimination…

Mesa bans unreasonable vehicle noise from grinding, exhaust, or engine sounds, and separately makes a car stereo…

Peoria bans loud nighttime vehicle repairs in residential zones and requires every vehicle on the road to run a…

Playing a car radio or amplified stereo loud enough to annoy neighbors is a civil violation in Phoenix, with escalating…

In unincorporated Pima County, motor vehicles must run a functioning, unmodified muffler at all times, and squealing…

Unincorporated Pinal County caps vehicle noise measured at 50 feet: 82-90 dBA for heavy trucks, 76-82 dBA for cars, and…

Queen Creek requires every motor vehicle to run a working muffler at all times and bans revving, tire-squealing…

Scottsdale Code Section 17-63 bans using a compression release engine brake, sometimes called a 'jake brake,' anywhere…

Sedona requires every motor vehicle to run a working muffler and bans cutout or bypass devices that defeat it…

Surprise bans loud or unnecessary vehicle engine noise, tire squealing, and unauthorized use of engine-compression…

Tempe bars any vehicle sound system, from car stereos to musical instruments, that can be heard 50 feet outside the…

Tucson requires a working muffler on every gasoline-powered vehicle and bans cutout or bypass devices outright. Car…

Yuma bars drivers from intentionally accelerating, braking or taking curves in a way that makes tires squeal loudly on…