Noise Ordinances in Idaho (2026)

In unincorporated Ada County, loud or offensive noise is prohibited between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM. Noise is 'loud or…

Caldwell bans loud or offensive noise between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. citywide under City Code section 07-13-03, covering…

Canyon County parks run on defined quiet hours. County Code Section 04-01-03 sets quiet hours from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00…

Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, bars plainly audible music and sound - live bands, radios, parked-vehicle stereos…

Unincorporated Kootenai County has no separate municipal noise curfew; nighttime disturbances are prosecuted under…

Meridian bans noise audible 50 feet from its source between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., alongside a broader…

Nampa bans loud or offensive noise plainly audible in a neighboring residence, business, or public right-of-way between…

In the City of Pocatello, prolonged shouting, yelling, singing or musical instruments loud enough to disturb others are…

Ada County has no separate construction-hours ordinance; construction noise falls under the general 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM…

Idaho Falls bars plainly audible construction noise in areas zoned residential between 12:00 am and 5:30 am under City…

Nampa bars all loud noise, including construction, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.; contractors may only work those hours…

In the City of Pocatello, building or repair work, including site excavation and grading, cannot run between 10:00 P.M…

In the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, construction and repair of buildings, including site excavation, grading and…

Ada County makes habitual barking a criminal public nuisance under Code section 5-7-14. A dog crossing the…

Boise treats an animal's excessive barking, baying, crying or howling as a public nuisance under Boise City Code…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, an owner who wilfully or negligently lets a dog become a nuisance commits the…

Bonneville County's animal control ordinance treats chronic dog noise as its own enforceable violation. Section 92.99…

Caldwell makes it unlawful for a dog owner to let their animal disturb a neighborhood's peace and quiet through…

In unincorporated Canyon County, Idaho, dog owners must exercise reasonably necessary care and control of their canines…

Section 6.15.050 of the Coeur d'Alene Municipal Code makes it unlawful to keep or harbor any animal whose loud…

A dog that barks, howls, or makes repetitive noise for fifteen minutes straight in daytime, or ten minutes at night…

Nampa makes it an infraction for an owner to let a dog or other animal become a noise nuisance, defined as barking or…

In the City of Pocatello, a dog or other animal that makes disturbing noises, including repeated howling, barking…

Twin Falls County Code section 5-6-1 defines a 'nuisance dog' as one that barks, whines, or howls in an excessive…

Idaho Falls bars keeping a dog whose loud, prolonged barking or howling disturbs the peace of the neighborhood or of…

Meridian makes it an infraction for a dog owner to permit a dog to carry on excessive, continuous or untimely barking…

In the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, Twin Falls City Code § 6-4-14(H) makes it unlawful to own, keep or harbor any dog…

In the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, a sound truck with its amplifier running can play only music or human speech, and…

The Ada County Noise Ordinance, Code 5-13-3(A), bans loud or unusual noise from voices, musical instruments, horns…

Boise bans running a radio, stereo, PA system, or other amplified sound device if it's plainly audible inside another…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, section 3-108 D makes it unlawful for a vessel operator to run a sound…

Canyon County restricts amplified sound in its parks around the clock. County Code Section 04-01-11(3)(B) bans…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, section 5.24.030 makes it unlawful to run a sound amplification system on a street…

Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, bans loud or amplified sound, including recorded music, that's plainly audible fifty…

Meridian bans noise that unreasonably disturbs neighbors at any hour, and specifically outlaws sound audible 50 feet…

Nampa bans operating any loud amplification device, including musical instruments, PA systems, and speakers, so sound…

In the City of Pocatello, playing a radio, phonograph, musical instrument or any sound amplifier louder than needed for…

Land within the 65 DNL noise contour around Coeur d'Alene Airport sits in the county's airport overlay zone noise…

Aircraft and other FAA-regulated planes are expressly exempted from Ada County's general noise ordinance, so residents…

Caldwell's APO-2 Airport Noise Abatement Overlay Zone requires new residential construction near the airport to cut…

Ada County does not set a decibel number for everyday noise complaints. Under Code 5-13-3(A), a sound source violates…

Bannock County does not set a general countywide noise limit, but it does cap wind turbine noise at 45 decibels (dBA)…

Boise requires industrial operations in its I-1 Light Industrial zoning district to reasonably mitigate noise…

In unincorporated Bonner County, Idaho, Revised Code § 12-421 C defines objectionable noise as more than 60 decibels…

In Bonneville County's Limited Neighborhood Commercial (LNC) Zone, unincorporated area businesses cannot generate noise…

The only numeric noise standard in the Canyon County, Idaho zoning ordinance caps a small wind energy system at 55…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, no use of property can create a noise level for residentially zoned property above…

Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, bans plainly audible manufacturing noise from midnight to 5:30 a.m., except in zones…

Kootenai County's clearest numeric decibel limits apply to boats: Idaho Code 67-7038 caps motorboat noise at 88 dBA…

Meridian requires light and heavy industrial uses to mitigate noise, odor, vibration, and glare through setbacks…

Nampa ties industrial and commercial noise to its citywide anti-noise ordinance: noise from industrial or commercial…

Twin Falls County does not set a blanket decibel limit for everyday noise. Its Public Assemblies chapter defines 'loud…

Nampa outright bans air compression (jake) brakes on motor vehicles within city limits, allowing their use only in a…

Bonneville County bans compression brakes, engine brakes and Jake Brakes on any motor vehicle within one mile of Idaho…

Caldwell bans engine-brake noise from trucks citywide. City Code section 07-13-04(2) prohibits the use of air…

Ada County adopts Idaho's vehicle noise law wholesale for the unincorporated area under Code section 6-1-1, so Idaho…

Boise requires every vehicle to run a working muffler, bans muffler cutouts and jake brakes citywide, and separately…

Canyon County bars poorly muffled vehicles from its parks at any hour. County Code Section 04-01-11(3)(B) prohibits…

In the City of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Chapter 10.80 of the Municipal Code requires every motor vehicle to run with a…

Idaho Falls bans glass-packed mufflers, loud tailpipes, and other sound-emitting vehicle modifications that are plainly…

Kootenai County directly regulates watercraft noise: county code 6.2.105 requires every motorboat on county waters to…

In the City of Pocatello, it is unlawful to run a sound truck or any vehicle-mounted loudspeaker that broadcasts…

In the City of Twin Falls, Idaho, every motor vehicle driven on a street must have a muffler in good working order and…