Noise Ordinances in Illinois (2026)

Des Plaines City Code 6-2-7(E)(3) sets quiet hours from 10:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. on weeknights, and from 11:00 P.M. to…

Cook County bans noise-making on public ways outside 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., including paid musical performances, under…

Arlington Heights Municipal Code Chapter 14, Article I regulates noise disturbances. Quiet hours are enforced primarily…

Aurora bans noise audible 75 feet beyond a property line in residential districts between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., with…

Champaign's baseline noise curfew runs 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. under Sec. 21-14: construction, power tools…

Unincorporated Champaign County enforces a 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. noise curfew under its Public Nuisance Ordinance…

Chicago bars amplified sound audible beyond 100 feet from private property between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., extending the…

Cicero enforces nighttime quiet hours through two overlapping clauses: no disturbing music or radio between 11:00 p.m…

In unincorporated DuPage County, running a sound amplifying device or instrument loud enough to be heard past 100 feet…

Elgin's noise ordinance prohibits excessive and annoying sounds including loud music from vehicles, unnecessary vehicle…

Evanston bars audible radios, TVs, phonographs and similar devices from running loud enough to be "plainly audible at a…

Joliet prohibits loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise that disturbs the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of…

Unincorporated Kane County has no fixed "quiet hours" clock. Noise is controlled by the statewide Illinois…

Unincorporated Kankakee County bars any sound crossing a property line that unreasonably interferes with neighbors…

Unincorporated Macon County imposes a nighttime noise curfew from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Any sound from a noise source that…

Running a mechanically powered saw, sander, drill, grinder or lawn and garden tool outdoors in a residential area of…

In unincorporated McHenry County, any prolonged, harsh, unusual, or raucous noise audible 100 feet or more from the…

McLean County's camping rules require noise be kept to a minimum between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in every county…

Naperville enforces quiet hours from 7 PM to 7 AM under Title 6 Chapter 14 performance standards. Noise is measured at…

Oak Lawn bans loud construction and repair noise near homes from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., treating the racket itself as…

Village Code section 17-1-30(D) bars yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on Oak Park's public streets…

Orland Park Village Code Chapter 5 (Health and Sanitation) and the general nuisance provisions prohibit unreasonably…

Peoria Code of Ordinances Sec. 15-62 (Radios, phonographs, etc.) is the city's primary nighttime quiet-hours rule. It…

Illinois sets no statewide quiet hours or decibel cap, so hours come from each city. The City of Peoria's noise code…

Rockford bans amplified sound, sound trucks, musical instruments and similar noisy equipment near homes and hospitals…

Sangamon County (the seat of state capital Springfield) does not enforce a county-wide decibel-based noise ordinance…

Schaumburg Village Code Chapter 132 (Noise) prohibits unreasonable noise that disturbs the peace, with specific…

Skokie Village Code Chapter 42 (Environment) prohibits unreasonable noise that disturbs the peace, with nighttime quiet…

Springfield does not set clock-based quiet hours by decibel. Instead, City Code section 98.01(a) declares any sound…

Unincorporated St. Clair County sets no fixed clock quiet hours. Nighttime noise is handled through the county…

Waukegan caps continuous sound at 50 dbA in residential districts, 55 dbA in commercial districts and 75 dbA in…

Unincorporated Will County bars amplified and mechanical noise audible 75 feet off-property between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m…

Winnebago County has no county-wide noise ordinance with fixed quiet hours for unincorporated areas. State law (720…

Arlington Heights confines construction, demolition and street-excavation noise to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and…

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) limits construction, demolition, and street-excavation noise to 6 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays…

Bolingbrook bars outdoor construction equipment and tools from running between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Monday through…

Champaign bans audible construction noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Sec. 21-14(1), and power tools face…

Construction noise that disturbs neighbors between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is a public nuisance in unincorporated…

Chicago bans fuel- or electric-powered construction, repair, or demolition equipment within 600 feet of homes or…

Cicero confines building work, including excavation, demolition, alteration and repair, to 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on…

Unincorporated Cook County's Building Code confines construction work to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., per…

Des Plaines City Code 6-2-7(B)(1)(b) exempts construction, demolition, and property-improvement work from the noise…

Unincorporated DuPage County bars noisy construction before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m., and bans it outright on Sundays if…

Evanston limits building construction, demolition, and repair noise to 7am-9pm weekdays and 8am-5pm Saturdays, with an…

Joliet's Noise Pollution Control Ordinance bars powered construction equipment, piledrivers, hoists, shovels, hammers…

Construction noise in unincorporated Kane County is exempt from the general decibel caps only between 7:00 a.m. and…

Unincorporated Kankakee County confines general construction work to 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and roofing to 5 a.m. to 9 p.m…

Construction noise in unincorporated Kendall County is exempt from the county's decibel limits only between 7:00 a.m…

Lake County Code § 94.07(B) bars construction, repair, remodeling, lawn mowing, and power- or non-power-tool noise…

Unincorporated Macon County exempts construction noise from its Chapter 94 decibel limits only between 7 a.m. and 8…

Construction, drilling or demolition equipment cannot be run in unincorporated Madison County between 10 p.m. and 6…

In unincorporated McHenry County it is a public nuisance to run construction tools or equipment, or do construction…

Naperville bars all construction noise on Sundays and six major holidays, caps Saturday work to 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and ties…

Oak Lawn bars noisy construction, repair, or reconstruction work, steam shovels, pneumatic hammers, hoists, between…

In Peoria's industrial zoning districts, the Unified Development Code exempts temporary construction equipment from the…

Illinois fixes no statewide construction hours, so limits come from the city. Peoria's Sec. 15-69 flags powered…

Rockford bans hammers and power tools for repair or construction work between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. within 600 feet of a…

Schaumburg bans construction, demolition, excavation and repair noise outside 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday…

The Village of Skokie, Cook County, Illinois, confines noisy building and construction machinery, pile drivers…

Unincorporated St. Clair County's Zoning Ordinance sets no specific construction-hour window; loud work is limited only…

Tinley Park bars loud construction and property maintenance work, like power lawnmowers, pneumatic hammers, or…

Waukegan's 50-foot amplified-sound ban does not apply to construction, demolition or repair noise generated between…

No Springfield-specific ordinance sets numeric construction start/stop hours; construction noise is reached through the…

Unincorporated Will County bars amplified sound audible 75 feet beyond a property line and bars all regulated noise in…

Winnebago County's noise ordinance exempts construction and repair work from its rules entirely, so there is no…

Winnebago County bans habitually barking or howling dogs that disturb neighbors in unincorporated subdivided areas and…

Arlington Heights, Illinois, bans keeping or harboring any animal, including a dog, that habitually or continually…

Aurora treats unreasonably loud, raucous noise from an animal or bird as a per se noise violation under City Code §…

Bolingbrook makes it unlawful to keep an animal that disturbs the peace by barking or howling at any time of day or…

Champaign Code § 7-10 makes it illegal for any animal to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood through…

A dog or other domestic animal that makes noise at any time of day in a residential zoning district is a public…

Chicago bans letting a dog or other animal make excessive noise that disturbs neighbors' peace, day or night, under…

Cicero treats a dog or other animal whose frequent or loud noise disturbs a neighbor's comfort and repose as an…

Cook County bars owners from letting a tethered dog bark, whine, howl, or make excess noise that becomes a nuisance…

Des Plaines City Code 6-1A-11 (Disturbing the Peace) prohibits keeping any animal that by barking, meowing, or other…

DuPage County Animal Services bans letting any animal run uncontrolled or harass people and vehicles by chasing…

Evanston makes excessive, continuous or untimely barking a public nuisance under City Code Section 9-4-13, alongside…

Kane County makes it unlawful to let a dog or animal bark, howl, cry, or whine day or night so as to disturb the peace…

Kankakee County makes it unlawful to own, keep or harbor a dog that disturbs the peace through frequent whining…

Lake County bans owners from letting a dog bark or howl in a way a reasonable person would consider a disturbance of…

Unincorporated Macon County treats a pet that causes a disturbance by excessive barking, caterwauling or noisemaking as…

In unincorporated Madison County, letting any animal cause frequent or long continued noise that disturbs the comfort…

McHenry County has no dog-specific decibel rule; persistent barking is handled as a public nuisance when the sound is…

Naperville limits how long a pet can bark or make excessive noise outdoors: no more than 10 minutes between 7:00 a.m…

Oak Lawn bans harboring any animal that disturbs the peace with loud noises at any hour, covering barking dogs under…

Village Code section 17-1-30(E) makes it unlawful in the home-rule Village of Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, to keep…

Under Sec. 4-22(a)(3), a dog, cat or other animal that disturbs neighbors with excessive barking, caterwauling or other…

Peoria County treats a dog that disturbs neighbors with excessive barking or caterwauling as a nuisance animal under…

Rock Island County treats a dog, cat, or other pet that habitually and excessively barks, howls, or meows loudly enough…

Rockford bans keeping a dog whose habitual howling, yelping, or barking disturbs a reasonable person, but a citation…

In unincorporated Sangamon County, an animal that creates a loud disturbance lasting more than 10 minutes and is…

Schaumburg bars any animal from howling, barking, whining, or otherwise making noise that disturbs a person or…

Springfield City Code section 91.16 prohibits owners from permitting an animal to cause a 'disturbance,' defined in…

Unincorporated Tazewell County treats a dog whose barking, caterwauling, or other noise disturbs a household as a…

Tinley Park treats a dog or animal that barks, whines or howls enough to disturb neighbors' peace, at any hour, as a…

Waukegan Code § 4-8 bans letting a dog or other animal make excessive noise, like continual barking or howling louder…

Will County law bars dogs from barking, howling or whining excessively, capping outdoor noise at 15 minutes by day and…

Elgin makes it unlawful to keep any animal whose habitual barking, howling, or other loud noise disturbs the peace of…

Joliet makes it unlawful for a dog owner or keeper to let their dog bark, growl, howl, or whine loudly enough to…

Village of Skokie Code Sec. 42-78(4) declares it an excessive and unnecessary noise violation to keep any animal or…

Evanston banned gasoline- and propane-powered leaf blowers outright after April 1, 2023, under City Code § 8-26-5; only…

The Village of Oak Park in Cook County, Illinois restricts leaf blower use under Village Code § 8-41-4: gas-powered…

Arlington Heights, Illinois bars operating a noise-creating blower, power fan, or other internal combustion engine in…

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) bans loud, raucous noise from power blowers and fans in residential or noise-sensitive…

Cook County caps the noise output of new powered lawn and garden equipment, including leaf blowers, sold or leased in…

Elgin restricts when leaf blowers, mowers, and other landscaping power equipment can run on residential property or…

Madison County bans mechanically powered lawn and garden tools, including leaf blowers, saws, sanders, drills and…

McHenry County sets no leaf-blower-specific rule. Lawn and property maintenance are expressly excluded from the…

Sec. 15-69 bars running any noise-creating blower, power fan, electric motor or internal combustion engine in a way…

Unlike many towns, the City of Peoria names blowers directly: Sec. 15-69 makes a blower plainly audible 50 feet away…

Rockford bans running lawn and garden power equipment, including leaf blowers, between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. within 600…

Schaumburg prohibits using any leaf blowing device between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in residential districts, and in…

Skokie, Illinois restricts lawn care equipment, including leaf blowers, mowers and trimmers, to set daily windows under…

Commercial landscapers in Naperville can't mow, blow leaves, or trim on single-family or duplex lots before 8 a.m. or…

No Champaign County city singles out leaf blowers, and Illinois has no equipment ban. Gas and electric blowers are…

Des Plaines City Code 6-2-7(F) makes it unlawful to operate any sound-production or amplification device whose sound…

Springfield City Code section 98.05 bars playing any radio or sound-reproducing device on the public way or in a…

Outside loudspeakers and public address systems are banned countywide unless the property owner first applies to the…

Anyone who wants to run a loudspeaker, PA system, or other sound-amplifying equipment on Elgin's public streets…

Evanston bars loudspeakers and amplifiers within 150 feet of residential property and restricts operating hours, and…

Joliet's liquor code bars entertainment and electronically amplified music or sound on Class O outdoor liquor premises…

Peoria's Sec. 15-63 flatly bars using any radio, loudspeaker, phonograph or other sound-amplifying device to advertise…

Waukegan bans playing or operating any device that creates or amplifies sound for entertainment or communication on the…

Unincorporated Will County residential districts ban electronically amplified sound audible 75 feet past the property…

Arlington Heights bars loudspeakers, amplifiers and public address systems in or near residential and noise-sensitive…

Aurora bars unreasonably loud loudspeakers, amplifiers, and PA systems near residential or noise-sensitive areas after…

Bolingbrook bars, nightclubs and eating establishments approved for live or recorded music must keep amplified sound…

Champaign confines audible sound amplification devices and unamplified musical instruments to 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m…

Running a sound amplification device between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is a public nuisance in unincorporated Champaign…

Chicago bans amplified sound louder than conversational level 100 feet away on the public way anytime, and on private…

Cicero bans playing a radio, phonograph, DJ setup or band loud enough to disturb neighbors, especially between 11:00…

Cook County Code § 58-178 bans making loud noise, by voice, instrument, radio, phonograph, or sound-amplifying device…

Unincorporated Kane County has no dedicated amplified-music ordinance. Loud speakers or PA systems are governed by the…

Lake County bans amplified sound in unincorporated areas that carries 100 feet from its source or exceeds 70 dB(A) at a…

Unincorporated Madison County bars audible amplified sound overnight. Code § 53.05(C) makes it unlawful for any radio…

In unincorporated McHenry County it is a public nuisance to emit noise from live musical performances, stereos, car…

McLean County bars outdoor amplified sound after 11:00 p.m. at breweries and distilleries within 500 feet of an R-1 or…

Naperville requires a City Clerk permit before operating any loudspeaker or amplifier in public, caps residential use…

Oak Lawn bans car stereos audible 75 feet or more from the vehicle on any public street, with a $250 fine per offense…

The home-rule Village of Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, restricts amplified sound under Village Code section…

Amplified sound in the City of Peoria answers to its noise code: Sec. 15-75 bars any sound system on the public way or…

Rock Island County bars playing radios, TVs, PA systems, musical instruments, or any other sound or energy…

Rockford bans outdoor amplified music audible past 10 feet onto residential-adjacent property, and past 75 feet on any…

Schaumburg bars operating a radio, speaker or other sound-reproducing device loud enough to disturb neighbors at any…

Village of Skokie Code Sec. 42-78(5) makes it a noise violation to run a radio, stereo, amplifier, phonograph or…

Unincorporated St. Clair County has no dedicated outdoor-music ordinance. Live or amplified outdoor sound is handled…

Tazewell County caps amplifying equipment at permitted mass gatherings, events of 5,000 or more people lasting at least…

Winnebago County bans amplified sound audible past 100 feet during set nighttime hours unless the operator has a county…

Aircraft noise in Illinois is governed exclusively by federal aviation law, leaving cities and the state without…

Chicago regulates aircraft noise primarily through O'Hare and Midway airport noise abatement programs administered by…

New or redeveloped buildings in the Airport Overlay AO-4 Noise Zones Area, the airfield noise footprint around Scott…

Champaign's noise ordinance carves aircraft in flight out of local regulation entirely: Sec. 21-12 lists it, alongside…

No Des Plaines-specific ordinance regulates aircraft noise; City Code 6-2-7(B)(1)(f) expressly exempts aircraft…

Illinois sets uniform statewide decibel limits for stationary industrial and commercial noise sources through Pollution…

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) ties industrial-zone noise to Illinois EPA sound-pressure standards in its M-1/M-2…

Bolingbrook caps industrial noise with octave-band decibel tables measured at the lot line, dropping five decibels…

Chicago caps mechanical stationary equipment noise at 55 dB(A) from 100 feet or 70 dB(A) from 10 feet, enforced nightly…

Cicero's only numeric sound-level standard applies to window and central air conditioning units in R-1 and R-2 zones…

In unincorporated Cook County's I-1 through I-4 industrial zoning districts, plants can't exceed set octave-band…

DuPage County caps sound reaching a residential-zoned property at 71 decibels from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 61 decibels…

Elgin caps sound crossing onto neighboring residential property by numeric decibel limits keyed to the source's zoning…

Evanston caps construction noise at 80 decibels measured from the property line during restricted evening and weekend…

Industrial and commercial noise in Kane County is controlled by the Illinois Pollution Control Board property-line…

Kankakee County caps industrial noise numerically, not with a general 'unreasonable noise' standard. At the 1,000-hertz…

Kendall County caps noise reaching residential land in the unincorporated county at sixty (60) dBA during the day and…

Unincorporated Lake County caps neighboring sound amplification at 70 dB(A) measured at the residential property line…

Unincorporated Macon County caps outdoor sound reaching a residential property at 60 dBA between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m…

McHenry County sets no decibel limit of its own. Chapter 9.16 of the county code, which applies only to unincorporated…

McLean County caps small wind energy systems at 60 decibels measured at the closest property line, with an allowance…

Naperville caps exterior noise at the property line by zoning district and time of day, from 50 dBA in residential…

Oak Lawn caps factory and plant noise at the M-1 manufacturing district's boundary using octave-band decibel limits…

Peoria's Unified Development Code sets numeric octave-band sound pressure limits in Section 4.5.7.C.1.c for noise…

Rock Island County's zoning code sets hard, numeric maximum sound-pressure levels by octave band for the unincorporated…

Rockford enforces industrial and commercial noise through the Illinois Pollution Control Board's property-line sound…

Sangamon County caps industrial plant noise at the district boundary: 72 decibels in the lowest octave band at a…

Schaumburg caps nighttime noise from any continuous or recurring source at 55 decibels measured at a residential…

Skokie's zoning code sets numeric ceilings on continuous industrial noise measured at the nearest district boundary…

St. Clair County sets no local decibel ordinance. Measurable noise is judged against the Illinois Pollution Control…

Tazewell County limits a small wind energy system to 60 decibels measured at the closest property line, with an…

Tinley Park sets numeric decibel thresholds for motor vehicle noise: 86 dB(A) on roads posted 35 mph or under, and 90…

Waukegan caps continuous sound at the property line by zoning district and time of day under Sec. 11-32's Table A: 55…

Unincorporated Will County bars any person or business from emitting sound beyond their property line in excess of the…

Winnebago County's noise ordinance sets no decibel-meter standard for the unincorporated county; instead it defines…

Springfield City Code section 98.05 specifically targets vehicle sound: operating a sound-reproducing device in a motor…

Winnebago County bans loud vehicle stereo noise audible past 100 feet at night unless the operator has a county permit.

Aurora bans loud, unnecessary vehicle noise citywide, naming racing engines, missing or cut-out mufflers, tire squeal…

Champaign bans vehicle sound systems audible 75 feet or more outside the vehicle under Sec. 21-32, and Sec. 21-33…

Running or operating a motor vehicle on private property between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is a public nuisance in…

Chicago bans car stereos audible beyond 75 feet on the public way and requires every vehicle to run a working muffler…

Cicero bans unnecessary horn honking, unmuffled exhaust, and any vehicle so out of repair or overloaded that it creates…

Cook County requires every motor vehicle to run a working muffler and bans cutouts, by-passes, and straight pipes on…

Des Plaines City Code 6-2-7(E) applies its dBA limits to vehicles and equipment on the public right of way (excessive…

Elgin bans car stereos and vehicle sound-amplification systems audible from 75 feet or more away while the vehicle is…

Evanston bans playing a car radio, tape deck or other audio device loud enough to be audible to a person of normal…

Joliet caps motor-vehicle sound at 74 dB(A) on streets posted 35 mph or under and 82 dB(A) above that under City Code…

Kane County sets no county-specific vehicle-noise decibel rule for unincorporated areas. Vehicle and engine noise is…

In unincorporated Lake County, car stereos and sound systems can't be heard 100+ feet from the vehicle or exceed 70…

Madison County makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle or internal combustion engine that is excessively loud…

In unincorporated McHenry County, running an off-road vehicle whose noise carries 100 feet or more from the lot line is…

Oak Lawn bans car stereos audible 75+ feet away, engine braking on posted streets, and tire-squealing acceleration…

Village Code section 17-1-30(G) requires every motor vehicle operated in the home-rule Village of Oak Park, Cook…

Peoria requires every motor vehicle on a public street to run a muffler that prevents excessive noise, and Sec. 15-68…

Rockford prohibits operating a vehicle stereo, radio, or speaker system audible 75 feet or more away on any public…

Schaumburg requires exhaust systems on cars, motorcycles and motorboats to run through a muffler that prevents loud or…

Skokie, Illinois requires every motor vehicle on a public right-of-way to carry a properly maintained, unmodified…

Illinois law requires every vehicle to have a working muffler that prevents excessive or unusual noise and bans exhaust…

Tinley Park bans motor vehicles that create loud grinding, rattling or grating noise audible from nearby properties…

Waukegan requires every motor vehicle, motorboat, stationary engine, and air compressor to run with a working muffler…

Unincorporated Will County bans electronically amplified sound, including car stereos, audible 75 feet beyond a…

Unincorporated Macon County does not apply its 60/55 dBA noise limits to duly registered motor vehicles or motorcycles…