Noise Ordinances in Indiana (2026)

Anderson has no fixed clock-hour quiet period, but Chapter 94 bans loud, unnecessary noise at any time as a public…

Carmel City Code Sec. 6-158 sets time-of-day decibel caps rather than a single curfew. In residential zones the limit…

The City of Columbus, Indiana has no single citywide quiet-hours clause, but its noise chapter attaches clock times to…

Unincorporated Elkhart County bans any loud, raucous or disturbing noise that violates neighbors' peace, and sets a…

From 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., Fishers bans any device-produced sound that's plainly audible 50 feet from the property line…

Fort Wayne bars audible radios, speakers, and other sound-producing machines from a distance between 10:00 p.m. and…

In the City of Gary, Municipal Code § 28-162 makes any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that disturbs others unlawful…

Hendricks County treats unreasonably loud, disturbing, or unnecessary noise as a public nuisance, but only during the…

Indianapolis (Marion County consolidated city) has no flat numeric decibel quiet-hour limit, but Revised Code section…

Lafayette's general nighttime quiet hours run from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Under Municipal Code § 11.02.030(A) it's…

Unincorporated Lake County, Indiana has a real noise ordinance (Code Chapter 93, Ord. 1116A). Its general rule bans any…

In unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana, it is unlawful at any hour to create unreasonably loud, disturbing or…

Section 93.25(D) of the Noblesville Code bars playing or operating any radio, television, loudspeaker, musical…

Residential noise is capped at 55 dBA from 10 PM to 7 AM and 62 dBA during the day under Sec. 13-82. Sec. 13-57…

Indianapolis Revised Code section 391-302(c)(9) prohibits the erection, demolition, alteration, or repair of any…

Anderson sets no separate construction-hours ordinance, but muffled lawn mowers, garden tractors and similar home power…

In the City of Bloomington, ordinary construction noise is exempt from the noise ordinance only between six a.m. and…

In unincorporated Boone County, Indiana, construction, demolition or repair work on buildings and the excavation for…

Carmel City Code Sec. 6-158(b)(15) exempts building-construction sound only between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Outside…

Clark County only exempts lawn mowers, garden tractors, construction equipment and power tools from its noise ordinance…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, Columbus Municipal Code § 8.28.040(C) allows loud construction, demolition and repair…

Unincorporated Elkhart County sets no protected construction hours. Building noise falls under the same Chapter 94…

Fishers restricts lawn mowers, generators, and construction or repair equipment to 7 a.m.–10 p.m. from May 15 to…

Fort Wayne prohibits operating pile drivers, steam shovels, pneumatic hammers, derricks, and hoists between 10 p.m. and…

In the City of Gary, Municipal Code § 28-174 bans erecting, demolishing, altering or repairing any building, including…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, muffled commercial construction equipment and similar power tools are exempt from…

Kokomo bars operating a pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, or similar loud construction appliance…

Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.02.030(C) bars operating construction, drilling or demolition tools and equipment between…

In unincorporated Lake County, Indiana it is unlawful to operate construction, drilling or demolition equipment between…

In the City of Muncie, lawn mowers, garden tractors, construction equipment, and power tools are exempt from the…

Building construction noise in the City of Noblesville is exempt from the general noise ordinance only between 7:00…

South Bend bars construction noise, defined as erecting, demolishing, altering, or repairing any building, outside 7:00…

Erecting, demolishing, altering or repairing any building in unincorporated St. Joseph County outside 7:00 a.m. to 8:00…

Warrick County Code § 158.03(C) bars running construction, drilling, or demolition equipment between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00…

Muffled lawn mowers, garden tractors, construction equipment and power tools are only exempt from Westfield's noise…

Evansville exempts temporary construction and demolition noise from its citywide noise ordinance, but only to the…

A persistently barking dog can be cited under Anderson's Chapter 94 noise ordinance, which bans any loud, unnecessary…

In the City of Bloomington, a dog or other animal that barks, whines or howls excessively or continuously is legally a…

In unincorporated Boone County, Indiana, a dog that excessively barks, howls, or whines so as to cause unreasonable…

Carmel City Code Sec. 6-158(c) prohibits keeping any animal that, by frequent or long-continuing noise, is audible 50…

Section 91.40(F) makes it a nuisance violation for an owner to fail to prevent habitual barking or loud, continued…

Dearborn County, Indiana treats an animal that makes continued and repeated howling, barking or whining that causes…

Elkhart County treats a dog or other animal whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a neighbor's peace as a…

Evansville exempts ordinary sound from dogs and cats from its noise ordinance, except for repeated and prolonged…

Fishers treats excessive, repeated barking, howling, or whining that disturbs neighbors as a public nuisance animal…

In unincorporated Floyd County, a dog or other animal that habitually barks, whines, howls, or makes similar noise…

Fort Wayne makes it unlawful for the owner or harborer of a dog to allow the dog to create a disturbance through…

Gary bars keeping any animal or bird whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs the comfort or repose of…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, it is unlawful to own or keep an animal whose frequent or habitual howling, yelping…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, owning, keeping or harboring an animal that frequently or habitually howls, barks…

Howard County folds barking complaints into its public nuisance definition rather than a stand-alone noise ordinance…

Indianapolis Revised Code section 391-302(c)(4) makes it a violation to keep any animal or bird that makes unreasonable…

Kokomo's animal code treats a dog that barks, whines, or howls excessively as a public nuisance. Section 90.01 defines…

Under Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.02.030(F), it's unlawful to harbor or keep any animal that causes frequent or long…

Unincorporated Lake County, Indiana makes it unlawful at any time to keep any animal that, by frequent or habitual…

LaPorte County treats a habitually barking dog as an animal control violation under Code § 94.04's escalating fine…

In the City of Muncie, anyone who keeps a licensed kennel must control dogs and cats so they do not annoy the…

In the City of Noblesville, Noblesville Code of Ordinances § 90.31 makes it unlawful to allow a dog to bark, yelp…

In unincorporated Porter County, a dog or other animal that causes serious annoyance or disturbance to a neighborhood…

South Bend treats a pet whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs neighbors as an unreasonable noise violation…

Keeping a dog, cat or other animal that causes frequent, long-continued noise disturbing a neighbor's comfort or repose…

An owner may not let a dog or other animal make excessively disturbing noise, continued or repeated howling, barking or…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, a barking dog or other animal that causes frequent, persistent loud noises…

Wayne County Code § 90.07 bans owning or keeping a dog that emits unreasonable noise, defined as frequent or habitual…

Excessive barking, howling or whining that disturbs neighbors is a public nuisance under Section 10-12 of the Westfield…

In unincorporated Bartholomew County, § 92.04(D) makes it unlawful to keep or harbor an animal that creates a nuisance…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, Columbus Municipal Code § 8.28.040(A) declares it a violation to keep any animal…

Leaf blowers count as home power tools under Anderson's noise ordinance. When properly muffled they may be used only…

Gary bans operating any noise-creating blower, power fan or internal combustion engine whose exploding gases or fluids…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, running a power lawnmower or a powered model vehicle between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.02.030(B) bars running a mechanically powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, lawn or garden…

Unincorporated Lake County, Indiana has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance, but leaf blowers fall under the domestic…

In the City of Noblesville, leaf blowers, lawn mowers, weed trimmers, garden tractors and power tools are exempt from…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, County Code § 158.03(B) bars running mechanically powered saws, drills…

Carmel City Code Sec. 6-158(b)(2) exempts lawn mowers, weed/leaf blowers, garden tractors, and power tools from the…

Indiana has no gas leaf-blower ban, and Elkhart County sets no lawn-equipment hours. Blowers and mowers must simply…

South Bend has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Sec. 13-83 exempts mechanically powered lawn and garden tools from…

Musical groups and anyone using amplified sound equipment need the County Park Board's advance approval before…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, playing or operating a sound-reproducing device loud enough to disturb neighbors or…

Anderson bans sound-reproducing devices played loudly enough to disturb neighbors, and no device may be played on…

In the City of Bloomington, playing a radio, loudspeaker, or sound amplifier so it's audible outside the immediate…

In unincorporated Boone County, Indiana, playing a radio, TV, musical instrument or other sound device louder than…

Carmel City Code Sec. 6-158(a) covers any device that produces or reproduces sound, which includes amplified music…

Clark County bans running any sound-producing or sound-reproducing device, loudspeakers, radios, CD players, TVs…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, Columbus Municipal Code § 8.28.040(G) prohibits playing any radio, musical…

Elkhart County § 94.03 makes a radio, stereo, or instrument plainly audible 50 feet away after a warning prohibited…

Evansville limits vehicle music amplification to a 25-foot audible distance from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. and a 50-foot…

Fishers limits radios, stereos, and other amplified devices to 80 decibels measured 50 feet from the property line…

Fort Wayne bans playing amplified music, loudspeakers, or musical instruments loud enough to be heard from another…

Gary bans playing radios, phonographs, or other sound equipment loud enough to disturb neighbors at any hour…

In unincorporated Hamilton County, electronically amplified sound cannot exceed 25 dB/A above ambient noise for more…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, playing a radio, musical instrument, TV, phonograph or other sound device so it's…

In unincorporated Hendricks County, any device or activity producing unreasonably loud, disturbing, or unnecessary…

Indianapolis Revised Code section 391-302(c)(2) prohibits radios, loudspeakers, sound amplifiers, and musical…

Kokomo's noise ordinance bars playing radios, stereos, loudspeakers or sound amplifiers loudly enough to disturb…

Lafayette, Indiana bans running radios, TVs, musical instruments, and amplifiers between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. if the…

In unincorporated Lake County, Indiana it is unlawful at any hour to operate a radio, TV, musical instrument, amplifier…

In unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana, it is unlawful to make any 'unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary…

City Code Section 100.100 bars playing any sound-producing device on public or private property in Muncie if it is…

Within the area governed by §§ 93.20-93.24 of the Noblesville Code of Ordinances, § 93.22(C) bars electronically…

Amplified music that exceeds the 55/62 dBA property-line limits (Sec. 13-82) or is plainly audible 50 feet away (Sec…

Warrick County bans operating a radio, amplifier, television or musical instrument so it is plainly audible across…

Playing a loudspeaker, radio, musical instrument or other sound-producing device in the City of Westfield, Indiana is…

Section 93.01(A) of the Dearborn County, Indiana code bars operating or permitting any radio, television, phonograph…

Aircraft noise in Indiana is governed primarily by federal law and the FAA, with the state regulating airport zoning…

Evansville zoning maps four noise-sensitive contours (DNL 60/65/70/75 dBA) around Evansville Regional Airport and bars…

Tippecanoe County bars anyone from erecting a residential building or other noise-sensitive structure within 1,500 feet…

In the City of Bloomington, aircraft noise is exempt from the local noise ordinance entirely: Bloomington Municipal…

Boone County's noise ordinance does not reach aircraft, airport or train noise. Section 92.05(D) exempts sounds…

Carmel City Code Sec. 6-158(b)(13) expressly exempts 'sounds associated with the operation of aircraft' from its noise…

Fishers exempts aircraft noise from its citywide noise ordinance. The 80-decibel limits that apply to devices…

The City of Noblesville does not regulate aircraft noise under its municipal noise code. Section 93.25(F)(10) of the…

Unincorporated Lake County, Indiana sets numeric boundary decibel limits (Code § 93.03): 55 dBA at all times for…

Anderson's noise ordinance is not decibel-based. Instead of a dB cap it uses a plain-audibility test: sound from a…

Boone County Code Section 157.036(F) caps industrial noise at 70 decibels measured at any boundary line of a…

Carmel City Code Sec. 6-158(a) sets numeric dBA limits by zoning district and time of day, measured at 50 feet…

Elkhart County sets a flat, jurisdiction-wide decibel ceiling for noise: any sound exceeding 83 dBA measured 15 feet…

Evansville regulates industrial districts as a noise-source category under its citywide sound chapter, applying…

Fishers bans any noise exceeding 80 decibels, measured at least 50 feet from the property line, at any time of day or…

Gary's M1 Limited Manufacturing District performance standards cap industrial noise using an eight-band octave table…

Unincorporated Hamilton County caps property-generated noise at 75 dB/A for more than two minutes an hour, measured a…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, § 97.22 sets numeric decibel limits for vehicles on public rights-of-way, scaled by…

Indianapolis's zoning code sets no numeric decibel cap. Instead, Sec. 740-401.B.5 bars any use established after April…

In the City of Kokomo, any noise exceeding 83 dB(A) measured at 15 feet from the source is prima facie evidence of a…

Lafayette sets numeric noise limits in Municipal Code §§ 11.02.040 and 11.02.050: light motor vehicles cannot exceed 80…

LaPorte County's only numeric decibel standard in the zoning code targets wind energy conversion systems (WECS), not…

Outside the area covered by §§ 93.20-93.24, § 93.25(C) of the Noblesville Code sets numeric noise ceilings by zoning…

South Bend caps noise from light motor vehicles, cars, motorcycles, ATVs and trucks under 8,000 pounds, at 80 dB(A)…

St. Joseph County sets hard decibel caps on industrial property, measured at the industrial boundary closest to a…

Tippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance sets numeric noise ceilings by land use in Section 4-10-6: 55 dBA by day…

Warrick County Code § 158.05 caps stationary noise sources at 55 dBA measured at the property line in residential and…

In unincorporated Lake County, Indiana it is unlawful for a light motor vehicle to exceed 80 dBA in 35-mph-or-less…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana bans playing vehicle stereos loud enough to disturb neighboring inhabitants and bans…

A motor vehicle sound device audible 30 feet away on a public right-of-way violates Anderson's noise ordinance. Loud…

In the City of Bloomington, driving with a cut-out or removed muffler is a violation of Bloomington Municipal Code §…

In unincorporated Boone County, Indiana, discharging exhaust noise from a motorcycle, car, or other motor vehicle…

Carmel City Code Sec. 6-158 reaches motor-vehicle sound but exempts vehicles 'lawfully operating on City streets,'…

Operating a motor vehicle with a modified or defective exhaust system that is clearly audible 50 feet away, on a public…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, Columbus Municipal Code § 8.28.040(B) and (D) prohibit loud, unnecessary engine noise…

Elkhart County bans operating a car, motorcycle or other vehicle with a broken or defective muffler, or in a way that…

Evansville requires motorcycle mufflers to meet federal noise standards and bars vehicle stereos from being plainly…

Fishers bans any device in or on a motor vehicle from being played loud enough to be plainly audible more than 30 feet…

Fort Wayne bans excessive vehicle noise from horns held longer than five seconds and from engines or exhausts that…

Gary bans operating a car, motorcycle or other vehicle so out of repair or overloaded that it creates loud grating…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, the Common Council's noise chapter separately bans altered exhaust mufflers, prolonged…

Indianapolis Revised Code section 391-302(c)(6) bans operating any vehicle, engine, or motor with straight pipes…

In the City of Kokomo, motor vehicle noise is capped at 83 dB(A) measured 15 feet from the source anywhere in the city…

Lafayette Municipal Code § 11.02.040(B) makes it unlawful to operate a light motor vehicle that causes excessive noise…

LaPorte County bans using a compression release engine brake, commonly called a Jake Brake, in place of a vehicle's…

In unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana, it is unlawful to operate a motor vehicle, motorcycle, ATV, dirt bike…

In the City of Noblesville, § 71.43 requires every motor vehicle to carry an effective, manufacturer-level muffler…

South Bend caps motor vehicle noise at 80 dB(A) citywide, measured at least 15 feet from the source, and separately…

Blasting a horn without a real danger, running a car without a working muffler, or driving a vehicle so out of repair…

Vanderburgh County caps motor vehicle noise at 85 dbA measured 50 feet away, or 90 dbA while accelerating from a stop…

Warrick County Code § 158.04 bars vehicle noise, including car stereos and modified exhaust systems, that is plainly…

Operating a motor vehicle with a modified or defective exhaust system is barred in the City of Westfield, Indiana under…

Under § 93.01(B) of the Dearborn County, Indiana code, the owner or person in possession of a motor vehicle with a…