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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

Fort Wayne bans letting a dog create a disturbance through continuous barking, yelping, whining, or howling, with…

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

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 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…

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

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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

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

Unincorporated St. Joseph County caps industrial-zone noise at 64 dBA at any point on a complaining neighbor's property…

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

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

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

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…

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…

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

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

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…