Noise Ordinances in Louisiana (2026)

Bossier Parish's noise ordinance singles out yelling, shouting, whistling and singing on public streets between 10 p.m…

Caddo Parish's Table 1 sound-level chart under Code of Ordinances § 32-163 sets lower decibel ceilings for every…

East Baton Rouge Parish has no numeric parish-wide overnight curfew, but Sec. 12:100 bans loud and raucous noise…

Jefferson Parish's noise ordinance (Sec. 20-102) governs the unincorporated parish, including Metairie. It caps sound…

Lafayette drops its residential noise ceiling from 60 dB(A) to 50 dB(A) between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under City…

Lafayette City-Parish bans power tools and yard equipment on residential property from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., and drops the…

New Orleans bars audible sound equipment near residential property between 9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 10 a.m., and…

Between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Ouachita Parish's noise ordinance cuts the allowable sound level in half: music…

Rapides Parish sets an 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. quiet window under Sec. 19-52(b)(2) and (3): playing a radio, television…

Shreveport bars anyone from running sound equipment audible beyond a residential property line between 10:00 p.m. and…

Tangipahoa Parish bans loud and raucous noise that disturbs the public peace under Code § 32-153, and limits…

Ascension Parish exempts construction activity and equipment from its noise ordinance only between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00…

Construction and demolition noise near residential zoning or a noise sensitive receiver in unincorporated Bossier…

Caddo Parish bars construction and demolition noise on weeknights and weekend/holiday mornings unless the work meets…

Construction work that creates loud, raucous noise in or adjacent to a residential area in Baton Rouge and East Baton…

Jefferson Parish bars construction equipment noise within 300 feet of any residential or noise-sensitive area between 9…

Lafayette bars construction and demolition activity, other than emergency work, between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on…

Lafayette City-Parish bars construction and demolition work between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays, and between 10 p.m…

Lake Charles limits construction and demolition noise, power tools, hammers and concrete trucks to weekdays between…

New Orleans exempts permitted construction and demolition noise from Table 1 limits between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m., but in…

Shreveport exempts construction, maintenance, repair, demolition and excavation noise from its noise ordinance only…

Construction work in St. Tammany Parish is exempt from the daytime decibel limits in the noise ordinance, but the…

Construction noise in or adjacent to a residential area in unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish is barred outside 5:00 a.m…

Louisiana has no statewide barking-dog decibel or duration standard; parishes and municipalities set their own limits…

Ascension Parish Code Sec. 5-33 defines a 'nuisance' animal as one that barks, whines or howls in a continuous…

In listed unincorporated Bossier Parish subdivisions, excessive or untimely barking, howling or yelping that disturbs a…

Caddo Parish treats excessive barking as an animal nuisance under section 8-38. Most nuisance violations get a 24-hour…

East Baton Rouge Parish bans excessive barking under Sec. 14:204(b)(5) and routes complaints through a set…

Jefferson Parish's noise code defines a "barking dog" at Sec. 20-102(h)(5): a dog that barks, bays, cries or howls…

Lafayette caps animal noise at 60 vocalizations in any ten-minute period under City-Parish Code § 34-369(7): a…

Lafayette City-Parish caps domestic animal noise at 60 vocalizations in any 10-minute period, enforced citywide and in…

Lake Charles treats a dog that barks, whines, or howls in an excessive, continuous, or untimely manner as a nuisance…

New Orleans bans owners or keepers from letting an animal or fowl make frequent or continuing noise that disturbs a…

Ouachita Parish makes it a nuisance infraction for a dog owner or keeper to let their dog bark in a manner that would…

Rapides Parish's noise ordinance names animal noise directly: Sec. 19-52(b)(4) declares the keeping of any dog, bird or…

Shreveport Code § 14-17 bans keeping any animal that unreasonably disturbs neighbors, naming excessive barking…

St. Tammany Parish declares excessive or untimely barking, howling or yelping a public nuisance whenever it is…

Animal control treats persistent barking, howling or whining as a "public nuisance animal" once it interferes with a…

Commercial landscaping crews in unincorporated Bossier Parish can't run mowers, blowers or other yard equipment within…

Caddo Parish bars running a noise-creating blower, power fan or similar gas-powered device in a residential or…

Lafayette City-Parish bars leaf blowers and other power tools and yard equipment on residential property between 10…

Outdoor power equipment (including leaf blowers) may not run in residential zones between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

Shreveport does not regulate leaf blowers by name and bans no equipment type. Leaf blowers fall under the noise…

Run your leaf blower or lawn mower in Jefferson Parish between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, or 8 a.m…

Shreveport rewrote its noise law in November 2023 with hard decibel limits by property type. Any loudspeaker used out…

Terrebonne Parish caps commercial and vehicle sound at 70 decibels or audible beyond 25 feet, bans amplified noise from…

Ascension Parish bars any device, radio, musical instrument or sound-amplifying equipment from exceeding 75 db(A) at a…

In unincorporated Bossier Parish, radios, stereos, musical instruments and other sound-amplifying equipment cannot be…

Caddo Parish bars plainly audible vehicular and hand-held sound amplification beyond set distances and hours, and…

Outdoor amplified music and PA systems fall under Sec. 12:103: no mechanical loudspeaker or sound amplifier may operate…

Jefferson Parish bans running a loudspeaker or sound amplifier near residential or noise-sensitive areas between 10:00…

Lafayette's noise control code caps amplified sound reproduction devices, DJ systems, PA speakers, music boxes, under…

Amplified sound cannot exceed ambient levels by 3 dB(C) at night or 5 dB(C) at other times, measured inside a…

Lake Charles bans amplified radios, TVs, sound systems and musical instruments, amplified or not, that stay plainly…

New Orleans bars playing radios, musical instruments or loudspeakers plainly audible to others in parks, playgrounds or…

Ouachita Parish makes it unlawful to play music or operate phonographs, radios, amplifiers or loudspeakers that produce…

Rapides Parish Code § 19-52(2) bans playing a radio, television, phonograph or musical instrument at a volume that…

St. Tammany Parish treats amplified music and sound equipment as a factor in its general noise nuisance ordinance. Sec…

Unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish bans playing a radio, phonograph, musical instrument or any sound-producing device…

New Orleans bars operating, running or testing an aircraft engine that creates noise exceeding the Table 1 land-use…

Ascension Parish's noise ordinance sets decibel limits for sound in residential districts, but Section 14-44(b)…

Aircraft movement conducted in accordance with federal law is exempt from Bossier Parish's noise ordinance entirely, a…

Lafayette City-Parish's noise control code sets maximum decibel limits and quiet hours for the city and unincorporated…

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality regulates industrial facility air emissions and operations under La…

Unincorporated Bossier Parish caps outdoor sound under its noise ordinance using Table 1 limits by property type and…

Caddo Parish caps outdoor sound at a regulated property line by receiver type and time of day under § 32-163's Table 1…

East Baton Rouge Parish has no separate industrial decibel zoning table. Stationary engines, boilers and machinery are…

Jefferson Parish caps sound at the property line by zone and time of day under Sec. 20-102(f) and Table 1: 60 dB(A) by…

Lafayette's noise control code sets numeric ceilings by zone and time of day in Table I of City Code § 34-366(a): 60…

Lafayette caps continuous sound at the receiving property line: 60 dB(A) daytime and 50 dB(A) nighttime in residential…

Lake Charles measures impulsive noise complaints against an 80-decibel cap under Sec. 13-7.1(d)(2): sound cannot equal…

New Orleans caps ambient noise by zone and time of day under City Code § 66-202's Table 1: residential areas can't…

Shreveport's noise ordinance sets hard decibel ceilings measured at the receiving property line: 55 dBA daytime and 50…

St. Tammany Parish caps outdoor sound at set decibel levels that shift by zoning district and time of day under Code of…

In Terrebonne Parish, sound from a commercial building or motor vehicle that is audible more than 25 feet away or…

Ascension Parish bans car stereos, radios, CD and cassette players from exceeding 75 db(A) on any public street or…

Bossier Parish's noise ordinance bans loud vehicle exhausts outright: motor-driven vehicles, motorcycles and motorboats…

Caddo Parish requires every motor vehicle and motorcycle on parish roads to run a working muffler or sound-dissipative…

East Baton Rouge Parish prohibits vehicle sound systems that exceed 85 decibels audible more than 25 feet away on a…

Jefferson Parish requires every motor vehicle and motorcycle to run a working muffler in constant operation, and bars…

Lafayette City-Parish Code § 86-31 makes it unlawful to run a vehicle's music system on any public property so it's…

Lafayette Parish bans broadcast-vehicle sound systems that are plainly audible 50 feet away on public property, with…

Lake Charles treats loud car stereos, altered mufflers and squealing tires as prohibited noise under Sec. 13-7.1. A car…

New Orleans bans altered mufflers and exhaust systems that push a vehicle's noise past set decibel limits, and it caps…

Rapides Parish Code § 19-54 bans operating unmuffled compression (jake) brakes on Louisiana Highway 113 between East…

Shreveport bans vehicle sound amplification devices, including car stereos, whose noise is plainly audible more than 50…

St. Tammany Parish bans motor vehicles from emitting unreasonably loud noise, whether from an oversized stereo or "boom…

Unincorporated Tangipahoa Parish bans operating an automobile, motorcycle, bus, streetcar or other vehicle that is so…

Terrebonne Parish caps sound from a vehicle's radio, TV, loudspeakers or music system at a level audible beyond 25 feet…