Noise Ordinances in Minnesota (2026)

Anoka County sets no residential noise curfew. Minnesota cities do (Minn. Stat. §462.357). In Blaine, the city noise…

Dakota County Ordinance No. 107 caps amplified sound in county parks to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and bans…

Hennepin County is fully incorporated - all 45 cities including Minneapolis enforce their own noise ordinances and the…

Maple Grove bars yelling, shouting, and singing on public streets between 10 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., and at any hour if it…

Minneapolis defines a 'noisy or unruly assembly' as any residential gathering between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. that disturbs…

Rochester bans parties or gatherings of four or more people between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if noise from the group…

In Scott County's townships the county enforces nuisance rules, while cities like Shakopee, Prior Lake, and Savage set…

Minnesota's MPCA noise rule (MN Rules 7030.0040) caps residential sound at 60 dBA by day and 50 dBA (L50) overnight…

The county sets no construction-hour rule for city land. Blaine restricts exterior construction, remodeling, and power…

Maple Grove restricts construction work near homes to daytime and early-evening hours, on both weekdays and weekends.

Minneapolis limits construction equipment to weekdays 7 a.m.–6 p.m.; work outside those hours needs an after-hours…

Rochester City Code § 8-7-8(b) bars building construction, excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair work between…

Woodbury bars construction, utility, street-project and exterior building work that creates noise between 10:00 p.m…

Wright County cities restrict powered construction to daytime hours, and Minnesota's MPCA rule caps daytime…

Cities, not Anoka County, set barking-dog limits. Blaine makes it unlawful to keep a dog that barks continuously for 10…

Maple Grove, Minnesota bans animal noise that unreasonably disturbs neighbors, defining a violation as barking audible…

Minneapolis treats habitual animal noise as a nuisance: barking, howling, or similar noise audible across a property…

There is no countywide animal-control ordinance: each Ramsey County city handles barking dogs. In St. Paul (county…

Rochester treats excessive barking as a public nuisance once it runs more than five minutes straight or intermittently…

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 293.02(c) makes it a violation to own, keep or harbor any animal whose noise repeatedly…

Persistent barking is treated as a nuisance across Scott County. City code enforcement and the county sheriff handle…

Woodbury treats animal noise that unreasonably disturbs neighbors as a public nuisance under City Code Sec. 5-25(3)…

Wright County and its cities treat persistent dog barking as a nuisance under MN Stat. 561.01, not as a dBA violation…

No Anoka County or Blaine ordinance singles out leaf blowers. In Blaine they fall under "tools and domestic maintenance…

Maple Grove bans power lawn and garden equipment near homes outside set hours, with an exception letting snow blowers…

Minneapolis limits power lawn equipment, including leaf blowers, to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and requires…

Saint Paul bans loud leaf blowers, mowers and other domestic power tools between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The…

Woodbury bars running gas- or air-compressor-powered yard tools, the category covering leaf blowers, between 10:00 p.m…

Minnesota sets no gas leaf-blower ban, and neither Wright County nor its cities restrict blower type. Blowers fall…

Minneapolis bans amplified sound over 5 dB(A) above ambient on neighboring properties without a permit from the…

Amplified sound is banned by default in Stearns County parks. Ordinance No. 696 § 18.9 prohibits stereos, PA systems…

Anoka County's park ordinance bars anyone from setting up a loudspeaker or other sound-amplifying equipment in a county…

Carver County bars anyone from running a loudspeaker, sound truck, or amplified music system inside a county park…

Dakota County limits amplified sound in its parks to 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. in designated areas, bans noise that becomes a…

Playing radios, speakers, or musical instruments loud enough to unreasonably disturb a person of ordinary sensibility…

Rochester City Code § 8-7-8(e) bans playing a radio, speaker, musical instrument, or similar device so loudly it…

Saint Paul requires an amplified sound permit before any event's amplified music or announcements may exceed the city's…

Amplified music must meet local noise ordinances and MPCA limits. Public events in Shakopee, Prior Lake, and Savage…

Speakers, radios and musical instruments in Washington County parks may not be audible from 25 feet away without a…

Woodbury bars anyone from running a radio, stereo, CD or cassette player, CB radio, paging system, musical instrument…

Amplified music in Wright County answers to the MPCA property-line standard (MN Rules 7030.0040) and each city's noise…

Aircraft noise in Minnesota is governed primarily by federal aviation rules, with state oversight through the…

Bloomington is heavily impacted by MSP International Airport. The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) manages noise…

Aircraft noise around Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is governed by federal FAA rules and the Metropolitan…

Aircraft noise from MSP International Airport is regulated federally by the FAA. Minneapolis cannot enforce local noise…

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency sets statewide numerical noise limits for stationary sources under Minn. Rules…

Local Anoka County city codes (like Blaine's) use a "plainly audible" test, not decibels. Numeric limits come from…

Dakota County uses Minnesota's statewide MPCA decibel standard (Minn. R. 7030). In residential areas the L50 limit is…

Minneapolis holds industrial and commercial noise sources to Minnesota's statewide land-use noise standards and flags…

Olmsted County's zoning ordinance sets one specific numeric noise ceiling: a small wind energy conversion system can't…

Minnesota's statewide standards cap industrial noise: heavy-industrial areas (Class 3) at L50 75 / L10 80 dBA day and…

Special events in Rochester that use amplified sound may not exceed 85 decibels measured at the property line or venue…

Saint Paul caps outdoor sound at 55-80 dBA depending on the receiving zone and time of day. Residential areas get the…

Woodbury has no decibel-meter standard; instead, City Code § 13-1(c)(2)a presumes a noise violation whenever electronic…

Rochester bans the use of any mechanical exhaust braking device, commonly called Jake braking or engine braking, that…

Inside the Anoka County Park System, it's unlawful to operate a vehicle that emits excessive or unusual noise, along…

Dakota County Ordinance No. 107 bans operating a vehicle in county parks that emits excessive or unusual noise, along…

Maple Grove Code § 20-141 bans unnecessary vehicle horn blasts, engine-exhaust noise, and mufflers that fail to prevent…

Car stereos audible 50+ feet away and altered exhausts that boost noise above factory levels both violate Minneapolis's…

Minnesota state law, not Ramsey County, governs vehicle noise. Every motor vehicle must have a working muffler; cutouts…

Saint Paul Legislative Code § 293.02(e)(2) bans playing a car stereo, radio or other amplified-sound device loud enough…

Woodbury holds both the driver and the vehicle's owner liable when a car stereo or audio system is plainly audible and…