Noise Ordinances in Minnesota (2026)

In the City of Blaine, a party or gathering whose noise is plainly audible 50 feet away between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00…

In Bloomington, Minnesota, the Noise Code (Article IV of Chapter 10) defines NIGHTTIME as 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, City Code § 134.18 bans gatherings between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. that create noise…

In the City of Coon Rapids, playing a radio, TV, stereo or other sound system loud enough to carry past your property…

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…

In the City of Eagan, a gathering's noise is presumed to violate the city's noise ordinance whenever it is plainly…

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

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

In the City of Plymouth, running a radio, TV, or similar sound device loud enough to be heard at the property line, or…

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…

Maple Grove, Minnesota bans yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on public streets between 10:00 p.m. and…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 130.56 bars building construction, remodeling and repair between 10:00 p.m…

In the City of Blaine, construction, remodeling and exterior maintenance work, plus power tools like mowers, chain saws…

Bloomington, Minnesota bars construction that uses power equipment on Sundays and outside 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on…

City Code Section 8-403(10) bars erecting, demolishing, altering, or repairing any building outside 7:00 a.m. to 10:00…

In the City of Eagan, construction activity, power tools, and power lawn or landscape equipment cannot run on public or…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.41, Subdivision 3.B limits electric, diesel and gas powered…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code section 4-1-4-2 prohibits grading, heavy equipment start-up, power tool…

Maple Grove City Code § 20-143 limits construction activity within 500 feet of residentially zoned property (other than…

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 850.015 bars construction or grading activities using…

In the City of Plymouth, construction, maintenance and repair work using electric, diesel or gas-powered equipment is…

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

In the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, the Legislative Code sets no permitted hours for construction work. It limits how…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 91.19(A) makes it a public nuisance to keep or harbor any animal that…

It is unlawful in the City of Blaine to own, keep, or harbor a 'barking dog' under City Code § 14-109, defined in §…

Bloomington, Minnesota bars anyone who owns, has charge of or occupies a premises from keeping a dog or other animal…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, keeping an animal that makes frequent or continuous noise disturbing neighbors is…

City Code Section 8-403(5) makes it a misdemeanor to keep any animal or bird that causes frequent or long, continued…

Duluth Legislative Code Section 6-33(a) makes it unlawful to harbor or keep a dog whose loud and frequent or habitual…

In the City of Eagan, letting a dog, cat, or miniature pig habitually bark, cry, whimper, howl, or whine is a public…

City Code Section 9.07, Subd. 6.B bans keeping any animal whose noise unreasonably disturbs the peace and quiet of a…

City Code section 5-1-9(D) makes it unlawful in the City of Lakeville, Minnesota to keep or harbor a dog that…

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…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, animal noise becomes a violation when it can be heard from…

In the City of Plymouth, keeping an animal whose barking or other noise disturbs a neighbor's comfort or repose…

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…

Bloomington, Minnesota names leaf blowers inside its outdoor power implement rule, § 10.29.07(b). They can be operated…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.41, Subdivision 3.A confines power lawn mowers, hedge clippers, chain…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code section 4-1-4-2(A)(3) bans running a leaf blower or other domestic power…

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…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 850.015 bars operating outdoor power implements at any…

In the City of Plymouth, Section 2025.05, Subd. 2 confines leaf blowers and other domestic power equipment, mowers…

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…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.41, Subdivision 2.C bans loudspeakers and sound amplifiers used for…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 130.58 bans running any electronic sound system or audio equipment in an…

In the City of Blaine, running a radio, PA system or any electronic sound equipment loud enough to be plainly audible…

Bloomington, Minnesota treats amplified sound as a presumptive public nuisance under § 10.30(b) when it is likely to…

Brooklyn Park bars outdoor entertainment and sound-amplifying equipment from running between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. and…

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

City Code Section 8-403(2) bars operating any electronic sound system or audio equipment loudly enough to unreasonably…

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

Duluth's disorderly conduct ordinance bars loud music or electronically amplified noise from a dwelling that disturbs a…

In the City of Eagan, running a stereo, radio, or other audio equipment loud enough to be plainly audible 50 feet away…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code section 4-1-4-1 bars operating a radio, stereo, musical instrument, or…

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), a stereo, instrument, or other sound device cannot be operated…

In the City of Plymouth, running a radio, musical instrument, or other sound-reproducing device loudly enough to…

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…

Blue Earth County has no countywide decibel ordinance, but Sec. 12-4(11) bars anyone from using loudspeakers or other…

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…

In the City of Eagan, land within the Aircraft Noise Zone Overlay District spanning DNL 60 to 75-plus decibels near…

In the City of Blaine, homes built southeast and northeast of Anoka County-Blaine Airport, in the areas bounded by 85th…

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

Eden Prairie does not set decibel limits for aircraft; instead, City Code Section 2.27 creates the seven-member Flying…

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…

In the City of Eagan, outdoor electronic sound equipment cannot run past 10 p.m. without a city permit, and even under…

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

Bloomington, Minnesota sets numeric sound limits in § 10.29.02 by Noise Area Classification. Classification 1 (homes…

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

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code § 9.41, Subdivision 4 sets maximum sound levels by receiving land use, measured…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, the zoning code has no general community decibel table; the only numeric sound…

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…

In the City of Plymouth, Section 2025.07, Subd. 1 sets numeric decibel ceilings by receiving land use district and time…

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…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, engine or transmission braking, known as jake braking or dynamic braking, is banned…

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…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 70.05 makes it a petty misdemeanor to drive so as to cause unnecessary engine…

In the City of Blaine, playing a car stereo loud enough to be heard 50 feet away between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., or 100…

Bloomington, Minnesota requires a properly working muffler on every motor vehicle, bans Hollywood mufflers, cutouts and…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 9-308 bars operating a vehicle, motor vehicle or motorcycle on public or…

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

Duluth bars motor vehicles from emitting electronically amplified sound plainly audible 50 feet away, requires an…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code section 4-1-4-1 makes it a violation to operate a car stereo or other…

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

Minneapolis bans car stereo sound that anyone can hear from 50 feet away while the vehicle is on a public street…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), § 850.010 prohibits sounding a vehicle horn for at least 15…

Plymouth requires every motor vehicle to run a working muffler at all times and bans loud exhaust cutout or bypass…

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…