Noise Ordinances in Utah (2026)

Davis County sets no countywide quiet-hours law; each city does. In Bountiful, loading, construction, power equipment…

Eagle Mountain's noise ordinance restricts loud sound from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. citywide under EMMC 8.15.070(C), with…

Lehi's noise code splits every day into a daytime window, 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and a night window, 10:00 p.m. to…

Orem's disturbing-the-peace ordinance sets 10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. as the quiet-hours window for construction, power…

Provo City Code Chapter 9.06 caps residential noise at a property line at 55 dBA between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. and 65 dBA…

Salt Lake City bars audible radios, TVs, and musical instruments between 9 PM and 7 AM (9 AM on Sundays/holidays) if…

Sandy City Code Section 13-2-4 bars running a radio, TV, stereo, musical instrument or similar sound device between…

South Jordan bans mechanical parking-lot sweeping, commercial trash pickup, and construction or land-development…

On and around Pineview Reservoir, Weber County bars any activity or noise that unreasonably distracts other users of…

West Valley City bans noise that's plainly audible at your property line between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., and bans noise…

Davis County sets no countywide construction-hour rule; cities do. Bountiful City Code 8-7-102 makes operating…

Construction work in Eagle Mountain is barred during the city's restricted noise hours of 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. under…

Orem bans construction noise near homes overnight. Under City Code 9-2-9(C), erecting, demolishing, altering, or…

Provo has no chapter setting fixed start and stop times for construction. Construction noise is governed by the general…

Salt Lake City bars construction and demolition equipment noise in residential and commercial zones from 9 PM to 7 AM…

St. George caps construction work to sunrise-to-sunset on weekdays and 8 AM to 4 PM on Saturdays, with no work Sundays…

Washington County caps construction hours countywide, regardless of zoning district. Work may run 6:00 a.m. to 10:00…

West Jordan City Code section 8-1-2 confines construction or operations work involving existing city infrastructure, or…

West Valley City doesn't set a simple construction curfew; Municipal Code § 24-22-108(7) bars operating construction…

City and state roadway construction projects in Lehi are exempt from the general noise chapter only during typical…

Davis County Code 6.16.010 makes a barking dog a nuisance at any time of day or night. The threshold is incessant…

Eagle Mountain bans owning or keeping an animal that makes frequent or habitual sound rising to a noise disturbance as…

Lehi City Code treats a dog that barks, whines or howls excessively, continuously or at untimely hours as a nuisance…

Orem considers excessive and continuous barking a noise nuisance. Dogs must be contained on the owner's property or on…

Provo City Code deems any animal that barks, whines, or howls in an excessive, continuous or untimely fashion a…

Salt Lake City code makes excessive, continuous, or untimely barking a declared animal nuisance, exposing the owner to…

A dog that howls, barks or whines nonstop for thirty minutes or more, or repeatedly between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., is…

Sandy City makes it unlawful to willfully possess, maintain, or keep any animal or fowl, including a barking dog, that…

South Jordan makes it unlawful for an owner to let a dog or other animal bark, whine, or howl excessively…

Persistent barking that creates a disturbance for neighbors is a violation of Spanish Fork's noise ordinance and animal…

St. George makes it unlawful to keep a dog whose barking, howling or yelping rises to a citywide nuisance, enforceable…

Persistent barking that constitutes a public nuisance is enforceable under Utah County animal control ordinances and…

It's unlawful in unincorporated Washington County to own, keep or harbor a dog whose loud, continued or frequent…

Weber County classifies a dog as a nuisance animal under Section 6-4-13 if it makes unreasonable barking, whining…

West Jordan's nuisance code exempts natural animal noises like mooing or crowing, but explicitly excludes dog barking…

A dog, cat or other animal that barks, howls or otherwise makes noise frequently or habitually enough to disturb…

No Davis County city bans leaf blowers outright or sets a special decibel limit for them. In Bountiful, operating power…

Orem restricts noisy yard equipment to daytime hours in residential areas. City Code 9-2-9(D) bars operating any power…

West Valley City limits leaf blowers, lawn mowers, chain saws and other power equipment rated five horsepower or less…

Provo has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Noise from landscaping equipment is exempt from the Chapter 9.06 noise…

Layton's Municipal Code bars exterior paging and public-address systems, including music and telephone connections, at…

Salt Lake City requires a permit before running loudspeakers or amplified music outdoors on streets, sidewalks, parks…

Sandy City Code Section 13-2-4 bans operating a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment, fixed, mobile or mounted on…

Washington County requires every sound system and exterior speaker at a licensed short-term rental to be permanently…

In Weber County's South Fork Memorial Park and North Fork Park, Code Section 26-1-3 bars operating public address…

For outdoor music, Bountiful City Code 5-6-102 requires an amplified sound license for any sound amplifier used out of…

Eagle Mountain bars radios, musical instruments, and other sound-reproduction devices from being played audibly beyond…

Amplified music is a named "Public Disturbance Noise" in Lehi, capped at 65 dBA daytime and 55 dBA nighttime in…

Orem bans playing a car stereo, radio, or sound system loud enough to be plainly audible 50 feet from the vehicle…

Provo City Code makes it unlawful to maintain a sound level exceeding 105 dBA in any public entertainment venue…

St. George City Code bans operating a sound amplifier or speaker on or near any city street that can be heard more than…

Utah County flatly denies amplified sound the construction-noise exception: no matter how loud a job site is allowed to…

West Valley City limits amplified sound under Municipal Code § 24-22-108(3): running a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying…

Salt Lake City bans new homes, schools, and hotels in high-noise airport influence zones near the international…

Salt Lake County's Airport Overlay Zone divides land around county airports into five noise-based Airport Restriction…

Eagle Mountain bans flying an internal-combustion-powered model aircraft, tethered or remote controlled, or firing…

Sandy City Code Section 13-2-4 bans flying an internal-combustion-powered model aircraft, tethered or not, or firing…

New development within St. George's Airport Vicinity Zone must disclose aircraft overflight noise on plats and permits…

West Jordan maps a Noise Zone (An) around Salt Lake City Municipal 2 Airport wherever projected aircraft activity…

No Provo ordinance sets dBA limits for aircraft in flight. Provo's airport chapter adopts FAA and Utah State…

Davis County has no residential decibel table; most noise is judged by an 'unreasonably loud' or 'plainly audible'…

Eagle Mountain caps most zones at 65 dBA during restricted hours under EMMC 8.15.070(B) and its zoning table, with…

Layton's Light Commercial Flex Manufacturing zoning standard, Section 19.06.270, caps machine and equipment noise at 85…

Lehi sets hard dBA ceilings by zoning classification and time of day. Residential and agricultural properties cap…

Salt Lake City caps stationary industrial noise at 75 dBA overnight and 80 dBA daytime, measured at the property line…

In Salt Lake County's MD-1 and MD-3 mixed development zones, noise from any use may not exceed five decibels above the…

Sandy City Code Section 13-2-5 caps stationary noise sources by land-use district and time of day: 50 dB(A) at night…

South Jordan's zoning code sets no citywide decibel limit for general noise; the sole numeric dBA cap applies to wind…

Unincorporated Utah County caps off-site noise on a sliding scale by zoning district: 55 dB(A) daytime and 50 dB(A) at…

Washington County limits noise from licensed short-term rentals to 55 decibels at the property line during quiet time…

A licensed home occupation in unincorporated Weber County cannot create noise louder than 60 decibels measured at the…

West Valley City sets numeric decibel ceilings by zone and time of day: 50-55 dB(A) residential, 55-60 dB(A)…

Layton outlaws using a dynamic braking device, commonly called a jake brake, engine brake or compression brake…

Lehi makes it unlawful to operate a vehicle with its engine compression brake, or 'jake brake,' engaged anywhere in the…

South Jordan prohibits operating a motor vehicle with its dynamic braking device, a compression-release 'Jake brake'…

West Jordan City Code section 7-4-1(D) lets the city post signs along designated truck routes banning dynamic engine…

Bountiful City Code 13-1-117 caps motor-vehicle noise: 80 dB(A) for vehicles rated 10,000 lbs or less and 88 dB(A) for…

Eagle Mountain bars operating a motor vehicle with a Jake brake or other dynamic braking device engaged except to avoid…

Orem bans vehicle exhaust noise without an effective muffler, unreasonably loud or prolonged horn use, and a car stereo…

Salt Lake City requires every motor vehicle to keep a working muffler and bars exhaust modifications that boost engine…

Sandy City caps motor vehicle noise at 80 dB(A) on roads with a 40 mph or lower speed limit and 84 dB(A) above 40 mph…

St. George bans loud car stereos, exhausts and horns citywide as a public nuisance, punishable as a class B misdemeanor…

A moving vehicle on a public road in unincorporated Utah County may not exceed 80 dB(A) measured 25 feet from the road…

West Valley City requires every motor vehicle's exhaust system to run a working muffler, free of defects, with no…