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Noise Ordinances in Utah (2026)

102 rules on the books across Utah, 21 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Quiet Hours

Nighttime and early morning noise restrictions. Most cities set specific hours when loud activities like lawn mowing, parties, and power tools are not allowed.

Eagle Mountain

Some Restrictions

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…

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Iron County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Iron County has no single posted curfew clock; instead, County Code Section 8.20.060(A) bars any loud…

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Lehi

Some Restrictions

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…

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Orem

Some Restrictions

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

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Provo

Some Restrictions

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…

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Salt Lake City

Some Restrictions

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

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Sandy

Some Restrictions

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

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South Jordan

Some Restrictions

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

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Weber County

Some Restrictions

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

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West Valley City

Some Restrictions

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

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Construction Hours

When construction, demolition, and heavy equipment may run in residential areas. Most cities regulate this by hours and days rather than volume; violations can bring stop-work orders and fines.

Eagle Mountain

Some Restrictions

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…

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Iron County

Some Restrictions

In a residential zone in unincorporated Iron County, running construction work loud enough to be heard 20 feet away…

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Logan

Some Restrictions

In Logan City, Utah, running construction, drilling or demolition tools between 9:30 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. on weekdays, or…

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Ogden

Some Restrictions

Ogden limits noisy construction to set hours under Section 12-14-6(E). Equipment operation and construction activity…

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Orem

Some Restrictions

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

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Provo

Some Restrictions

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

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Salt Lake City

Some Restrictions

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

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St. George

Some Restrictions

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

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Washington County

Some Restrictions

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

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West Jordan

Some Restrictions

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

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West Valley City

Some Restrictions

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

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Lehi

Light Restrictions

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

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Barking Dogs

Rules about excessive or continuous dog barking, including how complaints are filed, time-of-day limits, and penalties for owners.

Davis County

Some Restrictions

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

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Eagle Mountain

Some Restrictions

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

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Iron County

Some Restrictions

Animal noise, including barking dogs, is a declared nuisance in unincorporated Iron County when it violates the…

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Lehi

Some Restrictions

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

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Logan

Some Restrictions

In Logan City, Utah, Municipal Code § 8.16.418 makes it a violation to own, possess or harbor any animal or bird that…

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Ogden

Some Restrictions

Ogden treats a dog that barks, whines, howls or makes other disturbing noises for an extended period of time as a…

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Orem

Some Restrictions

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

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Provo

Some Restrictions

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

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Salt Lake City

Some Restrictions

Salt Lake City Code § 8.04.370 declares any animal that barks, whines, howls, or makes other disturbing noises in an…

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Salt Lake County

Some Restrictions

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

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Sandy

Some Restrictions

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

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South Jordan

Some Restrictions

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

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Spanish Fork

Some Restrictions

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

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St. George

Some Restrictions

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

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Taylorsville

Some Restrictions

A dog that keeps up continued and repeated howling, barking, or whining loud enough to cause unreasonable annoyance…

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Utah County

Some Restrictions

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

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Washington County

Some Restrictions

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

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Weber County

Some Restrictions

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

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West Jordan

Some Restrictions

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

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West Valley City

Some Restrictions

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

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Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound

Rules for loudspeakers, live bands, DJ equipment, and outdoor music at homes, venues, and events, decibel limits, permitted hours, and when an amplified-sound permit is required.

Layton

Heavy Restrictions

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

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Salt Lake City

Significant Restrictions

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

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Sandy

Significant Restrictions

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

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Taylorsville

Significant Restrictions

Taylorsville City requires a City permit before anyone plays amplified sound or music in a city park. The City can deny…

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Washington County

Significant Restrictions

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

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Weber County

Significant Restrictions

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

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Eagle Mountain

Some Restrictions

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

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Iron County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Iron County, running a stereo, speaker, or amplifier loud enough to disturb a neighbor's peace is a…

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Lehi

Some Restrictions

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

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Logan

Some Restrictions

In Logan City, Utah, Municipal Code § 8.16.412 makes it a violation to operate a radio, musical instrument, sound…

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Ogden

Some Restrictions

Ogden restricts sound amplification devices and musical instruments under Section 12-14-6(D). Near homes, they can't…

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Orem

Some Restrictions

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

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Provo

Some Restrictions

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

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St. George

Some Restrictions

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

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Utah County

Some Restrictions

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

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West Valley City

Some Restrictions

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

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Aircraft Noise

Local regulations related to noise from airports, flight paths, and helicopter operations near residential areas.

Decibel Limits

The decibel thresholds cities enforce, usually as a table by zone and time of day, residential, commercial, and industrial limits, how noise is measured, and what happens at the property line.

Eagle Mountain

Some Restrictions

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

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Iron County

Some Restrictions

Iron County has no general residential noise ordinance with numeric decibel limits; the code's only zone-and-time-based…

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Layton

Some Restrictions

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

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Lehi

Some Restrictions

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

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Logan

Some Restrictions

Logan's Noise Control Ordinance caps sound from private property by the zone that receives it. R1, R1A, R2, R2A and MH…

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Ogden

Some Restrictions

Ogden caps outdoor sound at fixed decibel levels under Section 12-14-5 whenever the background sound level can't be…

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Salt Lake City

Some Restrictions

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

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Salt Lake County

Some Restrictions

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

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Sandy

Some Restrictions

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

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South Jordan

Some Restrictions

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

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Taylorsville

Some Restrictions

Industrial and research park uses in Taylorsville can't exceed a set noise ceiling at the property line. City Code §…

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Utah County

Some Restrictions

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

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Washington County

Some Restrictions

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

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Weber County

Some Restrictions

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

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West Valley City

Some Restrictions

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

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Vehicle Noise

Rules about loud vehicle exhaust, modified mufflers, racing engines, and stereos audible at distance. Covers what officers measure and typical fines.

Layton

Heavy Restrictions

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

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Lehi

Heavy Restrictions

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

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South Jordan

Heavy Restrictions

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

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West Jordan

Significant Restrictions

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

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Eagle Mountain

Some Restrictions

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

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Iron County

Some Restrictions

Iron County Code Section 8.20.060(D)(4) and (D)(5) target vehicle noise directly: an engine brake running audibly 20…

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Logan

Some Restrictions

In Logan City, Utah, every motor vehicle and motorcycle must carry a muffler in good working order and in constant…

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Ogden

Some Restrictions

Ogden City requires every motor vehicle exhaust system to run through a working muffler and caps drive-by sound at 80…

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Orem

Some Restrictions

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

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Salt Lake City

Some Restrictions

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

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Sandy

Some Restrictions

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…

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St. George

Some Restrictions

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

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Utah County

Some Restrictions

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

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West Valley City

Some Restrictions

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

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