Noise Ordinances in Greensboro, NC (2026)

Greensboro City Code § 18-50.1(a)

(a)Except as otherwise permitted under this article, it shall be unlawful between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day for any person, business or entity to play, operate, use or cause to be played, operated or used, any sound amplification device, amplified musical instrument or sound reproduction device which creates or reproduces audible sound outside any building or st...

Greensboro City Code § 18-50(h)

(h)Building operations. Erection, demolition, alteration, or repair of any building (including excavation and grading), in a residential district between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of any day or in any district other than a residential district between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of any day.

Greensboro, NC Code of Ordinances § 5-5(2)e

(2)It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, possess or maintain an animal in such a manner as to constitute a public nuisance...e.Allowing or permitting an animal to bark, whine, howl, crow or cackle in a long-continued or frequent fashion so as to interfere with the reasonable use and enjoyment of neighboring premises.

Greensboro City Code § 18-54(k)

(k)Yard and garden maintenance equipment including, but not limited to, mowers, tillers, leaf blowers, edgers, and weed eaters from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.

Greensboro City Code §§ 18-50(o)-(p), 18-50.1(a), 18-51

(o) The operation on public property or on public vehicular areas of any sound amplifier which is part of, or connected to, any radio, stereo receiver, compact disc player, cassette tape player, or other similar device when operated in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of thirty (30) feet from the building, structure, or vehicle in which it is located ... (a) Except as otherw...

FAA Aviation Noise Program

Aviation Noise The FAA conducted a nationwide survey regarding annoyance related to aircraft noise. For detailed information on the survey, please review the survey introduction and read the survey report . Further information on FAA's aircraft noise research program, can also be found on a Federal Register notice published on January 13, 2021. This notice invited comments on the FAA's aircraft...

Greensboro City Code § 18-51

It is unlawful for anyone within the city limits to cause, or allow, the emission of sound from any source or sources which impact dwellings and other residential property. A noise disturbance shall be presumed to exist where the sound or noise caused by any activity exceeds the maximum lawful decibel limits specified in the residential decibel limits table herein at a property boundary of the ...

Greensboro City Code § 18-50(c), (e), (k)

(c)Sound-producing equipment in vehicles. Playing any radio, tape recorder, cassette player, compact disc, or other similar device for reproducing sound located on, or in, any motor vehicle on a public street, highway, or within, the motor vehicular area of any public or private parking lot or park, or drive through, if the sound generated is audible at a distance of thirty (30) feet from sound...