Noise Ordinances in Hempstead, NY (2026)

Hempstead Code § 144-3(L)

Using any radio apparatus, loudspeaker, public address system or similar device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. producing sound across a real property boundary. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the operation of a radio apparatus, loudspeaker, public address system or similar device used in any reasonable manner within any building or structure that does not p...

Hempstead Code § 144-3(G)

The erection, including excavating, demolition, alteration or repair, of any building other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, except in a case of urgent necessity in the interest of public safety, and then only with a permit from the Department of Buildings, which permit may be renewed for a period of three days or less while the emergency continues.

Hempstead Code § 144-3(C)

C. Owning, possessing or harboring any animal or bird which howls, barks, meows, squawks or makes any other sounds which creates a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary.

Hempstead Code § 144-3(M)

Operating or permitting the operation of any mechanical powered saw, sander, drill, grinder, lawn or garden tool, snowblower or similar device, which creates an unreasonable noise across a real property boundary other than between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, and between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.

Hempstead Code § 144-3(B), (K)

B. Operating, playing or permitting the operation or playing of any radio, television, phonograph, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier or similar device which produces, reproduces or amplifies sound in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance across a real property boundary. ... K. The use of any loudspeaker or amplifier device such that the sound therefrom creates unreasonable nois...

Hempstead Code § 144-4, § 144-5 (Ch. 144, Art. II)

Article II. Transient Sound From Aircraft in Flight and Other Devices. ... NOISE: Any increase in the ambient noise, measured as provided in this Article, caused by any mechanical device, including aircraft. ... § 144-5. Limitation of noises. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any mechanism or device, including but not limited to airplanes, which shall create a noise within the Tow...

Hempstead Code § 144-5(A)(2)

§ 144-5. Limitation of noises. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any mechanism or device, including but not limited to airplanes, which shall create a noise within the Town of Hempstead exceeding the limiting noise spectra set forth in Tables I and II... During the daytime from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., the limits of Table I hereinbefore set forth shall apply to transient noises hav...

Hempstead Code § 144-3(D), (F)

D. The use of any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary. ... F. The discharge into the open air of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal-combustion engine or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other sound-dissipative device which effectively will prevent loud or explosive noise...