Noise Ordinances in Alamance County, NC (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Alamance County, North Carolina.
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Quiet Hours
Alamance County bars unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise countywide in the unincorporated area from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from midnight to 6:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The Sheriff's Office enforces the curfew under the county's dedicated noise ordinance.
Alamance County Nighttime Noise Curfew
Some RestrictionsAlamance County Ordinance Prohibiting Unreasonably Loud, Disturbing, and Unnecessary Noises, Section 6(a)
it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to make, permit, continue or cause to be made or to create any unreasonably loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise in the County, including but in no way limited to times, from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight to 6:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Construction Hours
Alamance County bars building erection, demolition, alteration or repair noise in residential areas between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., and in other districts between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Urgent-necessity work needs a County Manager permit; homeowners improving their own home may work until 11:00 p.m.
Alamance County Construction Noise Hours
Some RestrictionsAlamance County Ordinance Prohibiting Unreasonably Loud, Disturbing, and Unnecessary Noises, Section 6(b)(7)
7) Building operations: The erection (including excavation), demolition, alteration or repair of any building in a residential area between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day or in any district other than a residential area between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day, except in the case of urgent necessity in the interest of public safety and then only with a permit fr...
Barking Dogs
Alamance County makes it unlawful for a dog's keeper or custodian to let it bark, whine, or howl for a protracted period if the noise seriously annoys or interferes with a neighbor's use of their property. Section II.C of the Animal Control Ordinance is enforced by Sheriff's Department animal control officers.
Alamance County Noisy Dog Nuisance Ordinance
Some RestrictionsAlamance County Animal Control Ordinance § II.C
Noisy Dogs. It shall be unlawful for the keeper or other custodian of any dog to allow it to bark, whine, howl, or make any other noise for a protracted period so as to result in a serious annoyance or interference with the reasonable use and enjoyment of neighboring premises.
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Alamance County outright bans mechanical loudspeakers or amplifiers on trucks or vehicles for advertising or other commercial purposes. Non-commercial free-speech use is allowed but capped at a volume audible beyond 150 feet from the speaker, and radios or stereos played so loudly they disturb neighbors are separately barred, especially overnight.
Alamance County Amplified Sound Rules
Some RestrictionsAlamance County Ordinance Prohibiting Unreasonably Loud, Disturbing, and Unnecessary Noises, Section 6(b)(14)
14) Loudspeakers or amplifiers: The use of mechanical loudspeakers or amplifiers on trucks, airplanes or other vehicles or by any other means for advertising or other commercial purposes is prohibited. In the exercise of non-commercial free speech, loudspeakers or amplifiers may be used, subject to the following conditions: a. It shall be unlawful for any person to speak into a loudspeaker or a...
Vehicle Noise
Alamance County's noise ordinance bans vehicles so out of repair, loaded or operated that they create grating, grinding or screeching noise, and requires exhaust to run through a muffler that prevents loud or explosive sounds. Both are listed violations of the county's unreasonable-noise ban, enforced by the Sheriff's Office in the unincorporated county.
Alamance County Vehicle Noise Rules
Some RestrictionsAlamance County Ordinance Prohibiting Unreasonably Loud, Disturbing, and Unnecessary Noises, Section 6(b)(3) and (5)
3) Use of vehicles: The use of any automobile, motorcycle, dirt bike, go-cart, recreational vehicle or any other vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or operated in such manner as to create loud or unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling, screeching of tires or other noise; ... 5) Exhaust discharge: The discharge into the open of the exhaust of any steam engine, stationary internal combustion en...
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