Noise from Specific Sources in Bernalillo County, NM (2026)

Bernalillo County Code Sec. 30-121

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, cause to operate or permit to operate any machinery, equipment, device, pump, fan, compressor, air conditioning apparatus or similar mechanical device in any manner so as to create any noise which would cause the noise level at the property line of any property to exceed the general sound level limits listed in section 30-115 of this article. Main...

Bernalillo County Code § 30-126

The sounding of any horn, signaling device, or theft device/alarm on any automobile, motorcycle, streetcar or other vehicle on any street or public place of the county, except as a danger warning; the creation by means of any such signaling device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound; and the sounding of any device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time shall be considered in vio...

Bernalillo County Code § 30-123(b)(2)

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor of a motor vehicle of a weight in excess of four tons (8,000 pounds) for a consecutive period longer than two minutes while such vehicle is standing on private property and located within 150 feet of property zoned and used for residential purposes, except where such vehicle is standing within a completely enclosed structure or delivering...

Bernalillo County Code § 30-114

Any decibel measurement made pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be based on a reference sound pressure of 0.002 microbars, as measured in any octave band with center frequency, in hertz (cycles per second) as follows: 63; 125; 250; 500; 1,000; 4,000; and 8,000 or as measured with a sound level meter using the A-weighting.