10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Camden County, New Jersey.
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Camden County's Noise Control Ordinance sets a 50 dBA nighttime limit (10 pm-7 am) and 65 dBA daytime limit (7 am-10 pm) at a residential property line. Quiet-hours specifics for non-stationary noise are set by your town.
Camden County Noise Control Ordinance § 5.1.2(a)
From 7:00 am to 10:00 pm: Continuous airborne sound which has a sound level in excess of 65 dBA... From 10:00 pm to 7:00 am: Continuous airborne sound which has a sound level in excess of 50 dBA.
Camden County's ordinance prohibits construction, drilling, earthmoving, or demolition noise between 6:00 pm and 7:00 am on weekdays, and at any time on weekends or legal holidays, unless equipment is exceptions apply.
Camden County Noise Control Ordinance § 6.2.6
Operating or permitting the operation of any tools or equipment used in construction, drilling, earthmoving, excavating, or demolition work between the hours of 6:00 pm and 7:00 am the following day on weekdays or at any time on weekends or legal holidays.
Camden County's ordinance defines a barking-dog noise disturbance as a dog barking continually for 10 minutes, or intermittently for 30 minutes, across a residential property line, unless the dog was provoked.
Camden County Noise Control Ordinance § 6.2.3
A noise disturbance from a barking dog shall be defined as that created by a dog barking continually for ten (10) minutes or intermittently for thirty (30) minutes unless provoked.
Camden County exempts domestic power tools, lawn mowers, and similar equipment from decibel limits when muffled and used 8 am-8 pm weekdays (9 am-8 pm weekends/holidays), provided they stay under 85 dBA at the property line.
Camden County Noise Control Ordinance § 5.2(a)
Noise from domestic power tools, lawn mowers, and agricultural equipment when operated with muffler between the hours of 8:00 am to 8:00 pm on weekdays and 9:00 am to 8:00 pm on weekends and legal holidays, provided they produce less than 85 dBA at or within any real property line of residential property.
Camden County's ordinance bans loudspeakers, PA systems, radios, and similar amplifying devices whenever they create a noise disturbance for others, and specifically prohibits public-address use from 10:00 pm to 8:00 am across a residential property line.
Camden County Noise Control Ordinance § 6.2.2
Using or operating of any loudspeaker, public address system, or similar device between the hours of 10:00 pm and 8:00 am in the following day, such that the sound there from creates a noise disturbance across a residential real property line.
Camden County does not regulate aircraft or airport noise. Its ordinance directs the noise administrator to consult airport proprietors, but aviation noise is governed by the FAA and federal law, which preempt local decibel limits.
Camden County Noise Control Ordinance § 3.3
The noise control administrator shall consult with the airport proprietor to recommend changes in airport operations to minimize any noise which the airport owner may have the authority to control in its capacity as proprietor.
Camden County's ordinance bars any industrial, commercial, or community-service facility from exceeding 65 dBA (day) or 50 dBA (night) at a residential property line, with octave-band and 80 dB impulsive limits also applying.
Camden County Noise Control Ordinance § 5.1.2(a)
No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit sound from any industrial, commercial, public service, or community service facility that, when measured at any residential property line, is in excess of... From 7:00 am to 10:00 pm... 65 dBA; or... From 10:00 pm to 7:00 am... 50 dBA.
Camden County's Noise Control Ordinance caps continuous sound at a residential property line at 65 dBA (7 am-10 pm) and 50 dBA (10 pm-7 am), matching New Jersey's Noise Control Act, N.J.A.C. 7:29. Commercial and industrial receiving properties allow higher levels.
Camden County Noise Control Ordinance § 5.1 (Table I)
No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the operation of any source of sound... in such a manner as to create a sound level that exceeds the particular sound level limits set forth in Table I when measured at or within the real property line of the receiving property.
Outdoor music from radios, phonographs, or amplifiers cannot create a noise disturbance for anyone other than the operator under Camden County's ordinance, and amplified outdoor sound is barred 10 pm-8 am across residential lines.
Camden County Noise Control Ordinance § 6.2.1
Operating, playing, or permitting the operation or playing of any radio, television, phonograph, or similar device that reproduces or amplifies sound in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance for any person other than the operator of the device.
Camden County's ordinance restricts idling of vehicles over 10,000 lbs to five minutes per hour when stationary within 150 feet of a residential area between 8:00 pm and 8:00 am. Registered on-road vehicles otherwise fall under state motor-vehicle noise rules.
Camden County Noise Control Ordinance § 6.2.5
Operating or permitting the operation of any motor vehicle whose manufacturer's gross weight is in excess of 10,000 pounds... for a period of longer than five (5) minutes in any hour while the vehicle is stationary... within 150 feet of a residential area between the hours of 8:00 pm and 8:00 am.
1 cities in Camden County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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