Noise from Specific Sources in Craven County, NC (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Craven County, North Carolina.
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Car Alarm Limits
Unincorporated Craven County regulates vehicle horns and other signaling devices under Section 24-22(b)(9)c, the subsection car alarms and vehicle sirens fall under as a motor vehicle signaling device. Sounding a horn or signaling device on a public street or place is barred except as a danger warning, and unreasonably loud, harsh or prolonged sounding is a violation.
Craven County Vehicle Horn & Signal Noise Rule
Some RestrictionsCraven County Code § 24-22(b)(9)c
c.Horns and signaling devices of motor vehicles and motorcycles. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, 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, the sounding of any such device for an unreasonable amount of time, the ...
Generator Noise
Unincorporated Craven County requires any stationary internal combustion engine, including a generator, to discharge its exhaust through a muffler or similar device that effectively prevents loud or explosive noise. Section 24-22(b)(10) applies at any hour, with no separate nighttime carve-out for generators.
Craven County Generator & Engine Exhaust Rule
Some RestrictionsCraven County Code § 24-22(b)(10)
(10)Engine exhausts. The discharge into the open air within the county of the exhaust of any steam engine, gasoline engine, stationary internal combustion engine, or other kind or type of engine, motorboat or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device which will effectively prevent loud or explosive noises therefrom.
Delivery Truck Noise
Unincorporated Craven County bars loading, unloading, opening, closing or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers or building materials between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when the noise crosses a residential property line or reaches a noise-sensitive zone. Section 24-22(b)(3) covers delivery trucks and similar handling of freight.
Craven County Loading & Unloading Noise Hours
Some RestrictionsCraven County Code § 24-22(b)(3)
(3)Loading or unloading. Loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, or similar objects between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary or within a noise-sensitive zone.
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