1 county-level rule, plus city-specific rules for 4 cities in Essex County, New Jersey.
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Essex County, NJ does not set residential quiet hours - New Jersey's home rule structure under N.J.S.A. 40:48-1 and the Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55D) places noise regulation with each of the 22 Essex municipalities (Newark, East Orange, Bloomfield, Montclair, Irvington, West Orange, etc.). New Jersey's statewide Noise Control Act (N.J.S.A. 13:1G) and N.J.A.C. 7:29 apply to industrial/commercial sources, with a 50 dB(A) nighttime / 65 dB(A) daytime limit at residential property lines. Newark Code Ch. 18 sets local quiet hours from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Call your municipal police non-emergency line, not the County, for residential noise complaints.
4 cities in Essex County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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