Noise Ordinances in Fairfax County, VA (2026)

Fairfax County Code § 108.1-4-1(j)

(j)Unless otherwise excepted by this Chapter, any person, motor vehicle or instrument that permits, operates, or causes any source of sound or sound generation to create a sound that is plainly audible in any other person's residential dwelling with the doors and windows closed:(1)Between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday, or between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and the...

Fairfax County Code § 108.1-4-1(b)

The following are violations of this Chapter:(a)Unless otherwise excepted by this Chapter, the use of a loudspeaker or other instrument that is mounted on the exterior of any structure or motor vehicle between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. ... (b)Any action related to the construction, repair, maintenance, remodeling or demolition, grading or other improvement of real property in the outdoors between 9 p....

Fairfax County Code § 108.1-4-1(k)

(k)Any owner or person in control of any animal that allows or otherwise permits any such animal to bark, howl, bay, meow, squawk, quack, crow or make such other sound:(1)Between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. that is plainly audible in any other person's residential dwelling with doors and windows closed and the source of sound generation shall be discernible regardless of whether such doors or windows ar...

Fairfax County Code § 108.1-4-1(h)

Unless otherwise addressed by this chapter, the operation of power lawn equipment, including but not limited to lawn mowers, leaf blowers, chain saws, trimmers and edgers: (1) Between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. when operated within 100 yards from a residential dwelling, or (2) Between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. when operated 100 yards or more from a residential dwelling, or (3) Between 9 p.m. and 5:30 a.m....

Fairfax County, VA, Code of Ordinances § 108.1-5-1(r)

Activity on recreational grounds customarily associated with its intended use shall not be subject to the provisions of this Chapter between 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday, or between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday or the day before a Federal holiday. The use of loudspeakers or instruments associated with such activities shall be prohibited between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. an...

Fairfax County, VA, Zoning Ordinance § 3103.2.A (Airport Noise Impact Overlay District)

The Airport Noise Impact Overlay District is established for the general purpose of controlling conflicts between land uses and noise generated by aircraft and to protect the public health, safety, and welfare from the adverse impacts associated with excessive noise. It is the intent of this overlay district to regulate land uses within designated ...

Fairfax County, VA, Code of Ordinances § 108.1-4-2

(a)Unless otherwise addressed by this Chapter, no person shall permit, operate, or cause any source of sound or sound generation to create a sound which exceeds the limits set forth in the following table titled "Maximum Sound Levels" when measured at the property boundary of the sound source... Use and Zoning District Classification / Time of Day / Continuous Sound (dBA) / Impulse Sound (dB): ...

Va. Code § 46.2-1049

No person shall drive and no owner of a vehicle shall permit or allow the operation of any such vehicle on a highway unless it is equipped with an exhaust system in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual levels of noise, provided, however, that for motor vehicles, such exhaust system shall be of a type installed as standard factory equipment, or comparable ...