5 rules for unincorporated Harford County, Maryland.
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Harford County Code § 193-8 prohibits voices, radios, instruments, and household tools between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. when audible more than 50 feet away on residential property. The state COMAR limit adds 55 dBA overnight.
Harford County Code § 193-8
A person shall not make or cause to be made between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. any noise produced vocally, with any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, any device intended for the production or reproduction of sound, or any household tool or other household equipment, if the noise is audible on any property that is used for residential purposes and is located more th...
Harford County sets no daytime construction curfew. COMAR 26.02.03.02 exempts daytime construction from the state dBA limits, but overnight work must meet the 55 dBA nighttime standard, and Harford County Code § 193-8 bars audible noise after 11 p.m.
COMAR 26.02.03.02
A person may not cause or permit noise levels which exceed those specified in this table except as provided in §B(2) or (3), or §C, of this regulation.
Chronic barking is handled by Harford County Animal Control as a public nuisance. Maryland's COMAR 26.02.03.02 sets the state property-line noise standard at 65 dBA day and 55 dBA night for sustained sound.
COMAR 26.02.03.02
A person may not cause or permit noise levels which exceed those specified in this table except as provided in §B(2) or (3), or §C, of this regulation.
Harford County has no leaf-blower ban and no gas-blower restriction. Leaf blowers fall under the general rules: Harford County Code § 193-8's 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. limit and COMAR's daytime dBA standards.
Harford County Code § 193-8 bars amplified music from radios, sound systems, and instruments between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. when audible more than 50 feet onto residential property. COMAR caps it at 55 dBA overnight.
Harford County Code § 193-8
A person shall not make or cause to be made between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. any noise produced vocally, with any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, any device intended for the production or reproduction of sound, or any household tool or other household equipment, if the noise is audible on any property that is used for residential purposes and is located more th...
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