5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Licking County, Ohio.
Verified from official government sources
There's no countywide quiet-hours law. Newark caps residential sound at 60 dBA (7 a.m.-10 p.m.) and 50 dBA (10 p.m.-7 a.m.), and bars noise disturbances at any hour. Unincorporated townships lean on state disorderly-conduct law instead.
Newark Codified Ordinances 634.03(a)
No person shall unreasonably make, continue, cause to be made or continued or permit any noise disturbance.
Newark only restricts construction noise between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., when powered construction, drilling, and demolition equipment can't create a disturbance across a residential line. Daytime work, including weekends, is otherwise unrestricted. Emergency utility work is exempt.
Newark Codified Ordinances 634.04(a)(7)
Operate or permit the operation of any tools or equipment used in construction, drilling or demolition work between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day, such that the sound there from creates a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary, except for emergency work of public service utilities or by special variance.
Newark's noise ordinance treats a dog that habitually barks, howls, or makes sounds carrying across a residential property line as a violation. Dogs countywide must also be licensed through the Licking County Auditor. Document dates and times before complaining.
Newark Codified Ordinances 634.04(a)(1)
Own, possess or harbor any animal or bird that frequently, or for continued duration, howls, barks, meows, squawks or makes other sounds that create a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary
Gas and electric leaf blowers are legal across Licking County - Ohio has no statewide ban. Newark only restricts outdoor power tools, including blowers and mowers, between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in residential areas.
Newark Codified Ordinances 634.04(a)(11)
Operate or permit the operation of any mechanically powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, lawn or garden tool, lawnmower or other similar device used outdoors, other than powered snow removal equipment, in residential areas between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day, so as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary
Newark bars amplified radios, instruments, and speakers from creating a residential noise disturbance between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Bars and venues get an extra hour on weekends. Outdoor events and public amplification may need a special variance.
Newark Codified Ordinances 634.04(a)(9)
Operate, play or permit the operation or playing of any radio, television, phonograph, drum or other musical instrument, sound amplifier or similar device that produces, reproduces or amplifies sound: A. Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., of the following day in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary
1 cities in Licking County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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