Noise Ordinances in Onslow County, NC (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Onslow County, North Carolina.
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Barking Dogs
Onslow County treats a dog or other animal whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a neighbor's comfort and repose as a noise violation. There is no numeric bark-count trigger; the standard is disturbance of a person in the vicinity, enforced under the general noise penalty.
Onslow County Barking Dog Nuisance Rule
Some RestrictionsOnslow County Code of Ordinances § 11-1(b)(4)
The keeping of any animal which, by causing frequent or long continued noise, shall disturb the comfort and repose of any person in the vicinity.
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Onslow County bans playing a radio, phonograph or musical instrument loud enough to disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person in a dwelling, hotel or other residence, or in a public vehicular area. There is no fixed decibel meter; the standard is whether the volume annoys or disturbs neighbors.
Onslow County Amplified Music Noise Rule
Some RestrictionsOnslow County Code of Ordinances § 11-1(b)(3)
The playing of any radio, phonograph or any musical instrument in such manner or with such volume, as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person in any dwelling, hotel, other type of residence, or in an area defined as a "public vehicular area" in G.S. 20-4.01(32).
Vehicle Noise
Onslow County bars sounding a vehicle horn while parked except as a danger signal, and bars driving a vehicle so out of repair or overloaded that it creates loud grating, grinding or rattling noise. Both fall under the county's general noise ordinance, not a separate traffic-noise code.
Onslow County Vehicle Horn and Muffler Noise Rule
Some RestrictionsOnslow County Code of Ordinances § 11-1(b)(2), (b)(5)
The sounding of any horn or signal device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle while not in motion, except as a danger signal if another vehicle is approaching apparently out of control, or if in motion only as a danger signal; the creation by means of any such signal device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound; and the sounding of such device for an unreasonable period of tim...
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