Noise Ordinances in Pender County, NC (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Pender County, North Carolina.
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Quiet Hours
Unincorporated Pender County runs a nighttime noise curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. under Code Sec. 24-44(4), barring radios, televisions and musical instruments from being plainly audible on a neighbor's property or through a shared wall. Related items in the same section extend the same 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. window to loudspeakers and vocal noise.
Pender County nighttime noise quiet hours
Some RestrictionsPender County Code § 24-44(4)
Sec. 24-44. - Specific prohibitions. The following acts, or the causing or permitting thereof, among others, are declared to be excessive noise and are in violation of this article: ... (4)Radios, television sets, musical instruments and similar devices. Operating, playing or permitting the operation or playing of any radio, television, compact disc player, or other sound reproduction device, o...
Construction Hours
In unincorporated Pender County, construction or demolition noise that is plainly audible on a neighboring property or through a shared wall is barred between 7:00 p.m. (or sunset, whichever is later) and 7:00 a.m. under the county noise ordinance, Code Sec. 24-44(8). The Sheriff's Office enforces the curfew countywide.
Pender County construction noise hours
Some RestrictionsPender County Code § 24-44(8)
Sec. 24-44. - Specific prohibitions. The following acts, or the causing or permitting thereof, among others, are declared to be excessive noise and are in violation of this article: ... (8)Construction or demolition activities. The creation of any noise emanating from construction or demolition activities that is plainly audible within an affected property or through partitions common to two dw...
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Unincorporated Pender County bars anyone from running a loudspeaker, public address system, or mobile sound truck loud enough to be plainly audible on a neighboring property between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., with escalating civil penalties for repeat offenders.
Amplified Sound Nighttime Ban in Pender County
Some RestrictionsPender County Code §§ 24-44(5), 24-47(a)
(5)Loudspeakers, public address systems and sound trucks. Using, operating or permitting the operation of any loudspeaker, public address system, mobile sound vehicle or similar device amplifying sound therefrom for any purpose in such a manner as to permit sound to be plainly audible within an affected property, or through partitions common to two dwelling units within a building between the h...
Vehicle Noise
Excessive mechanical, exhaust or sound-amplifying noise from a motor vehicle or motorcycle is barred in unincorporated Pender County between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Code Sec. 24-44(3), while ATVs and side-by-sides face a wider sunset-to-sunrise restriction. The Sheriff's Office enforces both windows.
Pender County vehicle and ATV noise limits
Some RestrictionsPender County Code § 24-44(3)
Sec. 24-44. - Specific prohibitions. The following acts, or the causing or permitting thereof, among others, are declared to be excessive noise and are in violation of this article: ... (3)Vehicles. Operation of a motor vehicle or operation of a motorcycle within the county that creates mechanical or exhaust noise that is excessive, and/or sound amplifying noise from an operational vehicle betw...
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