Noise Ordinances in Prince William County, VA (2026)

PWC Code § 14-5(7)

Talking, yelling, shouting, screaming, singing, or any other form of human sounds produced by any person or group of people between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in such a manner as to be audible across property boundaries.

PWC Code § 14-4(c)(1)

Any person, with lawfully obtained permits, who between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. weekdays and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays... operates... any equipment used in construction... shall not be subject to the levels enumerated in Table 1.

PWC Code § 14-5.1

It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any animal or bird except farm animals in agricultural districts to create sound such that it is audible at least once a minute for ten consecutive minutes (i) inside the confines of the dwelling unit, house or apartment of another; or (ii) at 50 or more feet from the animal or bird.

PWC Code § 14-4(a)

TABLE 1 - MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE SOUND LEVELS (Leq): Residential 60 dBA Daytime, 55 dBA Nighttime; Mixed Use District 60/55; Commercial 65/60; Office 65/60; Industrial 79/72.

PWC Code § 14-5(6)

The playing of any sound production device which produces, reproduces or amplifies sound in such a manner as to emit sound audible at a distance of 50 feet or more from the boundary of the property from which it is being emitted or audible through partitions common to two or more residences within a building.

PWC Code § 14-5(5)

Operating or permitting to be operated any powered model aircraft in the outdoors during the nighttime. Any person desiring to use county parks or facilities to operate such aircraft at any time must first obtain permission from the County Department of Parks and Recreation.

PWC Code § 14-4(a)

TABLE 1 - MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE SOUND LEVELS (Leq): Residential 60 dBA Daytime / 55 Nighttime; Mixed Use District 60 / 55; Commercial 65 / 60; Office 65 / 60; Industrial 79 / 72.

Virginia 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.