Elizabeth, NJ Noise from Specific Sources: Car Alarm Limits (2026)

020(B)(18)(b) bars sounding or permitting the sound of any exterior burglar or fire alarm or any motor vehicle burglar alarm, unless such alarm is automatically terminated after ten minutes of activation. The clause sits inside the broader Stationary Signaling Devices subsection, which also prohibits sounding fire, burglar or civil-defense alarms, sirens or whistles except for genuine emergency purposes or testing under (B)(18)(a), and separately caps any electronically amplified nonemergency bell, chime, siren or whistle at five minutes of sound in any hourly period, exempting houses of religious worship.

Because a motor vehicle alarm is treated the same as a stationary exterior burglar alarm for purposes of the ten-minute cutoff, a car alarm system that lacks an automatic shutoff, or one a vehicle owner disables, is a per-se violation once it runs past the ten-minute mark, regardless of whether the vehicle is parked on a public street or private property. 020(A) against noise that disturbs comfort, repose, health, peace or safety reinforces the specific alarm rule. 060, though a report of a specific vehicle's alarm on a public street typically routes to police first since it involves a motor vehicle.