Monroe Township (Middlesex County), NJ Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Overnight handling window
- 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., Table I limit applies
- Garbage collection, weekdays
- No handling 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. without permit
- Garbage collection, weekends
- No handling 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. without permit
- Refuse compactors
- Barred 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in residential areas
- Penalty
- Up to $100 per offense; $100 to $500 if willful
Summary
Section 69-7B(5) of the Monroe Township Code in Middlesex County limits loading and unloading noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. across a residential property line, and bars garbage collection handling from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays without a permit. Refuse compactors are barred from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in residential areas.
(5) Loading and unloading. Loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, liquids, garbage cans or similar objects: (a) Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day in such a manner as to exceed any applicable limit set forth in Table I across a residential real property line. (b) By persons engaged in the business of scavenging or garbage collection, whether private or municipal, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day on weekdays and between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the following day on weekends and holidays except by permit. ... (12) Refuse compacting vehicles. The operating or permitting to be operated of any motor vehicle that can compact refuse between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following day in residential areas.
Full Breakdown
Section 69-7B(5) of the Monroe Township Code (Middlesex County) regulates the noise of handling goods, which is the sound a delivery or pickup makes at a loading dock or curb. It names loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, liquids, garbage cans or similar objects. Subparagraph (a) applies between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day: the handling cannot exceed an applicable Table I limit across a residential real property line, and Table I in § 69-6 prints 50 for a residential receiving property in that overnight window.
Subparagraph (b) is an hours ban aimed at garbage and scavenging businesses, private or municipal: no handling between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day on weekdays, or between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the following day on weekends and holidays, except by permit. Subsection (12) separately bars operating or permitting the operation of any motor vehicle that can compact refuse between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following day in residential areas. The Noise Control Officer can grant special variances consistent with N.J.A.C.
7:29 (§ 69-8B), and the emission of sound in the performance of emergency work or action is excluded (§ 69-8A). Article II, Mobile Sources, begins at § 69-10 as a separate ordinance for vehicle noise. The Health Department administers the stationary-source article (§ 69-4A), and the Noise Control Officer takes measurements under N.J.A.C. 7:29B.
Violations & Fines
A violation draws a notice of violation or an abatement order from the Noise Control Officer (§ 69-9A and B). The penalty is not more than $100 for each offense. A willful or knowing violation carries not less than $100 and not more than $500 per offense, and each day of a continuing violation is an additional separate offense (§ 69-9C).
Frequently Asked Questions
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