Irvington, NJ Noise from Specific Sources: HVAC & Mechanical Noise (2026)

Section 397-2K is one of the enumerated noise violations under § 397-2, and it is the specific subsection that reaches mechanical equipment attached to a building rather than vehicles or people: 'any blower, fan, pump, engine or motor in connection therewith,' with air-conditioning systems, compression devices and pool filter systems named 'by way of example and not by way of limitation,' meaning the list is illustrative and other similar equipment, such as a rooftop condenser or a generator, falls under the same language. The standard is a disturbance test rather than a fixed number: the equipment violates the section if its use 'creates loud, penetrating or continuous noises that disturb the comfort or repose of persons residing in the vicinity,' so a unit's effect on neighbors, not its rated output, is what a complaint turns on.

and 50 decibels overnight, measured at the point where the complaint arises, so a resident with a persistently loud air-conditioning compressor can be cited either for disturbing a neighbor's repose under § 397-2K or for exceeding the numeric ceiling under § 397-3, whichever the Code Enforcement Officer or Public Safety Department chooses to pursue. As with the rest of Article I, a violation of § 397-2K is treated as a violation of the general prohibition in § 397-1, and enforcement runs through the Code Enforcement Officer alongside police, per § 397-6.