Woodbridge, NJ Noise from Specific Sources: HVAC & Mechanical Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- Code §§ 23-8.1, 23-8.5, 23-8.7
- Daytime residential limit
- 65 dBA (7am-10pm)
- Nighttime residential limit
- 50 dBA (10pm-7am)
- Measured at
- Real property line of receiving property
- Enforcer
- Certified noise control officer
- Max civil penalty
- $3,000 per offense
Summary
Woodbridge's noise ordinance names air conditioners as an example device that can push a property into elevated-sound violations, and caps sound from any such source at 65 decibels daytime and 50 decibels overnight at the receiving property line under the Township's model noise code.
MULTI-USE PROPERTY Shall mean any distinct parcel of land that is used for more than one (1) category of activity. Examples include, but are not limited to: a. A commercial, residential, industrial or public service property having boilers, incinerators, elevators, automatic garage doors, air conditioners, laundry rooms, utility provisions, or health and recreational facilities or other similar devices or areas... which may be a source of elevated sound levels at another category on the same distinct parcel of land... No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the operation of any source of sound on any source property... in such manner as to create a sound level that equals or exceeds the sound level limits set forth in Tables I and II when measured at or within the real property line of any of the receiving properties.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 23, Article V is Woodbridge's noise ordinance, adopted by Ordinance No. 03-27 as the Township's version of New Jersey's model noise code. 1 defines a MULTI-USE PROPERTY as a parcel used for more than one category of activity, and its own example list singles out a property having boilers, incinerators, elevators, automatic garage doors, air conditioners, laundry rooms, utility provisions, or health and recreational facilities as capable of producing elevated sound levels reaching another use on the same parcel. 5, Maximum Permissible Sound Levels: no person may operate any source of sound on a listed source property so that the sound level equals or exceeds the limits in Tables I and II, measured at the real property line of the receiving property.
; commercial, public-service and community-service receiving properties are capped at 65 dBA around the clock. A rooftop or ground-mounted AC condenser, as a stationary equipment source on a residential, commercial or multi-use parcel, is measured against those same property-line limits. C. 7.
Violations & Fines
A violation carries a civil penalty of up to $3,000 per offense under Section 23-8.7(b), with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate, additional offense. The property owner or operator is entitled to a hearing in municipal court to contest an enforcement document issued by a noise control officer before any penalty is imposed.
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