Monroe Township (Middlesex County), NJ Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

Section 69-7B(7) of the Monroe Township Code sets the construction clock for Middlesex County's Monroe Township. On weekdays the barred window runs from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. the next morning. On Saturdays it starts earlier, at 5:00 p.m., and lasts until 8:00 a.m. Sundays and legal holidays are closed all day. Section 69-3 defines a weekday as any day Monday through Friday that is not a legal holiday, so a Monday holiday follows the Sunday rule. The ordinance covers tools or equipment used in construction, drilling or demolition work, and the Code's definitions treat demolition as its own activity, separate from construction, so both are caught.

Three exceptions are printed. Emergency work or action is exempt, and § 69-8A separately exempts sound made to alert people to an emergency. The Noise Control Officer can grant a special variance under § 69-8B, but only one consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:29. The third exception lets work run inside the barred hours when the sound level does not exceed the applicable limit in Table I, which § 69-6A measures at the real property line of the receiving property. Section 69-6B(3) exempts construction noise from the ordinary Table I limits except as § 69-7B(7) provides, so the hours rule is the main control on contractors.

Article I is administered by the Health Department under § 69-4A. The Noise Control Officer can issue a notice of violation under procedures in the Monroe Township Code, or an abatement order requiring the source to be fixed within a reasonable time, unless the violation is willful or knowing or the officer expects the order to be ignored.