Jackson, NJ Noise Ordinances: Decibel Limits (2026)

Section 291-7A sets the chapter's core rule: no one may operate any sound source on a listed property in a manner that equals or exceeds the limits in Tables I, II or III, measured at or within the real property line of the receiving property, except for the indoor measurement protocol carved out in § 291-6B. Table I, the outdoor A-weighted standard, sets 65 dB from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and 50 dB from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. for a residential receiver, and a flat 65 dB around the clock for a commercial, public-service or community-service receiver.

Table II applies the same structure indoors, at 55 dB daytime and 40 dB nighttime for a residential receiver and 55 dB continuously for a nonresidential one, but only when the source and receiver share a common or abutting wall, floor or ceiling, or sit on the same parcel. Table III breaks the same limits into eight octave bands from 31.5 Hz to 8,000 Hz for low-frequency-heavy sources. Section 291-7B separately caps impulsive sound, a single pressure peak or burst under one second, at 80 decibels between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., and at 80 decibels overnight if it occurs fewer than four times an hour; four or more impulses an hour must instead meet the continuous-sound limits in Tables I and II. Construction, demolition and emergency work are exempt from these tables under § 291-4C, but only to the extent § 291-9's separate curfews allow.