Camden County, NJ Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

Section 5.2 lists exemptions from the Table I sound-level limits set out in Article V, and § 5.2(a) covers yard equipment specifically: 'Noise from domestic power tools, lawn mowers, and agricultural equipment when operated with muffler between the hours of 8:00am to 8:00pm on weekdays and 9:00 am to 8:00pm on weekends and legal holidays, provided they produce less than 85 dBA at or within any real property line of residential property' is exempt. That means a gas leaf blower, lawn mower, hedge trimmer or similar tool needs a functioning muffler, must stay under 85 dBA at the nearest residential property line, and can only run legally within the stated hours; run one before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. on a weekday, before 9:00 a.m. on a weekend or holiday, or without a muffler, and the exemption no longer applies.

The device then falls back under § 5.1.2(a)'s standard limits, 65 dBA by day and 50 dBA at night measured at a residential property line, or the matching octave-band ceilings. Section 5.2 exempts several other categories on the same page: snow removal equipment operated with a muffler (§ 5.2(d)), church bells and chimes during religious observances (§ 5.2(b)), mufflered construction equipment (§ 5.2(c), subject to § 6.2.6's separate construction hours), and burglar alarms that shut off within 15 minutes (§ 5.2(f)), so the same hours-plus-muffler-plus-decibel structure runs through the whole exemption list.