Brick, NJ Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Brick, NJ, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Quiet hours
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Standard
- plainly audible across property line
- Covers
- radios, TVs, stereos, exterior speakers
- Enforced by
- Brick Township Police Department
- Citation
- Brick Township Code § 281-7B(2)(b)
Summary
Brick Township bars plainly audible radios, TVs, stereos and similar sound devices between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., whether heard across a property line, through a shared wall, or from a parked vehicle or motorboat.
Operating any such device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day in such a manner as to be plainly audible across real property boundaries or through partitions common to two parties within a building or plainly audible at 50 feet from such device when operated within a motor vehicle parked on a public right-of-way or on a public space or within a motorboat.
(3) Exterior loudspeakers; using or operating any mechanical device or loudspeaker in a fixed or movable position exterior to any building or mounted upon any aircraft, motor vehicle or motorboat such that the sound therefrom is plainly audible at or beyond the property boundary of the source or on a public way between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day.
(4) Animals: owning, keeping, possessing or harboring any animal or animals which, by frequent or habitual howling, barking, meowing, squawking or other noisemaking, cause a noise disturbance. The provisions of this section shall also apply to all private or public facilities, including any animal pounds, which hold or treat animals.
(5) Loading operations: loading, unloading, opening or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers, garbage cans or otherwise similar objects between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance.
(6)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4577344; v53 updated 2025-12-09; through 12-09-2025).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 281 of the Brick Township Code sets an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew on sound-reproduction devices. Under § 281-7B(2)(b), running a radio, TV, phonograph, drum or similar device so it is plainly audible across a real property boundary, through a shared partition, or at 50 feet from a device in a parked vehicle or motorboat during those hours violates the chapter. The Township applies the identical 11 p.m.–7 a.m. window to exterior loudspeakers under § 281-7B(3). The Brick Township Police Department enforces the chapter.
Violations & Fines
A violation is summons-eligible on the spot; for non-vehicle sources police may instead issue a 24-hour written notice to abate, and ignoring that notice is itself a separate violation under § 281-5.
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as "plainly audible" in Brick Township?
Do the quiet hours apply to a car stereo?
Sources & Official References
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