Quiet hours in Egg Harbor Township, NJ — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
New Jersey's state noise code, N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2, caps nighttime sound at 50 dBA at any residential property line from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Every Atlantic County municipality enforces this floor and shore towns set stricter local hours.
Quiet hours across Atlantic County rest on the state noise code, N.J.A.C. 7:29, which New Jersey adopts statewide and lets each town make stricter, never weaker. The code fixes 65 dBA by day and 50 dBA overnight, measured at a residential property line. Atlantic City, Brigantine, Ventnor, Margate, and Galloway adopt the code and add their own nighttime limits on hammering, engines, and boardwalk-area parties. Certified municipal noise officers take readings, and police cite unreasonable racket as disorderly conduct under N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2. The county itself sets no quiet hours; enforcement runs through each municipality.
A municipal noise-ordinance violation draws fines set by local court, and disorderly conduct under N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2 is a petty disorderly persons offense carrying up to $500 and 30 days in jail.
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