Quiet hours in Licking County, OH — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
There's no countywide quiet-hours law. Newark caps residential sound at 60 dBA (7 a.m.-10 p.m.) and 50 dBA (10 p.m.-7 a.m.), and bars noise disturbances at any hour. Unincorporated townships lean on state disorderly-conduct law instead.
Newark's noise code (Chapter 634) sets firm limits measured at the property line: 60 dBA daytime, 50 dBA overnight in residential areas, with a flat ban on unreasonable noise disturbances regardless of the decibel reading. Heath, Pataskala, and Granville run similar municipal codes. Ohio townships such as Jersey, Harrison, and Union have no general noise-ordinance power - state law only lets trustees regulate vehicle and engine noise - so in unincorporated areas the Licking County Sheriff enforces the state disorderly-conduct statute. A first Newark offense is a minor misdemeanor, and each day counts as a separate offense.
In Newark, a noise-disturbance violation is a minor misdemeanor on the first offense and a fourth-degree misdemeanor after that, with each day a separate offense. State disorderly conduct carries up to $150.
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