Quiet hours in Morris County, NJ — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Morris County sets no quiet-hours rule. New Jersey's Noise Control Act caps residential-property-line sound at 65 dBA during the day (7 a.m.-10 p.m.) and 50 dBA at night (10 p.m.-7 a.m.). Your town enforces it.
New Jersey is a home-rule state: noise is regulated by municipalities, not by Morris County. Every town (Morristown, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Randolph, Denville, Mount Olive, Roxbury) adopts and enforces its own noise ordinance built on the statewide Noise Control Act, N.J.A.C. 7:29. That rule sets a 'nighttime' period of 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., when the continuous-sound cap at a residential property line drops from 65 dBA to 50 dBA. Township of Morris Chapter 345 and Parsippany-Troy Hills Chapter 258 are typical local adoptions. Check your specific municipality's code for exact quiet-hours language and any local curfew on power equipment.
Enforced by the municipal police or code officer under the local noise ordinance and N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.7; penalties are set by each town, commonly fines per offense with escalating amounts for repeat violations.
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