Quiet hours in Somerville, 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 Somerset County municipality enforces this floor and most set stricter local hours.
Quiet hours across Somerset 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. Bridgewater, Hillsborough, Franklin Township, and Bernards adopt the code and add their own nighttime restrictions on hammering, engines, and 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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