Noise from Specific Sources in New Jersey (2026)

Bergenfield bans running blowers, fans, pumps or motors, including air-conditioning systems, compression devices and…

Clifton's noise ordinance names air conditioners among the equipment on a "multi-use property" that can be a source of…

Hackensack's noise ordinance treats a building's own air conditioners and HVAC equipment as a potential sound source…

Air conditioners, boilers and similar fixed equipment in Hamilton are treated as stationary sound sources and must stay…

Hoboken folds HVAC and other outdoor mechanical equipment into its general Noise Control chapter rather than writing a…

Irvington Township Code § 397-2K names air-conditioning systems, compression devices and pool filter systems as…

Jersey City's noise code specifically names air conditioners and HVAC units as sound sources it regulates. Chapter 222…

Lakewood Township bans loud, penetrating or continuous noise from blowers, fans and pumps, expressly naming air…

Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJ, caps air-conditioning and air-handling devices, including heat pumps, at 55 dBA…

In the City of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Section 17.03.225 requires outdoor HVAC units, compressors, heat pumps, pool…

Newark caps air conditioning and air handling equipment, including heat pumps, at 55 dBA measured at a residential…

Old Bridge Township bans running an air conditioner, furnace, heat pump, compressor, condenser, chiller, or cooling…

Paterson's noise ordinance names air conditioners and HVAC units as example stationary sound sources and caps them at…

Piscataway Township Code Section 21-627 requires every outdoor heating, ventilation and air-conditioning unit or…

Woodbridge's noise ordinance names air conditioners as an example device that can push a property into elevated-sound…

City Code § 3-1.10.j makes it unlawful for a Bayonne restaurant, bar, cafe or other commercial establishment to let…

Brick Township caps sound inside bars and nightclubs at 90 dB(A) and requires a hearing-impairment warning sign at the…

In the City of East Orange, a bar or nightclub in the Transit Village District can only operate as a permitted…

Elizabeth's noise control ordinance singles out places of public entertainment, including bars and nightclubs, for a…

Music or other noise from a bar, restaurant or nightclub in Hoboken is unlawful once it exceeds Table IV's limits as…

Jersey City caps the sound level of licensed entertainment instead of leaving it to the general noise code: nightclubs…

Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJ, bars any sound amplifier, instrument, radio, television, phonograph or drum in a…

Newark caps sound from bars, nightclubs, and other places of public entertainment or business under Section 20:3-13h of…

Bars, clubs and other licensed entertainment establishments in Passaic must not let noise become a nuisance. Code of…

Paterson bars any commercial facility, a category that covers bars, clubs and restaurants, from letting sound carry…

In the City of Plainfield, New Jersey, a venue holding a public entertainment license cannot make or permit unnecessary…

Toms River Township treats loud music or amplified sound from any bar, club, or venue that disturbs nearby residents as…

In the Town of West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey, a plenary retail consumption licensee cannot provide any…

Bayonne requires an exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle to shut itself off within 5 minutes of…

Bergenfield requires every exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle to shut itself off within 30 minutes…

Brick Township requires vehicle burglar alarms to shut off within 15 minutes of activation and mandates a visible owner…

Clifton requires every exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle to shut itself off within five minutes of…

In the City of East Orange, City Code Section 184-1B makes it unlawful to sound a horn, alarm or other signal device on…

Edison Township exempts exterior burglar alarms on buildings and motor vehicles from the citywide sound-level table…

A motor vehicle burglar alarm in Elizabeth must shut itself off automatically within ten minutes of sounding; letting…

Hackensack's noise code requires every interior and exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle to shut…

Vehicle and building burglar alarms must silence themselves within 5 minutes of continuous airborne sound or 15 minutes…

Hoboken bars a vehicle audible burglar alarm from running longer than a reasonable time after activation and requires…

In Howell Township, a burglar alarm on a motor vehicle must shut off within five minutes when the sound is continuous…

Jersey City requires every car and building burglar alarm to shut itself off automatically. Under § 222-5.4.F, a…

Building and vehicle burglar alarms in Linden must shut off within five minutes of continuous sound or 15 minutes of…

In Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJ, an exterior burglar alarm on any building or motor vehicle must stop within…

Old Bridge Township requires any exterior burglar alarm on a building or a motor vehicle to shut itself off within five…

In Parsippany-Troy Hills, an exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle must shut off within five minutes…

An exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle in Passaic must shut itself off within 15 minutes of…

Paterson requires every burglar alarm on a building or vehicle to shut off within 5 minutes of continuous sound or 15…

Toms River Township requires any car or building alarm that sounds to shut itself off within 15 minutes of activation…

In Wayne Township, NJ, § 121-9(E) requires every interior and exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle to…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, § 635-6(B)(4) requires an exterior burglar alarm on a building or…

In East Brunswick Township, every interior and exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle must shut off…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, every interior and exterior burglar alarm on a building or motor vehicle must…

The City of New Brunswick, New Jersey prohibits the installation and use of permanent diesel or gasoline powered…

In the City of Bayonne, running a generator or other sound source outdoors is capped at 65 decibels near a residence…

In the City of East Orange, City Code Section 184-1D restricts machinery, equipment, and construction or industrial…

Hamilton Township's noise ordinance bans running any outdoor sound source, generators included, within 100 feet of a…

Long Branch requires any noise-creating blower, power fan or internal combustion engine, including portable generators…

Newark's cannabis ordinance requires outdoor generators and other outside mechanical equipment at licensed cannabis…

Piscataway Township Code Section 21-627(e) sets a separate, tighter rule for home backup generators than for AC units…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, Chapter 121 of the Township Code has no rule written for generators alone. Section 121-7…

Paterson excuses emergency electricity generators at industrial, commercial or community-service facilities from its…

Bergenfield bars loading, unloading or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers or garbage cans between 6:00 p.m…

Brick Township bans loading, unloading or handling boxes, crates and containers loud enough to disturb neighbors…

Cherry Hill Township confines loading, unloading and container-handling noise, the kind delivery trucks generate, to…

In the City of East Orange, City Code Section 184-1E makes it unlawful to create loud and excessive noise while loading…

Edison Township bars noisy loading, unloading, and delivery-truck handling between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays (8…

Delivery trucks and haulers in Elizabeth cannot load, unload or handle boxes, crates, containers or garbage cans in…

Commercial vehicles cannot idle more than three minutes in any Hoboken residential district, and stationary ice cream…

Irvington Township Code § 397-2M bars warming up or idling any bus, truck or tractor in close proximity to residences…

Lakewood Township's noise code specifically outlaws loud and excessive noise from loading or unloading trucks and from…

Long Branch's noise code bars loud or excessive noise from loading or unloading a vehicle, or from opening or…

Section 69-7B(5) of the Monroe Township Code in Middlesex County limits loading and unloading noise between 10:00 p.m…

Newark bans loading, unloading, opening, closing, or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers, building materials…

City Code § 193-13B(4) restricts the hours for loading, unloading and handling boxes, containers, building materials…

Toms River Township bars loading, unloading, or handling crates, containers, and garbage cans between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m…

In the City of Vineland, Noise Code Section 469-6 bars any plainly audible noise from loading or unloading a vehicle…

Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, regulates truck and delivery noise in Chapter 380. Section 380-5 bars…

In the City of Perth Amboy, § 304-10(I) declares the creation of a loud and excessive noise in connection with loading…

Bayonne's noise code defines "plainly audible" sound to specifically include the rhythmic bass component of music, so a…

In Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, § 635-6 bars vehicle music equipment that is plainly audible at a…

Clifton's noise code lets officers cite thumping car-stereo bass without identifying the song: detecting the rhythmic…

East Brunswick Township measures bass-heavy sound from stereos, speakers and instruments with a C-weighted meter inside…

Elizabeth's noise ordinance bans any device that creates ground or structure-borne vibration a person can feel or see…

Hackensack's noise code expressly targets rhythmic bass from amplified music as a form of "plainly audible" sound under…

Hamilton lets its noise officers cite a plainly audible bass beat as proof of a violation on its own, without…

Hoboken polices bass-heavy sound through a plainly audible standard rather than a strict decibel meter reading. City…

Howell Township's noise chapter sets octave band limits that start at the 31.5 Hz and 63 Hz bands, the range where bass…

Jackson Township's noise code defines "plainly audible" sound to specifically include the rhythmic bass component of…

Jersey City measures bass and other low-frequency noise with the 'C'-weighting scale, which is far more sensitive to…

Linden caps how far a portable speaker or a vehicle stereo can carry. Both must stay inaudible past 50 feet by day and…

Old Bridge Township lets officers cite a booming car or portable stereo the moment they can detect its rhythmic bass…

Passaic's noise ordinance targets amplified sound directly: City Code § 193-13B(1) bars operating or playing any radio…

Paterson's noise code lets an officer cite booming bass from a car or speaker as "plainly audible" just by hearing the…

In the City of Vineland, Noise Code Section 469-1 defines "plainly audible" sound as anything detectable by unaided…

In Wayne Township, New Jersey, Wayne Township Code § 121-8 bars operating a sound production device so that sound…

In the Town of West New York, New Jersey, music crossing a property line cannot raise the sound level inside a…

Woodbridge's noise code says a noise control officer can prove a plainly-audible violation from a car stereo simply by…