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…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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