Noise Ordinances in North Carolina (2026)

Orange County's unincorporated noise ordinance caps residential sound at 55 dBA daytime and 50 dBA at night. Chapel…

Alamance County bars unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise countywide in the unincorporated area from…

Apex bans plainly audible noise that disturbs neighbors during nighttime hours, defined as 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., covering…

In unincorporated Brunswick County, radios, TVs, musical instruments and similar sound devices cannot be operated so…

Playing a radio, TV, stereo, or musical instrument loud enough to disturb neighbors is banned countywide between 11…

Unincorporated Burke County bars any unreasonably loud or excessive noise at any hour, and treats loud noise made…

Burlington's nighttime noise curfew, City Code § 22-72(a)(1), bars playing a radio, phonograph or musical instrument…

Unincorporated Carteret County's noise ordinance restricts loud, disturbing noise most heavily between 11:00 p.m. and…

Catawba County's noise ordinance sets an 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. quiet period during which firearm discharge and garage…

The Town of Chapel Hill bars unreasonably loud noise 'particularly during nighttime' under Town Code § 11-39.1(a), with…

Charlotte bars front-end loaders, garage machinery, construction equipment and lawn tools from running between 9:00…

Concord bars yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing in residential and noise-sensitive areas, and in public…

Unincorporated Craven County enforces a general 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. quiet-hours scheme under Section 24-22. Noise…

Durham sets two overlapping nighttime noise rules in City Code § 26-23. Playing a radio or instrument so it disturbs…

Durham County bans any 'unreasonably loud and disturbing noise' under Code Sec. 14-26, a general nuisance standard…

Beyond its decibel table, Fayetteville separately bans any unreasonably loud, disturbing noise within 100 yards of an…

Forsyth County's "Loud and disturbing noise" ordinance singles out the hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., when…

Gastonia bans running garage or service station machinery between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in residential zones or…

Between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., unincorporated Granville County bars loud or offensive noise from a garage or filling…

Greensboro bars outdoor sound amplification, amplified instruments or sound reproduction devices between 11:00 p.m. and…

Greenville's residential sound limit drops from 60 dB(A) to 55 dB(A) every night at 11 p.m., staying lower until 7 a.m…

In unincorporated Guilford County, NC, noise ordinance Sec. 11-8 bans unreasonably loud, disturbing, annoying or…

Harnett County caps continuous sound at 55 decibels near residential property between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., down…

Playing a radio, TV, stereo or instrument audible 30 feet or more from a dwelling's property line, especially between…

Iredell County bars garages, filling stations, factories, stores and similar businesses from operating between 9:00…

Campers in Lee County's parks must observe quiet hours between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Sec. 18-35(d)(11), and…

Unincorporated Pender County runs a nighttime noise curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. under Code Sec. 24-44(4)…

Pitt County's Noise Ordinance sets a 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. quiet window for residential areas: Section 3(B)(5) bars…

Raleigh defines 'nighttime hours' as 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and bars playing a radio, TV, stereo, tape deck or musical…

Rockingham County bans loud stereos, radios, and firearms noise between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. that disturbs residents'…

Rowan County's Noise Ordinance bars unreasonably loud or unnecessary noise in the unincorporated county between 10:00…

Shelby limits amplified sound to 50 dB(A) overnight (9 p.m.-9 a.m.), down from 60 dB(A) by day, and caps residential…

Wake County Code §92.05(L) bans operating or maintaining any garage or filling station in a residential district so as…

Garbage, recyclable, and yard-waste collection, plus outdoor lawn mowers and other domestic power tools, are barred…

Winston-Salem bans loud yard and garage equipment, front-end loaders, garage machinery, lawn mowers and gas-powered…

Alamance County bars building erection, demolition, alteration or repair noise in residential areas between 8:00 p.m…

Apex bars construction noise in residential and business districts on weekday evenings, most of Saturday, and all…

Asheville limits permitted construction activity to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, absent an…

Brunswick County bans plainly audible construction or demolition noise in the unincorporated county between 7:00 p.m…

Building work that generates noise, including excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair, is barred in residential…

In unincorporated Burke County, loud construction noise, including excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair of a…

Burlington bans construction machinery, from bulldozers to pneumatic tools, between 10:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. in…

The Town of Cary exempts construction work and machinery from its noise ordinance only Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-6 p.m., and…

Catawba County bars most building construction and demolition noise outside 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and…

In the Town of Chapel Hill, Town Code § 11-40(b) exempts permitted construction operations from the noise article only…

Charlotte bars construction machinery, including bulldozers, jackhammers, pile drivers and air compressors, from…

Chatham County exempts construction noise from its noise ordinance only during set hours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays…

Concord bars unreasonably loud and raucous construction, demolition or street-excavation noise outside 7 a.m. to 7 p.m…

Unincorporated Craven County bars construction and demolition tools between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when the noise…

Unincorporated Cumberland County bars construction, drilling, repair or demolition tools between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. on…

Erecting, demolishing, altering, repairing, or exterior-cleaning a building in a residential or business district in…

Durham County bars erecting, demolishing, altering or repairing a building in a residential or business district…

Fayetteville shuts down construction and demolition tool noise from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. on weekdays and 9 p.m. to 9 a.m…

Neither Forsyth County's Sec. 15-1 nor Winston-Salem's Chapter 46 sets a numeric construction-hours window. Instead…

Gastonia limits excavation, building erection, demolition and repair work in non-commercial and non-industrial areas to…

Building, demolishing, altering, or excavating in a residential or business district in unincorporated Granville County…

Greensboro bars construction noise in residential districts between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., and in all other districts…

Construction operations with a building permit, or work that doesn't need one, are exempt from Greenville's noise…

Guilford County's general noise ordinance treats government street construction as exempt from its 'unreasonably loud'…

Construction noise in unincorporated Harnett County is barred between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in residential areas, and…

High Point bars construction noise, building erection, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair, between 6 p.m. and…

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, construction within 200 feet of a residential dwelling may only run during…

Construction, agricultural, lawn care and vehicle or boat repair equipment may not run before 7:00 a.m. or after 8:00…

Construction work in unincorporated Moore County, including excavation, demolition, alteration and repair, is barred…

Sec. 23-34(b) bars operating construction machinery, chainsaws and garage machinery between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m…

In unincorporated Pender County, construction or demolition noise that is plainly audible on a neighboring property or…

Raleigh bars construction noise, erecting, demolishing, altering or repairing any building or structure, outside 7:00…

Building work counts as unlawful noise at night: no erection, demolition, alteration or repair between 8 p.m. and 6…

Rose Hill limits building erection, demolition, alteration, and repair work, including excavation, in residential and…

Construction work in unincorporated Sampson County is exempt from the noise ordinance only between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. on…

Construction work and machinery in Shelby are only exempt from the noise ordinance on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m…

Surry County bars erecting, excavating, demolishing, altering or repairing a building between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. in…

Union County exempts construction noise from its nuisance-noise ordinance only between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on…

Wake County Code §92.04(A)(3) permits construction equipment to operate only during DAYTIME HOURS (7 a.m. - 11 p.m.) in…

In unincorporated Wayne County, § 30-148(e) bars construction, excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair work in a…

Construction activity in residential or downtown areas is barred from midnight to 7:00 a.m., and all day on New Year's…

Alamance County makes it unlawful for a dog's keeper or custodian to let it bark, whine, or howl for a protracted…

Apex Town Code makes it unlawful to keep an animal or bird whose frequent or long continued noise disturbs the comfort…

Asheville treats continual or repeated dog barking that disturbs a reasonably prudent neighbor as a public nuisance…

Brunswick County treats a dog that barks nonstop for five minutes, or intermittently for ten, between 11:00 p.m. and…

Keeping any animal or bird that, by frequent or long-continued noise, disturbs the comfort and repose of neighbors is a…

Burke County Animal Services can cite a dog owner in unincorporated Burke County whose dog habitually or repeatedly…

Burlington makes it unlawful for a barking or noisy animal to disturb neighbors for more than fifteen minutes in any…

Unincorporated Carteret County makes it unlawful to keep a dog or other animal that habitually barks, whines or howls…

In the Town of Cary, Wake County, North Carolina, a dog's barking becomes a nuisance once it continues more than 15…

Catawba County outlaws keeping any animal or bird that causes frequent, habitual, repeated or excessive noise under…

Chapel Hill declares a habitually noisy animal a public nuisance. Section 4-14(1) covers any animal that habitually and…

Unincorporated Chatham County treats habitual barking, whining or howling that disturbs a neighbor's use of their…

In unincorporated Cleveland County, an owner cannot let an animal run at large so that it habitually disturbs or annoys…

Sec. 9.5-29 makes it unlawful in unincorporated Cumberland County to let a dog bark continuously for 10 minutes or…

Keeping an animal or bird that causes frequent or long-continued noise disturbing a neighbor's comfort and repose is…

Durham County treats a barking, roaming or otherwise disruptive animal as a nuisance under Sec. 4-136, which bars any…

Forsyth County Code Sec. 15-1 lists keeping any animal whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a reasonable…

Under Franklin County's Noise Ordinance, keeping any animal, other than livestock or poultry, that causes frequent or…

A dog that disturbs neighbors with continued or repeated howling, yelping or barking is a nuisance animal under Code of…

Keeping a dog, bird, or other animal that causes frequent or long-continued noise disturbing a neighbor's comfort and…

Letting a dog or other animal bark, whine, howl, crow or cackle in a 'long-continued or frequent fashion' that…

Greenville's nuisance-noise ordinance makes it unlawful to keep an animal or fowl that disturbs neighbors through…

Guilford County's noise ordinance lists a dog or bird whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a neighbor's…

Harnett County treats a barking dog or noisy pet as a Chapter 92 noise violation, not just an animal-control matter: §…

High Point treats a barking dog or noisy bird as an unlawful "disturbing" noise if it causes frequent or long continued…

Iredell County treats a pet whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a reasonable person's comfort or repose as…

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, keeping any animal or bird whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs…

A dog or other animal that barks or makes noise frequently or continuously enough to disturb neighbors violates section…

Kill Devil Hills' noise ordinance singles out animal noise: keeping an animal that causes frequent or long continued…

Unincorporated Lee County treats a barking or howling animal as a public nuisance under Sec. 4-40(a)(4) once the noise…

A barking dog in unincorporated Lincoln County is not handled by Animal Services: § 92.09(B)(3) of the county's Animal…

In the City of Mebane, North Carolina, letting a dog bark, whine or howl for a protracted period so it seriously annoys…

Habitual barking, howling or whining that unreasonably disturbs neighbors is a nuisance under Moore County's animal…

Sec. 23-37 makes it unlawful to own, keep or harbor a dog, other animal or bird that, by frequent or habitual howling…

Onslow County treats a dog or other animal whose frequent or long-continued noise disturbs a neighbor's comfort and…

Pitt County treats a barking dog or noisy bird as a Section 3(B)(6) violation once it makes 'frequent and long…

Raleigh prohibits keeping any animal or fowl that, by habitual or frequent barking, howling, crying, squawking, or…

Rockingham County treats a dog or bird whose frequent, long noise disturbs neighbors as an unreasonably loud noise…

Rose Hill classifies a barking dog as a nuisance animal when the noise runs more than 15 minutes in any 30-minute…

In unincorporated Rutherford County, a dog whose frequent howling, yelping or barking disturbs the neighborhood is…

Unincorporated Sampson County bars keeping any pet, other than farm livestock, that habitually howls, yelps or barks…

Shelby declares habitual dog barking that seriously annoys neighbors a public nuisance, enforceable by abatement…

Surry County treats a dog, other animal or bird that howls, yelps or barks frequently or habitually as a loud and…

Union County treats a dog that barks, whines or howls "in an excessive or continuous fashion" so as to seriously annoy…

Wake County Code §92.05(O) makes it unlawful to keep any bird, livestock or other animal that, by causing frequent or…

Keeping an animal or bird that frequently or for long periods makes noise that would disturb a reasonable person is a…

Winston-Salem treats dogs that bark, howl, or whine for 15+ minutes and seriously annoy neighbors as a nuisance. Police…

Charlotte bans keeping any dog, other animal or bird that habitually howls, yelps or barks so as to seriously annoy a…

Concord bans unreasonably loud and raucous noise from any animal or bird whose owner or caretaker lets it continue…

In unincorporated Wayne County, § 30-148(d) makes it unlawful to keep any animal or bird in a manner that causes…

In unincorporated Brunswick County, leaf blowers, lawnmowers and other lawn care equipment cannot be run so that the…

Buncombe County has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Blowers and power fans fall under the general noise rule: they…

Burlington bans lawn mowers and other domestic power tools used outdoors, including gas leaf blowers, between 10:00…

Catawba County bars running lawn mowers or other power-operated domestic tools, including leaf blowers, outdoors…

Chapel Hill's Sec. 11-40.1 sets clock and decibel limits for leaf blowers, lawn mowers and other motorized landscape…

Charlotte bans running lawn mowers and other domestic power tools outdoors, a category that reaches leaf blowers…

Concord restricts internal-combustion power blowers, including gas leaf blowers, in residential and noise-sensitive…

Unincorporated Craven County treats leaf blowers, lawn mowers and other domestic power tools like saws, sanders, drills…

Unincorporated Cumberland County treats leaf blowers as domestic power tools: no outdoor use between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m…

Forsyth County and Winston-Salem set no leaf-blower-specific decibel or model ban. Winston-Salem Code Sec. 46-5 does…

Gastonia bars running lawn mowers or other power-operated domestic tools, which covers leaf blowers, outdoors between…

Guilford County has no leaf-blower-specific ban or hour rule. A gas leaf blower is judged under the general Sec. 11-8…

Unincorporated Lee County bars running a mechanically powered saw, drill, grinder, or lawn or garden tool such as a…

Raleigh's noise code exempts 'lawn care equipment and agricultural field equipment used during the daytime hours' from…

Lawn mowers, leaf blowers and other landscape maintenance equipment in unincorporated Sampson County may run only…

Shelby limits lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and other landscaping equipment to 7:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00…

Unincorporated Union County only exempts leaf blowers and other landscape maintenance equipment from its noise…

Winston-Salem bars gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers and other gas-powered yard tools outdoors between 10:00…

Greensboro exempts mowers, tillers, leaf blowers, edgers and weed eaters from its noise article only between 7:00 a.m…

Moore County's noise ordinance exempts lawn care equipment, including leaf blowers, only between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00…

Surry County's noise ordinance exempts lawn mowers and landscape maintenance equipment, including leaf blowers, from…

Fayetteville sets no leaf blower ban, fuel restriction, or equipment decibel rating. Blowers fall under the domestic…

Wake County Code §92.04(A)(2) exempts lawn care equipment and agricultural activities from the noise pollution…

Amplified music must meet the applicable noise ordinance's decibel limits. Chapel Hill tightly polices amplified party…

Amplified outdoor sound on Apex, NC public property, streets, sidewalks, public vehicular areas, beyond set noise…

Asheville bars aiming amplified sound at neighboring properties to attract attention to a business or event, and bans…

Buncombe County bans commercial loudspeakers and amplifiers outright and caps noncommercial use so a speaker's voice…

Operating a radio, amplifier, or mechanical musical instrument in Durham so its sound is 'cast directly upon the public…

Gastonia bars sound amplification devices, TVs and musical instruments that unreasonably disturb residential quiet or…

Mounting a loudspeaker or amplifier on a truck for advertising in unincorporated Granville County requires a sheriff's…

Greenville requires an outdoor amplified sound permit before any live band, DJ or sound system can play outdoors…

Harnett County bans commercial loudspeaker and amplifier advertising outright and caps non-commercial amplified speech…

Unincorporated Lee County bans outdoor use of loudspeakers, loudspeaker systems or other noise-amplification devices in…

Using a loudspeaker, drum or sound-amplifying device to attract attention to a show, sale or business in unincorporated…

Rose Hill bans radios, amplifiers, phonographs, and loudspeakers played loud enough to annoy or disturb reasonable…

Amplified sound equipment used on Winston-Salem streets, sidewalks, parks or other public areas needs a city permit, is…

Alamance County outright bans mechanical loudspeakers or amplifiers on trucks or vehicles for advertising or other…

Brunswick County bars loudspeakers, public address systems, mobile sound trucks, and similar amplified sound equipment…

Unincorporated Burke County singles out amplified sound equipment, from stereos and radios to outdoor concert speakers…

In the City of Burlington, North Carolina, § 22-68 caps amplified or mechanically produced sound measured at the…

In unincorporated Carteret County, playing a radio, stereo or other sound equipment loud enough to annoy or disturb…

Outside bars, advertising and public rights-of-way, the Town of Cary caps other amplified sound equipment at 60 dB(A)…

Catawba County bars playing sound amplification devices, TVs or musical instruments loudly enough to unreasonably…

In the Town of Chapel Hill, sound amplification equipment, televisions and musical instruments are listed nuisance…

Concord bans radios, stereos, and similar devices that stay plainly audible 30 feet away in a residential area, or 50…

Craven County Code § 24-22(b)(1)-(2) bars operating radios, musical instruments, sound amplifiers or loudspeakers…

In unincorporated Cumberland County, radios, TVs, instruments and loudspeakers cannot create excessive noise across a…

Fayetteville bans radios, tape players, and loudspeakers on public streets, sidewalks, parks, and parking lots, plus…

Forsyth County Code Sec. 15-1 prohibits playing any radio, instrument or amplifying equipment at a volume that disturbs…

Franklin County's noise ordinance singles out sound-amplifying devices: Sec. 14-58(b)(3) bans playing a radio, TV…

Playing a radio, amplifier, loud speaker or musical instrument loudly enough to disturb neighboring inhabitants is a…

Greensboro bans outdoor amplified sound, including amplified instruments and speakers, from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m…

Outdoor music in unincorporated Guilford County falls under Sec. 11-8. Using a loudspeaker to attract attention to a…

High Point caps amplified sound from commercial and entertainment venues at audible-beyond-30-feet between 2 a.m. and 7…

Iredell County bans playing a radio, jukebox, amplifier or musical instrument loud enough to annoy or disturb anyone's…

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, Sec. 15-55 caps amplified sound at 70 dB in residential areas from 9:00…

Playing a radio, TV, record player, musical instrument or any sound-amplifying device loudly enough to disturb…

Kill Devil Hills bans playing a television, musical instrument or other electronic sound amplification system loud…

In Mebane, amplified sound is judged by disturbance rather than a decibel meter. City Code § 14-125(7) bans speaking…

Amplifying or intensifying the human voice or any other sound so that it annoys or disturbs reasonable persons of…

New Hanover County Code Sec. 23-34(b)(5) bars playing any sound-magnifying device, radio, television, phonograph…

Onslow County bans playing a radio, phonograph or musical instrument loud enough to disturb the quiet, comfort or…

Unincorporated Pender County bars anyone from running a loudspeaker, public address system, or mobile sound truck loud…

Pitt County bans playing a radio, phonograph, amplified sound device, television or musical instrument at a volume that…

Commercial establishments running amplified music outdoors, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, venues, face hard decibel…

Rockingham County Code § 18-36(b)(2) makes it unlawful to play a radio, television, stereo, musical instrument, or…

Rowan County bars playing radios, stereos or other amplified sound equipment loudly enough to annoy or disturb the…

Unincorporated Sampson County bans operating a TV, radio, stereo or any sound-amplifying equipment loud enough to…

Shelby caps amplified sound equipment at set decibel levels by time of day, with tighter limits overnight and near…

Playing a radio, TV, instrument or amplifier loudly enough to disturb a neighbor, especially between 11 p.m. and 7…

Union County bans any radio, stereo, CD player or other sound amplification device, whether operated by a pedestrian or…

Wake County Code §92.03(A)(2) makes it unlawful to play any radio, music player, television, audio system or musical…

In unincorporated Wayne County, § 30-148(c) bars playing a radio, stereo, or other sound-amplifying device loudly…

City Code Sec. 6-30(e) makes it a noise violation to intentionally project sound from a drum, loudspeaker, or music…

Property inside Concord's Airport Overlay District near Concord Regional Airport carries a mandatory noise disclosure…

New homes inside Durham's Airport Overlay near Raleigh-Durham International must keep interior aircraft noise at or…

Fayetteville's code flatly prohibits unnecessary noise by aircraft operators under City Code § 3-9. The rule sits in…

Forsyth County and Winston-Salem set no local decibel limit on aircraft; aircraft noise and operations are regulated…

Granville County has no decibel-based aircraft noise ordinance; instead the Land Development Code manages aircraft…

Piedmont Triad Airport (GSO) has a FAA Part 150 program with sound insulation for homes in the 65 DNL contour. Noise…

Harnett County's Military Corridor Overlay District regulates land use, not decibels, inside the Pope Army Airfield…

Land near the Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport falls under an Airport Overlay District that rates every land use for…

Moore County's airport ordinance imposes a noise curfew on aircraft using the county airport in unincorporated Moore…

Anyone selling or leasing property inside the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone around Marine Corps Air Station…

Asheville exempts aircraft noise entirely from its municipal noise ordinance. Sec. 10-86(9) excepts "sound emanating…

Brunswick County's noise ordinance expressly exempts normal aircraft and airport noise from every quiet-hours and…

In the City of Burlington, North Carolina, the city's noise ordinance carves out an exception for properly equipped…

The Town of Cary, Wake County, North Carolina, exempts all noises from the normal operations of properly equipped…

Chapel Hill's noise ordinance carves aircraft out of its own limits: Code of Ordinances Sec. 11-40(g) exempts all noise…

Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), an American Airlines hub, generates significant aircraft noise over west…

Cumberland County's noise ordinance carves aircraft entirely out of its rules: normal aircraft operations, including…

Franklin County's Noise Ordinance does not restrict aircraft noise: section 14-59(5) exempts all noise from the normal…

Greenville's noise ordinance does not regulate aircraft noise. City Code Section 12-5-6(G) exempts all noise from the…

Guilford County's noise ordinance does not reach aircraft. Sec. 11-8(d)(4) exempts 'noise originating from aircraft or…

Aircraft noise is preempted by the FAA and not subject to Huntersville Chapter 92. Charlotte Douglas International…

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, Sec. 15-60 exempts 'noise of aircraft flight operations' from the noise…

Unincorporated Sampson County's noise ordinance exempts all noise from the normal operation of properly equipped…

Shelby's noise ordinance exempts all noise from normal aircraft operations, including helicopters, from its…

Unincorporated Union County's noise ordinance doesn't touch aircraft. Section 26-21(12) exempts 'noise created by any…

Unincorporated Wayne County's noise ordinance exempts aircraft noise outright: County Code § 30-149(5) excuses noise…

Smith Reynolds (INT) and Piedmont Triad (GSO) aircraft noise is federally preempted under 49 U.S.C. 40103…

Apex bans emission of unreasonably loud sound from any source under Town Code § 14-31, but exempts light-industrial and…

Asheville caps outdoor sound at 72 dBA daytime and 67 dBA nighttime in the Central Business District, 65/57 dBA in…

Buncombe County's noise ordinance sets no numeric decibel limit. Instead it prohibits any 'unreasonably loud…

Race shops and race team complexes permitted by special use in Cabarrus County's Agricultural/Open district must keep…

Cary's noise code makes it unlawful to create sound exceeding 60 dB(A) affecting another occupied residential…

Chapel Hill's Noise Control Code sets numeric decibel ceilings at the property boundary: 50 dBA daytime and 45 dBA…

Charlotte's noise ordinance sets hard decibel ceilings for amplified sound: 55 db(A) during the day and 50 db(A) at…

Unincorporated Chatham County caps noise at 60 decibels at the receiving property without a permit, under County Code §…

Concord's noise ordinance sets no decibel-meter threshold; instead § 30-204(5) bars radios, stereos and musical…

Durham caps mechanically or electronically amplified sound measured at the property line at 50 dB(A) overnight (11:00…

Fayetteville caps sound at the property boundary under Sec. 17-10: residential and public space gets 60 dB by day and…

Forsyth County measures noise by distance, not decibels: Code Sec. 15-1(c) makes it unlawful to play a radio, tape…

Code of Ordinances § 8-2 sets numeric maximum sound-pressure levels by octave band across residential, commercial and…

In unincorporated Granville County, continuous noise radiated from any facility or operation cannot exceed 65 DNL…

Greensboro presumes a noise disturbance when sound at a residential property boundary exceeds 70 dB(C) from 7:00 a.m…

Greenville caps outdoor sound at the property line using Table 1 of § 12-5-4: 60 dB(A) by day and 55 dB(A) at night in…

Guilford County's noise ordinance, Code Sec. 11-8, does not set a decibel-meter threshold; instead it bans any…

Harnett County sets numeric decibel ceilings by land use in § 92.29: continuous residential sound is capped at 60 dB(A)…

Johnston County has no blanket citywide decibel cap; its everyday noise rule bans only "unreasonably loud or…

Kill Devil Hills sets numeric decibel caps by zoning district and time of day under Town Code § 130.02(C). Residential…

Nash County's only numeric decibel standard applies to junkyards and salvage operations under Nash County Code Sec…

New Hanover County caps ambient-combined sound at 75 decibels in nonresidential zones and 65 decibels in residential…

Pitt County's Noise Ordinance caps sound at the receiving property line using Table I, a grid of maximum decibel levels…

County law bans unmuffled blower, fan, and engine noise from disturbing neighbors, folding commercial and industrial…

Rowan County zoning caps noise from mining and manufacturing operations, plus similar special-use industrial and…

In Shelby, non-amplified noise from a business, industrial, or commercial source that reaches an occupied home may not…

In unincorporated Union County, an outdoor entertainment or spectator-sports use sited less than 200 feet (minor) or…

Wake County Code §92.05(H), (I), and (L) target industrial and commercial noise: construction over 1,000 ft from…

Unincorporated Wayne County caps noise at 90 decibels under County Code § 30-150: continuous sound cannot exceed 90db…

City Code Sec. 6-33 sets maximum sound levels by zone and time of day: 75 dB(A) daytime and 65 dB(A) overnight…

Alamance County's noise ordinance bans vehicles so out of repair, loaded or operated that they create grating, grinding…

Apex bans car stereos, radios, or other sound systems audible from 50 feet on public streets or at a private residence…

Asheville bans operating any motor vehicle with a non-functional or missing muffler-exhaust system, and using unmuffled…

Brunswick County bans motor vehicle and motorcycle exhaust or mechanical noise that carries 200 feet or more, and car…

In unincorporated Buncombe County, running a vehicle so out of repair or loaded that it makes loud grating, rattling…

Unincorporated Burke County bans unnecessary or unreasonably loud horn use and treats any automobile, motorcycle, or…

Burlington bars motor-vehicle noise under City Code § 22-69: car stereos audible more than 30 feet away, tampered…

In unincorporated Carteret County, running a car, motorcycle or other vehicle so out of repair or overloaded that it…

Cary Code § 22-108 makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle in town with unreasonably loud and disturbing noise, or…

Catawba County bans unnecessary horn use, driving without a proper muffler, tire-screeching or engine-racing, and loud…

In the Town of Chapel Hill, Town Code § 11-39.1(a)(7) bars operating a vehicle without a working manufacturer muffler…

Charlotte bans driving with a removed or broken muffler or noise-control system that creates unreasonably loud…

Chatham County exempts motor vehicle noise from its noise ordinance only when the vehicle runs its manufacturer's…

Concord's noise ordinance separately caps vehicle horns and engine compression brakes. Section 30-204(2) bars sounding…

Modified exhaust, excessive engine revving, car stereos audible beyond 25 feet, and squealing tires are prohibited…

Unincorporated Craven County bars operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle or motorboat with a defective or modified…

Unincorporated Cumberland County caps motor vehicle noise by weight class and speed, from 76 dB(A) for cars up to 95…

Durham bans vehicles so out of repair that they grate, grind or rattle, and requires motor vehicle exhaust to run…

Fayetteville caps motor vehicle noise by weight class and posted speed: heavy trucks over 10,000 pounds are held to…

Forsyth County Code Sec. 15-1 bans playing a radio or amplifier in a vehicle on public right-of-way loud enough to be…

Franklin County's Noise Ordinance treats an unnecessary car horn and a vehicle that rattles, grinds or grates from…

Excessive horn use, unmuffled exhaust and defective, rattling vehicles are all separately banned nuisance noises under…

Gastonia bans driving without a working muffler, unnecessary horn use, tire-screeching or engine-racing, and operating…

Sounding a vehicle horn without a traffic-safety reason, driving an automobile or motorcycle so out of repair that it…

Greensboro bans car stereos audible 30 feet away, racing engines or spinning tires, and unmuffled engines under City…

City Code Section 12-5-9 bans driving any vehicle whose sound level exceeds the dB(A) ceilings in Table 3, which vary…

Guilford County Code Sec. 11-8 bans loud car stereos, blaring horns, screeching tires and defective exhaust. A vehicle…

Harnett County bans operating a vehicle so out of repair, modified, loaded or driven that it creates loud grating…

Modified exhaust, loud car stereos, and engine revving are regulated under Huntersville Chapter 92 and NCGS 20-128…

Iredell County bans running a car, motorcycle or boat so out of repair, overloaded or operated as to create loud…

In the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, every motor vehicle, boat motor or engine has to run through a working…

Driving an automobile, motorcycle, ATV or any motor vehicle that is out of repair, modified from factory settings, or…

Kill Devil Hills bars operating a motor vehicle or motor boat with a defective or removed muffler, spinning tires or…

Playing a radio, tape or CD player in a motor vehicle on a public street or lot in unincorporated Lee County is a…

Vehicle noise in Matthews is regulated under state law N.C.G.S. 20-128 requiring functional mufflers, plus local…

In the City of Mebane, North Carolina, city code declares it unlawful to operate a car, motorcycle, dirt bike, go-cart…

Moore County bars vehicle horns sounded more than 30 seconds and vehicles running without proper mufflers or…

In unincorporated Nash County, a vehicle stereo audible more than 60 feet away, unreasonable horn use, and a vehicle…

Sec. 23-38 bans operating or allowing the operation of any motor vehicle in the county whose muffler-exhaust or other…

Onslow County bars sounding a vehicle horn while parked except as a danger signal, and bars driving a vehicle so out of…

Excessive mechanical, exhaust or sound-amplifying noise from a motor vehicle or motorcycle is barred in unincorporated…

Pitt County bans sounding a vehicle horn or signal device except as a danger signal, and prohibits any horn or signal…

Raleigh bans driving a vehicle so out of repair, overloaded or modified that it's plainly audible 50 feet away making…

Rockingham County Code Sec. 18-36 treats noisy vehicles and unmuffled exhaust as unreasonably loud noise. Paragraph…

Rose Hill's noise ordinance names an out-of-repair or overloaded vehicle that grates, grinds, or rattles, and an…

Unincorporated Sampson County bars sounding a vehicle horn for anything but a danger signal and bars driving with…

Shelby's Sec. 16-37 makes it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle in the city with unreasonably loud and disturbing…

Surry County's noise chapter bans operating any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle so out of repair, overloaded or…

Union County bars sounding a car horn, whistle or signal device "so as to create any unreasonable, loud or harsh sound"…

Wake County Code §92.05(B), (C), (F) prohibits vehicle exhaust noise from out-of-repair or modified vehicles…

In unincorporated Wayne County, § 30-148(b) bars sounding a vehicle horn, signal device, or siren so as to create an…

Sounding a vehicle horn for an unnecessary or unreasonable period, running a non-emergency siren, or driving without a…

Car audio audible 50+ feet from a vehicle violates Winston-Salem noise code. Exhausts louder than stock are prohibited…