Anaheim, CA Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)

Anaheim's zoning code doesn't set a citywide delivery-truck noise curfew. Instead, the rule lives inside the use-classification standards of Title 18 (Zoning), attached as a condition of approval to two specific use types. Anaheim Municipal Code Sec. 18.38.110 governs Convenience Stores, and subsection .170 states: "For properties with delivery areas adjacent to residential zones or residential land uses, delivery trucks shall turn off their engines during non-permitted hours of delivery. The authorized delivery hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m." The identical requirement is repeated word for word at Sec. 18.38.115.0105 for Commercial Centers, so any convenience store or shopping center adjacent to a residential zone or residential land use carries the same engine shut-off obligation outside the 12-hour delivery window.

Because these are use-classification standards rather than a general nuisance ordinance, they attach automatically to any convenience store or commercial center permitted under Chapter 18.38, whether approved administratively or through a conditional use permit. The Planning Department reviews site and loading plans against these standards before occupancy, and the Community Preservation Division within Planning is the division the same chapter names for related operational compliance (see Sec. 18.38.110.140-.150). A truck idling in a loading area adjacent to homes before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. is out of compliance with the permit under which the business operates, independent of any measured decibel level. There's no exception in the text for early-morning restocking or late deliveries: the hours are fixed at 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. regardless of the goods being delivered or the size of the truck.