Arvada, CO Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted hours
- 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Covered conduct
- Loading/unloading/handling containers
- Standard applied
- Creates a "noise disturbance"
- Penalty route
- Sec. 38-33 imports Sec. 1-5
- Maximum fine
- $2,650.00 per offense
- Enforcing agency
- Arvada Police Department
- Code section
- Arvada City Code § 38-62(5)
Summary
Arvada makes it unlawful to load, unload, or handle boxes, crates, or containers, including garbage containers, in a way that creates a noise disturbance between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., directly covering late-night delivery-truck and loading-dock noise.
(5)Loading operations. Loading, unloading, opening, or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers, garbage containers, or other objects in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: City Council Policy Manual: Supplement 1 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 67).
Full Breakdown
Section 38-62(5) sits among twelve specific unlawful-noise acts enumerated after the chapter's general ban in Section 38-61 on any 'excessive or unusually loud noise' or 'noise disturbance' within city limits. m. Section 38-34 defines a 'noise disturbance' as any sound that 'annoys, disturbs, or perturbs reasonable persons with normal sensitivities' or that 'injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, hearing, peace or safety of other persons,' so the question for enforcement is not decibel level but whether the clatter of pallets, dolly wheels, or dumpster lids during the overnight window rises to that standard.
The restriction reaches retail loading docks, restaurant deliveries, and residential trash pickup alike; it is not limited to commercial zones. 00, up to 364 days in jail, or both, with each day of a continuing violation charged separately under Section 1-5(d). A resident who wants relief calls it in as a noise complaint; Arvada Police Department officers respond and can cite under Section 38-62(5) directly, without needing to take a decibel reading, because the subsection defines the violation by conduct and time window rather than by measured sound level.
Violations & Fines
Handling containers loudly enough to disturb neighbors between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is punished under the general penalty Section 38-33 imports from Section 1-5: a fine up to $2,650.00, up to 364 days in jail, or both, per offense. Section 1-5(d) makes each night of repeated violations a separate offense, so a business with a recurring early-morning delivery schedule can accumulate a new citation every time officers document a disturbance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this cover trash pickup as well as deliveries?
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