Brookhaven, NY Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Weekday curfew
- 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- Pre-holiday curfew
- 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Governing section
- § 50-6B(4)
- Escape hatch
- permit exception
- Standard
- creates noise disturbance across residential line
- Enforcement
- Noise Control Officer
Summary
Brookhaven bans loud loading and unloading work near homes overnight: § 50-6B(4) prohibits handling boxes, containers, garbage cans or bulk materials, or compacting refuse, between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays (10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. before a holiday) when it creates a noise disturbance across a residential line.
loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, liquids, garbage cans, refuse or similar objects or the pneumatic or pumped loading or unloading of bulk materials in liquid, gaseous, powder or pellet form or compacting refuse by persons engaged in the business of scavenging or garbage collection, whether private or municipal, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and the following day when the latter is a weekday and between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day when the latter is on a holiday, except by permit, when the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance across a residential real property line.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4966897; v79 updated 2026-05-28; through 05-28-2026).
Full Breakdown
' That covers a delivery truck's dolly, ramp, box handling and compactor noise at a loading dock as much as a garbage hauler's overnight pickup. The rule has a built-in permit escape hatch, 'except by permit,' letting a business apply to the Town for authorization to run deliveries or waste collection during the restricted hours; the ordinance doesn't attach that permit process to the same fixed fee schedule as the § 50-8 noise variance, so a business should check with the Noise Control Administrator's office about which permit applies.
Absent a permit, the standard is whether the resulting sound creates a 'noise disturbance,' defined in § 50-2 as sound that endangers health or safety, disturbs a reasonable person, or endangers property, across a residential property line, not a fixed decibel reading.
Violations & Fines
A first Chapter 50 conviction carries a fine of $25 to $100, a second $50 to $150, and a third or subsequent conviction $100 to $250 under § 50-9A; each two-hour span of continued violation is a separate offense under § 50-9B.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a delivery truck unload at a store at 5 a.m. on a weekday in Brookhaven?
Are garbage trucks covered by the same curfew?
Can a business get permission to load or collect trash during the restricted hours?
Sources & Official References
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