Broomfield, CO Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)

Municipal Code § 9-36-040, in the noise chapter's trash compaction and collection section, sets two rules for collection trucks: the operation of compactor trucks and the loading and unloading of trash is capped at a maximum of 88 dB(A), and no person may conduct trash, rubbish, or garbage collection activity in a residential district between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day. This is the code's specific standard for waste and recycling collection trucks; it sits alongside the general noise limits of § 9-36-020's Schedule 9-36A, which would otherwise cap residential nighttime sound at 40 dB(A) and daytime at 55 dB(A), and the § 9-36-030 exception for temporary construction and repair noise at 88 dB(A) between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Because § 9-36-040 sets its own hours and its own decibel ceiling, a hauler's compactor truck servicing a residential route before 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. is in violation even if it stays under 88 dB(A), and a truck exceeding 88 dB(A) during permitted hours is separately in violation. Community Development and the Broomfield Police Department, which enforces the noise chapter generally, handle complaints; there is no chapter-specific administrative fine, so enforcement runs through the same municipal court process as other noise violations.