Concord, NC Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)

Section 30-204(9) is the specific per se violation aimed at delivery and loading-dock noise: it is unlawful to create unreasonably loud and raucous noise in connection with loading or unloading a vehicle at a place of business or residence. ) do, so a delivery truck's noise can violate it at any hour if it is unreasonably loud and raucous. Whether particular loading noise crosses that line draws on the same factors the general prohibition in § 30-203(b) lists: how close the noise is to sleeping facilities or a noise-sensitive area, the zoning and land use of the area, the time of day or night, the duration of the noise, and whether it is recurrent, intermittent or constant, a factor particularly relevant to a delivery truck idling, backing up, or repeatedly slamming a loading door.

than at noon. Enforcement runs through the city manager, chief of police or a designee under § 30-209, who must order the noise stopped and allow a chance to comply before any citation, and complaints go to the Concord Police Department under § 30-208.