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

Section 24-22(b)(3) of the Craven County noise article lists loading and unloading among the specific acts the county deems unreasonably loud. the following day, whenever doing so causes a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary or within a noise-sensitive zone. That reaches delivery trucks, freight handling and similar overnight dock or driveway activity in or near residential areas. A noise-sensitive zone under Section 24-20 is any area within 200 feet of a school, church, nursing home, hospital or funeral home. The rule turns on the clock and on whether the noise actually crosses onto a residential property or into a sensitive zone; there is no separate decibel standard.

Section 24-23 exempts emergency work, board-permitted activity, domesticated animals and livestock, lawful hunting, and timbering, logging and agricultural activity from the article generally, but none of those exceptions covers routine commercial deliveries. The Sheriff's Office enforces the article under Section 24-21, with authority to inspect with consent or a warrant. § 14-4, in addition to the general penalty fixed in Sections 1-11 and 1-12 of the Code of Ordinances.