Evanston, IL Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Covers
- Loading/unloading any vehicle
- Also covers
- Opening boxes, crates, containers
- Standard
- Must use reasonable care
- Prosecuted as
- Public nuisance
Summary
Evanston makes loud, excessive noise from loading or unloading vehicles, or from opening and breaking down boxes and crates, unlawful unless the person takes reasonable care to limit and confine the sound.
The creation within the City of loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading of any vehicle, or the opening or destruction of bales, boxes, crates, containers, or the like, without exercising reasonable care to limit such noise and to confine the same.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 21).
Full Breakdown
Section 9-5-20(A)3 targets delivery and loading noise directly, declaring it unlawful to create loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading any vehicle, or opening or destroying bales, boxes, crates and containers, without exercising reasonable care to limit and confine the noise. The provision sits inside the city's broader vehicle-noise rules and is enforced as a public nuisance under the general noise ordinance, alongside the Section 1-4-1 general penalty.
Violations & Fines
Excessive, uncontained noise from loading, unloading or opening containers is a public-nuisance noise violation carrying the Section 1-4-1 general penalty.
Frequently Asked Questions
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