Hammond, IN Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted hours
- 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Governing section
- Hammond Code § 97.21(F)
- First-offense fine
- Not less than $100
- Maximum fine per day
- $2,500
- Enforcing agency
- Air Pollution Control Dept., Police Dept.
Summary
In the City of Hammond, Indiana, loading, unloading or handling boxes, crates, containers and garbage cans between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is a prohibited noise act if it causes a noise disturbance. The Common Council's noise chapter treats overnight freight handling the same as any other disturbing sound violation.
(F) Loading, unloading, opening or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers, garbage cans, containers or other similar objects between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day, in a manner as to cause noise disturbance.
Full Breakdown
21(F), part of the Common Council's noise disturbance chapter, lists loading and unloading activity among the specific acts declared to be prohibited noise. " That means the timing alone is not the violation; the handling has to actually create a noise disturbance as defined elsewhere in the chapter, but any commercial delivery, restaurant supply drop, or dumpster service that clatters pallets or containers during those overnight hours falls squarely within the prohibited-acts list alongside horn honking, loudspeakers and idling trucks over 10,000 pounds. 40, which administers the noise control program and can inspect a noise source with the owner's or occupant's consent. 61 following a show-cause hearing. 20 noise disturbance prohibition. window or keep it quiet enough that it does not carry across a property boundary.
Violations & Fines
A first offense within any 12-month period carries a mandatory fine of not less than $100 under § 97.99; a second violation in that period carries not less than $300, and a third or subsequent violation carries not less than $1,000. The maximum fine for any violation of the noise chapter is $2,500 per day, with each day treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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