Huntington Park, CA Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)

Huntington Park regulates the noise of delivery work through its loading and unloading rule, item 2 of § 9-3.507 in Article 5, Noise Standards, of the Zoning Code (Ordinance 666-NS, effective September 15, 2001). The code never says the word truck in that provision. It regulates what delivery crews and haulers actually do: the loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans or similar objects. The forbidden window runs from 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., and the trigger is handling in a manner which would cause a noise disturbance to a residential area. There is no decibel reading in this item, so the test is whether the activity disturbs homes.

That qualifier matters for a business next to housing in the City of Huntington Park. A dock operation that is audible in a residential area during the window is covered, and so is the slamming of dumpster lids and the dragging of crates. The factors in § 9-3.505 apply when the City decides whether a violation exists: the loudness of the noise, its proximity to residential sleeping facilities, the time of day or night, its duration, and whether it is recurrent, intermittent or continuous.

Related items in the same section cover the rest of a delivery site. Item 3 bars vehicle repair and testing in the same 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. window within or adjacent to any residential area. Item 4 bars parking area and landscape maintenance in that window, naming mechanical sweeping, mechanical grass cutting and mechanical blowing, when it would cause a noise disturbance to a residential area. The general prohibition in § 9-3.504 also reaches any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that disturbs the peace or quiet of any neighborhood.