Irondequoit, NY Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)

Town of Irondequoit Code § 160-12 is the loading and unloading provision, and it is the closest rule in the Noise Ordinance of the Town of Irondequoit to delivery truck noise. It reads on any vehicle: a person who makes, or permits to be made, excessive noise while loading or unloading a vehicle violates it, as does excessive noise from opening, unloading or destroying bales, boxes, crates and containers. That reaches the driver, the receiving business and anyone who permits the noise.

The section carries no numeric decibel cap and no hours of operation. What counts is whether the noise is excessive. Section 160-3 defines excessive noise as any sound which endangers or injures the safety or health of humans or animals, or annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivity, or endangers or injures personal or real property. Section 160-4B then lists the standards considered: volume, intensity, whether the noise is usual or unusual, background noise, proximity to residential sleeping facilities, the density of inhabitation of the area, the time of day or night, duration, whether the noise is recurrent, intermittent or constant, and whether it comes from a commercial or noncommercial activity. A 6:00 a.m. dock delivery beside homes and a midday delivery on a commercial strip are therefore judged by the same factors, with time of day and proximity to sleeping quarters weighing in.

Other Chapter 160 sections can apply to the same truck. Section 160-8 bars sounding a horn or signaling device on a vehicle except as a danger warning. Section 160-15 covers machinery and equipment that creates excessive noise at the property line between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. Section 160-11 protects schools, churches, courts, hospitals, nursing homes and homes for the aged from noise on adjacent streets and private property. The Chief of Police enforces the chapter under § 160-20.