Irvington, NJ Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)

,' regardless of how loud a single event is. The subsection names two categories: first, 'the warming up or idling of buses, trucks or tractors,' language that reaches a delivery truck sitting outside a residence with its engine running before a morning route, a moving company's truck idling during an overnight load, or a tractor-trailer parked near homes with its engine on; and second, 'the unnecessary and repeated idling, acceleration and deceleration or starting and stopping of automobiles and motorcycles,' which covers lighter vehicles engaged in the same overnight pattern.

Because the rule turns on proximity to residences and the clock rather than a decibel reading, the Township does not need a sound-level meter to make a case, unlike a claim brought under § 397-3's numeric ceiling. The subsection sits within § 397-2's list of acts already declared 'loud, unnecessary, disturbing and a danger to the health, safety and welfare of the community' in violation of § 397-1, so an idling delivery truck cited under § 397-2M is charged as a violation of the general noise prohibition, and the Code Enforcement Officer or police may bring the complaint under § 397-6. The rule is separate from § 397-2F's exhaust-muffler requirement, which addresses engine noise itself at any hour rather than the overnight-idling pattern.