Kirkwood, MO Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Delivery noise standard
- No loud or excessive noise, § 17-70(i)
- Trash pickup weekday hours barred
- 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- Trash pickup weekend hours barred
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Base offense
- § 17-69 disturbing noises prohibited
- Penalty
- $5-$1,000 fine or up to 3 months jail
Summary
Kirkwood bars loud and excessive noise from loading or unloading vehicles, deliveries or opening crates and boxes, and separately keeps sanitation trucks off residential routes between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays and 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekends.
(i) Loading, unloading, opening boxes. The creation of a loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading any vehicles, the delivery of goods or services, or the opening or destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers. ... (s) Trash/sanitation services. The pickup, servicing, loading, dumping, unloading of any sanitation receptacle by a vehicle between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Full Breakdown
Section 17-70(i) of the Kirkwood Code names loading, unloading and opening boxes as conduct that violates the general disturbing-noises ban in Section 17-69, covering the creation of a loud and excessive noise connected with loading or unloading vehicles, the delivery of goods or services, or the opening or destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers. outside a residence even absent a specific curfew. on Saturdays and Sundays. Together the two subsections give Kirkwood residents two separate hooks for early-morning or late-night vehicle noise from commercial deliveries and waste collection.
Chapter 17 assigns no specific fine to either subsection, so a violation is punished under the Code's general penalty at Section 1-14: a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment up to three months, or both, with continuing conduct chargeable day by day.
Violations & Fines
A delivery driver or hauler creating loud, excessive noise while loading, unloading or opening containers is cited under Section 17-70(i); a sanitation truck working the hours barred by Section 17-70(s) is cited separately. Both fall under Chapter 17's general penalty, Section 1-14: a fine of $5 to $1,000, up to three months in jail, or both.
Frequently Asked Questions
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