Lansing, MI Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Curfew
- 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. loading ban
- Covers
- Boxes, crates, containers, building materials
- Trigger
- Crosses residential boundary or sensitive zone
- Exceptions
- Emergency work, temporary/special permits
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $500/90 days
Summary
Lansing, Michigan bans loading, unloading or handling boxes, crates and containers loud enough to disturb a neighbor between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Lansing Codified Ordinances Section 654.07(e) covers delivery trucks and similar loading noise wherever it crosses a residential property line or reaches a noise-sensitive zone.
No person shall make, or continue, cause or permit to be made, verbally or mechanically, any unnecessary noise disturbance. The following acts, and the causing thereof, are hereby declared to be violations of this section: ...(e)Loading and Unloading. Loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials or similar objects between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential property boundary or within a noise sensitive zone;
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 64).
Full Breakdown
the following day, whenever the sound causes a noise disturbance across a residential property boundary or within a noise-sensitive zone. 03, means any sound that endangers or injures health or safety, annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities, or endangers property; a 'noise sensitive zone' covers areas around schools, hospitals, houses of worship, day care centers, nursing homes, libraries, senior centers, residences or courts. window, close enough to a residential lot line to disturb a resident, violates the rule regardless of whether the activity is otherwise lawful loading. 11 let a nonprofit or, after a Council public hearing, any applicant obtain a temporary or special permit for relief from this curfew.
Violations & Fines
Section 654.07 sets no separate fine for the loading-noise curfew, so a violation is punished under the Code's general penalty, Section 202.99: a misdemeanor with a fine up to $500 plus prosecution costs, up to 90 days in jail, or both, and each night of noncompliant loading counts as a separate offense under Section 202.99(e). A pattern of prolonged or repeated violations can also be pursued as a nuisance under Chapter 655.
Frequently Asked Questions
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