Little Rock, AR Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Fine
- Up to $1,000 per violation
- Continuing violation
- Up to $500 per day
- Coverage
- Any vehicle loading or unloading
- Scope
- Citywide, no listed exemption
Summary
Little Rock bans loud and excessive noise from loading or unloading delivery trucks and other vehicles, including the banging open of bales, boxes, crates, and containers, anywhere in the city.
The creation of loud and excessive noise in connection with unloading or loading any vehicle or the opening and destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers.
(10) The use of any drum, loudspeaker or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention by creation of noise to any performance, show or sale or display of merchandise.
(11) The use of mechanical loudspeakers or amplifiers on trucks or other moving or standing vehicles for advertising or other purposes.
(12) 1. [Construction allowed.] Commercial and residential exterior and interior construction work including erection, excavation, demolition, or repair of any building and its components shall be allowed between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Additional interior construction work shall be allowed to be performed between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday provided that all exterior openings are completely covered. These construction hours shall be adhered to except in the case of urgent emergency in the interest of public health and safety and then only with written permission from the building codes division, which permission may be granted for a period not to exceed (30) thirty days while the emergency continues. If an emergency arises when permission is not obtainable, the necessary work may be done and reported to the building codes division at the
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 83).
Full Breakdown
The city's general noise ordinance singles out loading and unloading as a form of unlawful noise: it declares "loud and excessive noise in connection with unloading or loading any vehicle or the opening and destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers" to be a prohibited disturbance under Sec. 18-52. The rule sits inside the broader ban on unreasonably loud, disturbing noise and applies citywide with no separate loading-dock exemption written into this subsection.
Violations & Fines
Violating the loading-noise ban is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $1,000, or $500 per day for continuing violations, under the city's general Code penalty section.
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