Madison County, IL Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 53.05(E)
- Restricted hours
- 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. CST
- Covered activity
- Loading/unloading boxes, crates, garbage trucks
- Exemptions
- None stated for utilities or emergencies
- First offense fine
- $50 to $250
- Repeat offense fine
- $150 to $1,000
Summary
In unincorporated Madison County, loading, unloading, opening, closing or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers, building materials or garbage trucks between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Central Standard Time is a nuisance violation under County Code Section 53.05(E) whenever the resulting noise crosses a residential property line. The rule targets exactly the kind of predawn delivery and trash-truck clatter that wakes up a residential street, and it carries the same misdemeanor fines as the county's other special noise violations.
The following shall be declared a nuisance and shall be unlawful: ... (E) For any person to load, unload, open, close or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage trucks or similar objects between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. CST in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary;
Full Breakdown
04 before a citation can issue. The provision covers loading, unloading, opening, closing "or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage trucks or similar objects" during the ten-hour overnight window, but only when that handling causes a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary, so activity confined entirely within a commercial or industrial parcel that never crosses onto a residential lot line falls outside the section. Unlike the construction-noise provision in the same section, subsection (E) contains no exemption for public utilities or emergencies, so a delivery company or waste hauler cannot invoke a bona fide emergency the way a construction contractor can under subsection (F).
The rule applies only in unincorporated Madison County; municipalities such as Edwardsville, Collinsville, Wood River and Highland enforce their own municipal noise codes for deliveries and trash pickup within city limits. 07 additionally makes this chapter override any conflicting neighborhood covenant or homeowners association rule, so a subdivision agreement permitting early trash service cannot excuse a hauler from the county's overnight cutoff.
Violations & Fines
Violations are prosecuted under the county's Section 53.99 penalty schedule as misdemeanors. A first offense carries a fine of $50 to $250, and any subsequent offense within the chapter raises the range to $150 to $1,000. A court may also order community service, to be completed within one year of sentencing, and each day a violation occurs is treated as a separate offense, so recurring predawn trash pickups at the same address can generate repeated citations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What hours does the delivery-noise ban cover?
Can a trash hauler claim an emergency exemption?
Does this rule apply to a warehouse in an industrial park?
What fine applies to a repeat violation?
Sources & Official References
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