Butte County, CA Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)

Section 41A-13, "Waste disposal vehicles," is the noise ordinance's specific rule for collection trucks, the loudest and most frequent commercial vehicle noise source near unincorporated homes. , and no collection may occur at all on Sundays or holidays. The section allows two narrow exceptions: emergencies, or advance approval from the Local Enforcement Agency, which administers Butte County Code Chapter 31, Solid Waste Collection, Management and Recycling, the chapter this noise section cross-references for the underlying collection-service rules. Because this section sits inside the Noise Control Ordinance rather than the solid-waste chapter, a hauler that violates the time window is exposed to noise-ordinance enforcement in addition to any franchise or collection-permit consequences under Chapter 31.

The Department of Development Services administers Chapter 41A generally, employing staff trained in acoustical measurement, and processes waste-vehicle complaints the same way it processes any other noise complaint under the chapter: a complaint triggers review, an investigation may follow, and a documented violation results in written notice specifying the time of the collection activity and the section violated.