Passaic, NJ Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 193-13B(4)
- Weekday restricted hours
- 8:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.
- Weekend/holiday restricted hours
- 8:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
- Covers
- Box/crate handling, bulk materials, refuse compacting
- Exception
- Activity done under a permit
- Related rule
- Heavy-vehicle idling capped 5 min/hr (§ 193-13B(5))
Summary
City Code § 193-13B(4) restricts the hours for loading, unloading and handling boxes, containers, building materials and refuse: the provision governing delivery-truck and trash-pickup noise. The activity is barred between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays (7:00 a.m. on weekends/holidays) when it creates a noise disturbance across a residential property line, except by permit.
(4) Loading and unloading: loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, liquids, garbage cans, refuse or similar objects or the pneumatic or pumped loading or unloading of bulk materials in liquid, gaseous, powder or pellet form or the compacting of refuse by persons engaged in the business of scavenging or garbage collection, whether private or municipal, between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following day, when the latter is a weekday, and between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day, when the latter is a legal holiday or a weekend day, except by permit, when the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance across a residential real property line.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4978046; v41 updated 2026-07-01; through 07-01-2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 193-13B(4) targets the noise of commercial deliveries and waste hauling directly. on a legal holiday or weekend day, unless a permit is obtained, when the resulting sound creates a noise disturbance across a residential real property line. next to housing. m. Both provisions sit under the general noise-disturbance article, so a hauler can seek relief only through the § 193-15 variance process with the noise control administrator, and enforcement runs through the Noise Control Officer's summons and abatement-order power at § 193-16, with fines up to $1,000 per offense and each continuing day a separate violation.
Violations & Fines
A summons or abatement order under § 193-16A/B applies to a violation of the loading/unloading hours restriction. Ordinary violations carry fines up to $1,000; willful or knowing violations carry $25 to $1,000 (§ 193-16C(1)-(2)); a continuing violation is a new offense each day it persists.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a delivery truck unload outside my house at night?
Does the rule cover trash pickup too?
What about a truck idling outside my building?
Sources & Official References
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