Pottstown, PA Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Trash truck curfew
- No pickup 6:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m.
- Sunday/holiday curfew
- No pickup before 9:00 a.m.
- Loading/handling curfew
- 9:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. near homes
- Maximum fine
- $1,000 plus costs of prosecution
- Governing section
- Borough Code § 803, Subsections C, F
Summary
Pottstown bars garbage and recycling trucks from picking up in the Borough between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (9:00 a.m. on Sundays/holidays), and separately bars loading, opening or handling crates, containers and building materials between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. if it creates a noise disturbance across a residential lot line.
C. No garbage/recycling trucks shall be permitted to pick up trash/recycling material within the Borough between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (9:00 a.m. on Sundays and national holidays). ... F. No person shall load, open, close or otherwise handle boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans or other objects between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance across a residential lot line.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 5012545; v22 updated 2026-07-13; through 07-13-2026).
Full Breakdown
Two subsections of Section 803 (Chapter 6, Part 8, Pottstown Borough Noise Control Ordinance, Ordinance 2058, February 9, 2009) reach truck-related loading noise. on Sundays and national holidays, protecting residents from early-morning collection noise. "in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance across a residential lot line," a standard that reaches commercial deliveries, moving trucks and construction material drop-offs near homes. does not. Section 802 defines the "noise disturbance" standard the two subsections rely on: anything that endangers, annoys, disturbs, injures or is likely to do any of those things to a reasonable person.
Enforcement runs through Section 805: a code enforcement officer can issue a verbal or written abatement order, with 72 hours to comply on a written order before a summary citation follows.
Violations & Fines
Violating either the trash-pickup hours or the loading-noise rule is a summary offense under Section 805, Subsection 2, punishable by a fine up to $1,000 plus costs and, if unpaid, up to 30 days in the county jail. Each day the noise continues past an abatement order's deadline is a separate offense, so a hauler or contractor that ignores a citation can face repeated fines.
Frequently Asked Questions
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