Roanoke County, VA Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)

Delivery and collection truck noise gets two specific clauses inside Roanoke County's noise-disturbance list at § 13-21. the following day, regardless of how loud the activity actually is; the proximity and the hour are enough. Clause (10) separately targets trash collection vehicles, making it a violation to operate one between the same overnight hours in a manner plainly audible at any residence 100 yards or more away; 'plainly audible' is the § 13-18 standard, sound a person can hear clearly with unaided hearing. Together the two clauses mean a delivery driver or waste hauler working a residential route in unincorporated Roanoke County needs to plan overnight stops and routes outside that curfew window, or risk a noise-disturbance citation even where no other nuisance is involved.

The rules sit outside the § 13-19 exceptions list, so they are not excused by the emergency-work, agricultural or commercial-zoning exemptions that cover other activities, unless a hardship waiver has been granted under § 13-23. Enforcement is through the police department, and under § 13-22 each day a violation continues is treated as a separate offense.