Schaumburg, IL Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Banned hours
- 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Where it applies
- Residential districts, adjoining business areas
- Governing section
- Village Code § 97.02(M)(2)
- Excluded areas
- Purely industrial zones away from housing
- Penalty
- $100-$50,000 per § 10.99
Summary
Schaumburg bars truck deliveries and pickups between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in residential districts and in business districts next to residential areas, under Village Code § 97.02(M)(2). The same overnight window also covers garbage pickup, loading and unloading outside an enclosed building, and mechanical sweeping.
(M)Prohibited Activities During Certain Hours: The following activities occurring in a residential district or in a business district which is adjacent to a residential district used for residential purposes are prohibited between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.:(1)Garbage or refuse pickup or delivery;(2)Truck deliveries or pickups;(3)Sweeping or scraping any dust, rubbish or refuse with a mechanical or motorized device;(4)Loading, unloading, opening boxes except within a completely enclosed building;(5)Use of any leaf blowing type of device;(6)Grass cutting;(7)All other similar operations and activities that generate loud noises of a disagreeable and annoying nature and have the effect of unreasonably disturbing the peace and comfort of the occupants of adjacent premises.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
, for a list of activities in any residential district and in business districts adjoining residential use. Item (2), 'truck deliveries or pickups,' bars trucks from loading or unloading goods at businesses in or near residential areas during those hours, addressing the specific complaint of an idling delivery truck or a beeping reverse alarm outside a store near homes late at night or before dawn. The same list bans garbage or refuse pickup (1), sweeping or scraping dust or rubbish with a motorized device (3), loading or unloading or opening boxes outside a fully enclosed building (4), leaf blower use (5), grass cutting (6), and a general catch-all for other loud, disagreeable operations that unreasonably disturb neighboring occupants (7).
01 still reaches any noise, at any hour, that disturbs the comfort or repose of others. A grocery store or retail strip mall backed up to houses is squarely inside the rule's reach, since it is exactly the business-adjoining-residential scenario the clause was written to cover.
Violations & Fines
A delivery truck loading or unloading between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. at a business in or next to a residential area violates § 97.02(M)(2) and is enforced under the Village Code's general penalty, § 10.99: fines of $100 to $50,000, with each night of violation counted as a separate offense. Store owners, not just drivers, can be cited for repeatedly scheduling overnight deliveries in violation of the section.
Frequently Asked Questions
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