Troy, NY Noise from Specific Sources: Delivery Truck Noise (2026)

Delivery and loading noise in the City of Troy, New York falls under Chapter 201, enacted by the Troy City Council. Section 201-4 lists acts declared loud, disturbing and unnecessary noises in violation of the chapter, though the enumeration is not exclusive. Subsection G, titled Loading, unloading, covers the creation of a loud and excessive noise in connection with loading or unloading any vehicle or the opening and destruction of bales, boxes, crates and containers. The wording is not limited to trucks; it reaches any vehicle.

Chapter 201 sets no delivery-hours window. The only clock-based rule for work in § 201-4 is subsection E, which restricts the erection, excavating, demolition, alteration or repair of any building to between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. except in case of an urgent necessity in the interest of public safety, and then only with a permit from the Commissioner of Public Works, renewable for a period of three days or less while the emergency continues. That rule covers building work, not deliveries.

Business operators face other provisions too. Subsection N prohibits unreasonable or unnecessary noise in the operation, conduct or maintenance of any business, factory, plant yard or manufacturing establishment. Section 201-3(B) caps the sound radiated by any use or facility at its lot lines by octave band, with the levels reduced by six decibels where the use adjoins a residential or transitional district. Section 201-3(A) lists the proximity of the noise to residential sleeping facilities, the time of the day and night, and whether the noise is recurrent, intermittent or constant as standards for deciding whether a violation exists. Under § 201-4(F), excessive noise on a street adjacent to a school, institution of learning, church, court or hospital that unreasonably interferes with its workings is covered where conspicuous signs are displayed.