Des Moines, IA Noise from Specific Sources: Low-Frequency Bass Limits (2026)

No person operating or in control of a motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, watercraft, or vessel shall operate or permit the operation of a sound system in the vehicle so as to produce a vibration or sound that is clearly detectable at a distance of 50 feet from the vehicle between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. or clearly detectable at a distance of 25 feet from the vehicle between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.(e)No person operating or in control of a garbage truck or other motor vehicle engaged in the business of solid waste collection, shall use such vehicle to pick up or empty a dumpster or other container used for the collection or storage of solid at any location in, or within 150 feet of, a zoning district or portion of a PUD district that includes a residential use, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the following morning, subject to the following:(1)Trash pickup at elementary and secondary schools and hospitals is exempt from this requirement.(2)The city manager or the city manager's designee may grant an exception to this limitation on the timing of trash pickup where such exception is necessary to avoid an unreasonable risk of harm created by the unusual circumstances of the site. Any such exception may be subject to reasonable conditions imposed to minimize the detrimental impact of granting such exception, and shall be subject to reconsideration in the event of changed circumstances. (O.14,746, 14,752, 14,976, 15,969)