Babylon, NY Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Babylon, NY, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Quiet hours
- 8 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Covers
- loading/unloading of containers, materials
- Trigger
- unreasonable noise onto residential lot
- Amended
- 10-4-2006, L.L. No. 36-2006
Summary
The Town of Babylon bars loud loading and unloading of crates, containers or building materials between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. if the noise crosses onto a residential property line.
Loading and unloading. No person shall engage in, cause, permit or suffer the loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials or any other objects between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day, in such a manner as to cause unreasonable noise across a residential real property boundary. [Amended 10-4-2006 by L.L. No. 36-2006]
G. Modification of noise-control devices. No person shall operate or permit to be operated any device that has been modified so as to cause the sound emitted from such device to be greater than that emitted by such device as originally manufactured.
H. Motor vehicle maximum sound levels.
(1) No person shall operate or cause to be operated on a public highway any motorcycle at any time, under any condition of grade, load, acceleration or deceleration in such a manner as to exceed a sound level of 86 dB(A) measured at or adjusted to a distance of 50 feet or 15 meters from the center of the lane in which the motorcycle is traveling.
(2) Off-road recreational vehicles.
(a)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4941158; v66 updated 2026-05-13; through 05-13-2026).
Full Breakdown
Town of Babylon Code § 156-9F prohibits loading, unloading, opening, closing or otherwise handling boxes, crates, containers, building materials or other objects between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day in a manner that causes unreasonable noise across a residential property boundary. It's the town's standing nighttime cutoff for the kind of commercial handling noise, deliveries, dumpster service, construction materials, that residents most often complain about after dark, layered on top of § 156-9D's separate 8 p.m.-to-7 a.m. construction-hours rule.
Violations & Fines
Enforced under §§ 156-17 and 156-18: the Town can order abatement, and violations carry a fine or civil penalty under §§ 1-15 through 1-17 of the Code.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a delivery truck unload at a Babylon business at 9 p.m.?
Does this quiet-hours rule cover more than deliveries?
Sources & Official References
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