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Resident allowed limited time to relocate dump truck after early-morning noise complaints
Summary
After neighbors renewed complaints that a dump truck is being started around 2 a.m., the Trappe Town Council agreed to a short-term compromise allowing the truck owner until March 9 to relocate the vehicle; enforcement of the noise ordinance will resume after that date.
A Trappe resident and the council reached a temporary compromise March 4 over a neighbor's dump truck that residents say is started in the pre-dawn hours.
Jason McDermott told the council he received a noise violation letter and questioned why the issue was being raised again after a 2023 decision not to enforce the ordinance for his vehicle. President Newnam said the town had received complaints from two neighbors that the dump truck is being started around 2 a.m., noting the town's noise ordinance covers 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Council members and the parties agreed that Mr. McDermott will have until Monday, March 9 to find another parking location for the dump truck; the Town will refrain from enforcing the ordinance for that truck until after March 9. President Newnam told the assembled neighbors he would not entertain future complaints from Mr. Billings or Mr. Evans about Mr. McDermott's personal truck; those neighbors clarified their concern is limited to the dump truck.
The council did not indicate a long-term enforcement plan beyond the March 9 deadline; no formal citation or follow-up schedule was recorded in the meeting minutes read into the record.
