What can I do about a noisy business near my home?
This will depend upon what the zoning laws are and precisely what the business is doing. We have zoning laws specifically to try to separate different uses that are not compatible; to have residential uses in some areas, business uses in other areas, industrial uses in even different areas. So you need to look at the zoning laws and make certain that your property and the neighbor's property are complying with those zoning laws, and that the uses are permitted. If they're not, that may be your best way to remedy the situation, to request that the use be terminated or at least limited in a way that complies with the zoning laws. However, if the neighbor's use does comply with the zoning laws, your rights may be much more limited. There may be some local ordinances that limit their hours of business, there may be some local ordinances that limit noise levels, decibel levels for sound and things like that, that will give you some remedies to assist you with this business. There may be parking restrictions or something else like that, that are either general parking restrictions, or restrictions imposed on that property when they obtained permission for their use, because some uses require special permissions from cities under what are called conditional use permits, and those may have parking requirements or restrictions, or restrictions on business hours.
