Owners were able to reclaim their property but had to prove it belonged to them and pay either $190 or $220 to get it released.
A six-month deadline meant any equipment not picked up council disposed of it, she said.
No one from First Security, which delivered the service, had been assaulted on the job.
Any person could make a complaint about noise they judged to be unreasonable or excessive and complaints were kept confidential, she said.
"The complaint is handled by the security company and this is a 24-hour service."
In 2013, a sleep-deprived Mark Stone approached the Bay of Plenty Times about the night-time noise levels at the Tauranga Pak'n Save building site on Cameron Rd when it underwent an upgrade.
Despite making complaints to council, Mr Stone said nothing was done to address the problem until he approached the media.
"I was a bit of a lone voice on the matter but I am glad I spoke up about it. I felt they just blew me off really."
Papamoa Neighbourhood Support co-ordinator Lorraine Stevens said she thought a lot of noise control issues came from rental properties with tenants.
"We do discuss it at our meetings and most places where people feel the need to ring noise control, they are possibly tenants."
If people knew their neighbours and talked to them they were usually okay with a party, Mrs Stevens said.
It took two complaints to despatch an officer to the property to assess if the noise was unreasonable.
A $500 infringement notice could be issued for breaching an excessive noise direction or a $750 abatement notice.
