After hearing from residents and at the direction of the Commission, staff, with the assistance of the City Attorney’s office, has prepared revisions to the existing Noise Ordinance addressing the hours during which construction noise creating a disturbance across residential property lines may occur as set forth in § 62-97(9) & (11) of the City’s Code of Ordinances.  Currently such construction noise is prohibited between the hours of 9PM to 7AM daily, on Sundays, and on 6 specified holidays (i.e., New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day).

The proposed ordinance expands the hours during which construction noise creating a disturbance across residential property lines is prohibited to 8PM to 7AM daily, except for on the weekend, when such noise would now be prohibited from 8:00 pm on Friday until 8:00 AM Saturday and from 6PM Saturday evening until 7AM on the following Monday (which effectively continues to prohibit such noise on Sunday).

The provision regarding waivers for construction activities has been changed to Limited Allowances for Construction Activities and the changes are reflected in the attached ordinances.  (To distinguish the changes since the last meeting, new strikeouts appear in red and new additions are in blue.)