Construction hours in Hamilton County, TN — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Chattanooga bars construction, demolition, alteration, repair and street excavation in any residential district except between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Work outside those hours needs a building-inspector permit granted only for urgent public-health or safety necessity.
City Code Sec. 25-68(a)(8) declares the erection (including excavation), demolition, alteration or repair of any building in a residential district, and the excavation of streets there, unlawful other than between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Exceptions require a building-inspector permit issued only in cases of urgent necessity for public health and safety, for a period not exceeding 30 days. The inspector may separately allow 8 p.m.–7 a.m. work if it will not impair public health and safety and delay would cause loss. In unincorporated Hamilton County there is no countywide construction-hour ordinance; the Chattanooga–Hamilton County RPA administers zoning but noise timing is set by each city.
$50 citation fine per violation, with a civil penalty up to $500 per violation available in Chattanooga city court (Sec. 25-73).
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