Beaverton, OR Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Beaverton, OR, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Standard hours
- 7am-7pm
- Owner-occupied exception
- until 10pm, no permit
- Emergency permit cap
- 10 days, renewable 5
- Governing law
- BC 5.15.030.D.1
Summary
Construction, demolition, and repair work in Beaverton's residential areas, or within 300 feet of a noise-sensitive area, is barred outside 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. except under a City emergency permit.
The erection, excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair of a building in a residential area or within 300 feet of a noise-sensitive area, other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., except in case of urgent necessity in the interest of the public welfare and safety, and then only with an emergency permit granted by the building official for a period not to exceed 10 days. The permit may be renewed for periods of five days while the emergency continues to exist.
2. The owner of property may do work on property actually occupied by the owner between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. without obtaining an emergency permit as required by this subsection.
E. Noise – Sensitive Areas. The creation of any unreasonably loud and raucous noise adjacent to any noise-sensitive area while it is in use, and which unreasonably interferes with the workings of the noise-sensitive area or which disturbs the individuals in the noise-sensitive area.
F. Blowers and Similar Devices. In a residential area or noise-sensitive area, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., the operation of any noise-creating blower, power fan, or any internal combustion engine; provided, that the noise from the blower, power fan or internal combustion engine can be heard across the property line from which it emanates.
Full Breakdown
BC 5.15.030.D makes it a per se noise violation to erect, excavate, demolish, alter, or repair a building in a residential area, or within 300 feet of a noise-sensitive area such as a home, school, hospital, church, or library, outside the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. An exception exists for urgent public-safety necessity, but only with an emergency permit from the building official, capped at 10 days and renewable in five-day increments while the emergency continues. A property owner doing work on their own occupied property may work until 10:00 p.m. without an emergency permit. This applies within the City of Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, not unincorporated county areas nearby.
Violations & Fines
A violation of BC 5.15.030.D is a Class I civil infraction under BC 5.15.040, punishable by up to $1,000 per repeat offense within 24 months; each day construction noise continues outside permitted hours is a separate infraction.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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