Construction hours in Bend, OR — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Bend Code 5.50.025 prohibits construction, excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair of a building, street, sidewalk, driveway, sewer, or utility line between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Power lawn and construction tools are likewise exempt only between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Under Bend Code 5.50.025, it is a noise violation to construct (including excavating), demolish, alter, or repair a building, street, sidewalk, driveway, sewer, or utility line between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except as allowed by the exceptions or a permit. The chapter's exceptions (BC 5.50.030) confirm the same window from the other direction: sounds from air-, electrical-, or gas-driven domestic tools, including lawn and construction tools, are exempt only between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. — meaning powered construction equipment generating noise outside those hours is not protected. The City Manager may issue a permit under BC 5.50.035 for work in cases of emergency or public necessity, allowing otherwise-prohibited activity at any hour for the duration of the permitted work. Daytime construction must still respect the general decibel limits in BC 5.50.020 (for example, 65 dBA measured at a neighboring residential property during the day).
Construction noise outside permitted hours is a Class A civil infraction under BC 5.50.040, with maximum penalties of $250 (first), $1,500 (second), $5,000 (third), and $10,000 (fourth and beyond) within a one-year period. Each day is a separate violation. Failing to obtain a required noise permit, or violating a permit's conditions, is itself a violation (BC 5.50.035).
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