Broward County, FL Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Broward County, FL, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Allowed hours
- 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
- Applies to
- Unincorporated Broward only
- Standard
- Audible across property line
- Enforcement
- Code enforcement, Chapter 8½
- Measurement
- No decibel test required
Summary
In unincorporated Broward County, construction, repair, alteration, testing, drilling, and demolition tool noise is exempt from the county nuisance-noise ban only between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.; audible noise across a property line outside those hours is a violation, no decibel test required.
Uninvited noise shall be deemed unreasonably loud if it is plainly audible inside of a receiving property with doors and windows closed, across a property line, and interferes with a person's peaceful enjoyment of a residence or the peace and tranquility of the surrounding neighborhood ("Unreasonably Loud Noise"). ... Operating or causing the operation of any tools or equipment used in construction, reparation, alteration, maintenance, testing, drilling, dredge and fill, or demolition work .....7:00 a.m.— 7:00 p.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 72 | Administrative Code: Supplement 28).
Full Breakdown
Broward County's Property Maintenance Code (Sec. 39-133(g)) bars noise on any land in unincorporated Broward that is offensive or obnoxious to a reasonable person, including uninvited noise plainly audible across a property line with doors and windows closed. Construction, repair, alteration, testing, drilling, dredge-and-fill, and demolition tools are exempted from that ban only from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; running them outside that window is a code violation with no decibel measurement required. This applies only in unincorporated Broward -- Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs and the other 27 cities set their own hours. Code enforcement officers investigate complaints under Chapter 8½.
Violations & Fines
Running construction, demolition, or landscaping tools before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. in unincorporated Broward if the noise is plainly audible across a property line with doors and windows closed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I run construction equipment at 6 a.m. in unincorporated Broward County?
Does this rule apply inside Fort Lauderdale or Hollywood?
Sources & Official References
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