Construction hours in Sumner County, TN — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
No Tennessee statute sets construction hours, so they come from each Sumner County city. Gallatin bars construction and demolition between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. Off-hours construction noise is also enforceable statewide as disorderly conduct under Tenn. Code Ann. §39-17-305.
Tennessee sets no statewide construction schedule, so each Sumner County city fixes its own in its noise or nuisance code. Gallatin prohibits construction and demolition between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., and rapid subdivision growth around Gallatin, Hendersonville, and Portland keeps early- and late-hour construction noise a common complaint. Emergency utility and safety repairs are generally exempt. In the unincorporated county there is no set construction schedule, so the Sumner County Sheriff falls back on Tenn. Code Ann. §39-17-305, which makes unreasonable noise that disturbs neighbors a Class C misdemeanor.
Working outside Gallatin's permitted hours brings a municipal-court fine and possible stop-work order. Unreasonable construction noise can also be charged as disorderly conduct, a Class C misdemeanor under Tenn. Code Ann. §39-17-305.
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