Bristol Township, PA Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

The rule sits in Bristol Township Code § 129-3, Special prohibitions, subsection D. Township Council adopted Chapter 129 on 6-15-2006 as Ord. No. 2006-09, and the section declares the listed acts a nuisance and a violation of the chapter. The text reaches both the work and the machinery: it bars performing any construction operation and also permitting the operation of any tools or equipment used in construction, drilling, blasting, demolition, excavation, and extraction of stone or other such activities. A property owner who lets a crew run equipment overnight is therefore covered along with the crew itself. The window is printed as 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., and this subsection prints no separate weekend or holiday schedule.

Two other parts of Chapter 129 sit beside this ban. Section 129-1 B sets measured limits in residential zones: 55 dBA between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and 45 dBA between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., measured from 30 feet away or whatever the enforcement official deems practicable. Section 129-2 declares excessive noise from vehicles, machinery and equipment a nuisance at any hour when it is physically annoying to a reasonable person.

Section 129-4 lists what the restrictions do not reach: sound that alerts people to an emergency, emergency work to protect public health or safety (including fire protection, flood or disaster protection, and work to provide electricity, water or other public utilities when public health or safety is involved), public gatherings with a Township permit, warning devices on authorized emergency vehicles, and equipment used for emergency snow removal. Under § 129-5 A, any full- or part-time Bristol Township police officer can issue a summary citation that states the nature, date and time of the violation.