Caddo Parish, LA Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Caddo Parish, LA, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Weekday quiet window
- 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., no construction noise
- Weekend/holiday quiet window
- 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m.
- Exemption during work hours
- Table 1 sound limits do not apply
- Equipment requirement
- Motorized equipment must run with a muffler
- Governing section
- Code of Ordinances § 32-164(12)
- Maximum penalty
- $500.00 or 30 days per offense
Summary
Caddo Parish bars construction and demolition noise on weeknights and weekend/holiday mornings unless the work meets the parish's Table 1 sound-level limits, under Code of Ordinances § 32-164(12).
(12)Construction and demolition activity, excluding emergency work, shall not be performed between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and federal holidays, unless such activities can meet the limits set forth in section 32-163. All motorized equipment used in construction and demolition activity shall be operated with a muffler. At all other times, the limits set forth in section 32-163 do not apply to construction and demolition activities.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 26 | Unified Development Code: Supplement 2).
Full Breakdown
Section 32-164(12) of the parish's noise article exempts most construction and demolition activity from the general sound-level table only during the daytime working window; outside that window, the activity is barred unless it can independently meet the Table 1 limits set in § 32-163. Specifically, construction and demolition work (excluding emergency work) cannot run between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and federal holidays, unless the contractor demonstrates the work meets the maximum permissible sound levels of § 32-163 at the nearest regulated receiver.
All motorized equipment used on the job must run with a working muffler. During the permitted daytime hours, the numeric sound-level limits of § 32-163 do not apply to construction or demolition noise at all, giving crews a broad exemption while the sun is up. This section was adopted by Ord. No. 5072 as part of the parish's 2011 rewrite of its noise article (Chapter 32, Article V), which is enforced by the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) designated for noise complaints. The rule reaches only the unincorporated parish; Shreveport and the parish's other incorporated municipalities set their own construction-hours schedules under their own codes.
Violations & Fines
Violating the construction-hours restriction is enforced as a noise-article violation under § 32-166: a civil penalty of up to $500.00 or up to 30 days imprisonment per offense, with each day of continued after-hours work counted as a separate, additional offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time can construction crews start work in unincorporated Caddo Parish?
Is there an exception for emergency repair work?
Does the construction-hours rule apply inside Shreveport?
Sources & Official References
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