Construction hours in Lehigh County, PA — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
There is no county construction-hours rule; municipalities set them. Allentown bars construction, drilling and demolition noise across a residential boundary between 9:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. on weekdays and Saturdays, and at any time on Sundays or holidays, except emergency work.
Pennsylvania land-use and nuisance authority sits with municipalities, not the county. Allentown's noise ordinance prohibits operating construction, drilling or demolition tools between 9:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. the following day on weekdays and Saturdays, or at any time on Sundays or holidays, where the sound creates a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary (emergency work excepted). Even during permitted hours, construction sound may not exceed 85 dB(A) at or across a real property boundary without a variance from the Noise Control Hearing Board. Other Lehigh County municipalities set their own construction windows, so confirm locally.
Enforced by the Bureau of Health and Police. Violation ticket $100; citation carries $100–$1,000 and/or up to 90 days imprisonment. Each day construction noise continues may be charged as a separate offense.
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