Dothan, AL Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Dothan, AL, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Earliest start (single-family adjacent)
- 7:00 a.m.
- Earliest start (other districts)
- 6:00 a.m.
- Latest stop time
- 7:00 p.m.
- After-hours option
- 5-day city manager permit
- First offense fine
- Up to $200.00
- Governing section
- City Code § 62-102(18)
Summary
In the City of Dothan, noisy construction work cannot start before 7:00 a.m. in or next to single-family neighborhoods, or before 6:00 a.m. elsewhere, and must stop by 7:00 p.m., under City Code § 62-102(18); the city manager can permit work between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. by five-day permit.
(18)No construction work, including any site preparation work, any assembly, erection, demolition, alteration, repair or similar activity, or the operation of any construction equipment which is attended by noise shall begin before 7:00 a.m. on any construction project in a single-family neighborhood or in any commercial or multifamily district that is adjacent to a single-family neighborhood. No construction work as described above shall begin before 6:00 a.m. on any construction project in commercial or multifamily districts not adjacent to single-family subdivisions. No construction work as described above shall continue after 7:00 p.m. on any construction project.
Full Breakdown
City Code § 62-102(18) sets the hours for noisy construction work, covering site preparation, assembly, erection, demolition, alteration, repair, or the operation of any construction equipment attended by noise. In a single-family neighborhood, or in a commercial or multifamily district adjacent to one, that work may not begin before 7:00 a.m. In a commercial or multifamily district not adjacent to a single-family subdivision, work may start as early as 6:00 a.m. Regardless of district, no covered construction work may continue after 7:00 p.m. on any project.
The section exempts work that is not attended by noise and does not disturb, annoy, injure, or endanger the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of reasonable persons, giving painting and cleaning as examples that may proceed at any hour. Section 62-104(6) provides the way around the clock limits: the city manager may issue a permit letting construction and construction equipment run between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., for an initial period of up to five days, renewable in additional five-day increments. Section 62-104(5) separately exempts city-authorized public projects, including street, highway, and utility excavation and repair, from the article's noise restrictions altogether.
A project running outside the permitted hours without a city manager permit is enforced the same way as other Article III noise violations under Section 62-105.
Violations & Fines
Construction noise before 7:00 a.m. (or 6:00 a.m. outside single-family-adjacent districts) or after 7:00 p.m. without a city manager permit draws a first-offense fine up to $200.00 under Section 62-105. A repeat violation can bring arrest and a fine up to $500.00 and/or six months in jail.
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Sources & Official References
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