Construction hours in Eagan, MN — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Under Eagan City Code Section 10.37, operating heavy construction equipment, running power tools, and delivering supplies is prohibited on public or private property between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Several activities, including conditional-use-permit operations and government public works, are exempt.
Eagan regulates construction noise by time of day rather than by a decibel number. City Code Section 10.37 (Equipment and construction activity noise regulations) makes it unlawful between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. to engage in construction activity, including the operation, repair, servicing, and engine start-up or warm-up of heavy construction equipment; the loading and unloading of heavy equipment; and the delivery of supplies. The same nighttime restriction covers power tools used for construction, which the City describes as including saws, jackhammers, nail drivers, impact wrenches, and air compressors. The ordinance lists several exemptions: land uses regulated by a Conditional Use Permit (for example, fuel facilities, fast-food, and auto-repair uses); construction and maintenance performed by or for a governmental authority; snow removal; emergency public repair or construction; and routine parking-lot maintenance and sweeping. Because the rule is keyed to hours rather than sound level, daytime construction noise is generally allowed even if loud, while the same activity after 10:00 p.m. is a violation. Complaints are directed to the Eagan Police Department, and a City Code violation is a misdemeanor under Section 10.99.
Construction or heavy-equipment noise during the 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. window is a City Code violation enforced by Eagan Police; general Chapter 10 violations are misdemeanors under Section 10.99.
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