Everett, MA Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

The residential rule sits in the City Council's public nuisance ordinance. Section 13A-62(g)(14) declares loud and unnecessary noise a public nuisance, and subsection (b)(6) names construction directly: the erection, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of any building in a residential zoning district, when attended by loud or unusual noise, is not allowed on Sundays or between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on other days of the week. That leaves Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. for noisy work in the City of Everett, Massachusetts.

The next item, (b)(7), sends non-residential districts to Section 12-2002(b)(6) of the Revised Ordinances. That section covers the erection, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of any building attended by loud or unusual noise, and lists the operation of any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam or electric hoist, backhoe, caterpillar, or other similar equipment. Work of that kind cannot take place between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. unless first authorized in writing.

The written authorization has three tracks. In an emergency that impacts public safety, the police chief authorizes it. For nonemergency overnight work that will not exceed 3 consecutive evenings, the police chief also authorizes it. Where nonemergency overnight work would exceed 3 consecutive evenings, or where requests for overnight work on the same project or property site exceed 4 separate requests in the same calendar year, approval comes from the city council or its designee.

The residential clause in Section 13A-62(g)(14)(b)(6) prints no authorization procedure of its own. Section 13A-61 separately says no person shall erect, cause, continue, maintain or permit to exist any public nuisance within the City, so the person who allows the work on a property is covered along with the crew.