Fayetteville, NC Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

on weekends and holidays, when the work site sits within 50 yards of a residential area or a designated noise-sensitive zone. The only built-in exceptions are emergency work performed by public service utilities and work covered by a special permit issued by the chief of police under Section 17-14, which lets the chief attach conditions such as required mufflers or sound screens. The provision is distinct from the chapter's separate 'domestic power tools' clause, which covers saws, drills, grinders, and lawn or garden equipment on a slightly different overnight schedule; Section 17-11 states explicitly that the construction-hours restriction does not apply to those domestic tools.

Outside the barred hours, construction noise is still capped by the general Table 1 sound levels in Section 17-10 unless the project has a building permit or is government-owned work exempted under Section 17-12, in which case properly muffled equipment operated to manufacturer specification is exempt from the decibel table, though not from the hours restriction in this section.