Citrus County, FL Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Citrus County, FL, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Barred hours
- 10:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m.
- Permit does not override curfew
- Confirmed at § 21-28(4)
- Exception
- Genuine emergency work only
- Enforcing agents
- Code Compliance Division; Sheriff's Office
- Max civil penalty
- $500 per citation
Summary
Unincorporated Citrus County bars construction and demolition equipment noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., even where a building permit has been issued, except for genuine emergency work.
(6)Construction and demolition activity. The operation of any equipment used in construction work, building, excavation, grading, pile driving, pneumatic hammering, demolition, dredging, building alteration or repair work between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the next day, except for emergency work.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 76).
Full Breakdown
the next day, except for emergency work as defined at § 21-11. ; that window is a hard curfew subject only to the emergency-work carve-out. Enforcement is by the Citrus County Code Compliance Division and Citrus County Sheriff's Office under the standard warning-then-citation process at § 21-32: an enforcement agent who confirms a violation warns the responsible party first, and a person already warned for the same type of noise within the prior 60 days can be cited immediately without a fresh warning.
Violations & Fines
A violation is a civil infraction under § 21-33 with a maximum civil penalty of $500. Repeat violations of the same offense class within the lookback period double the scheduled penalty, and a third violation of the same class forces a mandatory county court appearance under § 21-34.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a contractor run equipment at night if the job has a valid building permit?
What counts as emergency work that can bypass the construction curfew?
Which agency responds to a late-night construction noise complaint in Citrus County?
Sources & Official References
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