Glendale, CA Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

Section 8.36.080 sits in the general-provisions article of Glendale's Noise Control chapter and applies broadly: any residential zone, plus a 500-foot buffer extending outward from it, is off-limits to outside construction, repair or equipment operation once the clock passes 7:00 p.m. Because the buffer runs from the zone boundary rather than the job site, a contractor working on a commercial or industrial parcel within 500 feet of housing is still bound by the residential hours.

The restricted window runs from 7:00 p.m. one evening to 7:00 a.m. the next, confining weekday construction noise to a twelve-hour daytime band. Weekends are tighter: the code shuts down outside construction from 7:00 p.m. Saturday clear through 7:00 a.m. Monday, closing all of Sunday to job-site noise. The same 7:00 p.m.-to-7:00 a.m. blackout extends across any holiday designated in Chapter 3.08 of the Municipal Code, running from the evening before the holiday to the morning after.

A contractor who needs to work outside those hours must obtain a permit from the building official beforehand; the section sets no separate approval criteria, leaving it to the building official's case-by-case judgment. The only work exempt from the permit requirement outright is "emergency work as defined in this chapter," covering urgent repairs that cannot wait for daytime hours. Because § 8.36.080 states no penalty of its own, a conviction defaults to the Municipal Code's general misdemeanor penalty at § 1.20.010: a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in county jail, or both.