Glynn County, GA Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Glynn County, GA, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Glynn County Code § 2-9-55
- Overnight rule
- no audibility across residential boundary, 10 p.m.–7 a.m.
- Daytime rule
- not audible beyond 300 feet into residential district
- Exempt work
- emergency/utility repair work
- Equipment exception
- manufacturer-recommended noise attenuation installed
- Max penalty
- $1,000 fine and/or 60 days jail
Summary
Glynn County bars construction noise from crossing a residential property line overnight and caps how far it can carry the rest of the day. Between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. it cannot be plainly audible at all across a residential boundary; outside those hours it still cannot travel more than 300 feet into a residential district.
(a)Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., construction noise of any type, including, but not limited to, noise caused by the erection (including excavation), demolition, alteration, or repair of any building, as well as the operation of any earth-moving equipment, crane, saw, drill, pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, hoist, or any similar equipment, shall not be plainly audible across a residential real property boundary. At any other time, the construction noise described above shall not be plainly audible within any residential district more than 300 feet beyond the property boundary from which the noise emanates.
Full Breakdown
Glynn County Code § 2-9-55(a) covers noise from erection, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair of a building, and from equipment such as earth-movers, cranes, saws, drills, pile drivers, steam shovels, pneumatic hammers and hoists. , that construction noise cannot be plainly audible across a residential real property boundary at all. At any other time of day, the same noise cannot be plainly audible more than 300 feet beyond the property boundary from which it comes, when the noise reaches into a residential district. ; and construction equipment fitted, in good operating condition, with the best noise-attenuating device the manufacturer recommends.
The rule sits in Chapter 2-9's Noise Abatement Ordinance, so it is administered by the Chief of Police rather than the county's building or code-enforcement staff.
Violations & Fines
Construction noise violations of § 2-9-55 are enforced under § 2-9-58 by the Chief of Police: a warning applies to a first offense, and a subsequent violation carries a fine of at least $100.00 up to $1,000.00, imprisonment of at least 24 hours up to 60 days, or both, with each day of continued violation a separate offense and immediate arrest authorized. An aggrieved contractor or resident may appeal to the Magistrate Court of Glynn County after exhausting administrative remedies.
Frequently Asked Questions
What hours can construction noise occur in unincorporated Glynn County?
Are emergency repairs exempt from the construction noise hours?
Does equipment with a muffler or noise-attenuation device get any leeway?
Sources & Official References
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