Gulfport, FL Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

m. on Sunday. Because the ban applies "of any decibel level," it is not measured against the § 14-35 dBA table at all; any audible construction noise during the barred hours is a violation regardless of how loud it registers on a meter. The section carves out one narrow exception: emergency repairs necessary to protect persons or property from unexpected exposure to the elements or unexpected loss of utility services. Beyond that emergency carve-out, the city manager or a designee may authorize additional exceptions when necessary to comply with construction engineering standards or generally accepted construction practices, giving contractors a path to request off-hours work for pours, inspections or code-driven sequencing rather than convenience.

The current hours were set by a series of amendments (Ord. No. 88-8 in 1988, Ord. No. 90-2 and Ord. No. 90-14 in 1990, Ord. No. 91-7 in 1991, and Ord. Nos. 2008-01 and 2008-11 in 2008), and the subsection sits inside § 14-36's broader "noise enumeration" list, which enforces into § 14-35's general nuisance-noise ban rather than existing as a stand-alone code section.