Construction hours in Allen County, IN — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Chapter 96 exempts lawn mowers, garden tractors, and similar home power tools when properly muffled between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Outside those hours such equipment noise can be cited. No separate county construction-hours code exists.
The Fort Wayne–Allen County noise chapter does not set numeric construction start/stop times, but its exemption clause effectively defines the daytime window for power equipment: home power tools are allowed only when properly muffled and only between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Construction noise outside that window, or from unmuffled equipment, may be treated as prohibited peace-disturbing noise. Unincorporated Allen County has no additional construction-hour ordinance, so builders follow this metro standard plus general nuisance limits.
Unmuffled or off-hours power-tool/construction noise cited under Chapter 96; fine $150–$500 per offense (§ 96.99).
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