Construction hours in Hendersonville, TN — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Hendersonville expressly caps construction activity in Hendersonville Municipal Code Section 11-402(1)(h): 'Construction activities, including demolition and street repair, are permitted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sunset Monday through Friday and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and sunset on Saturday and Sunday.' Work outside those windows requires written authorization from the Codes Director or designee for public-health, safety or community-good reasons.
Section 11-402(1)(h) of Title 11, Chapter 4 (Offenses Against the Peace and Quiet) is the verbatim Hendersonville rule on construction noise. The full text reads: 'Construction Activities. Construction activities, including demolition and street repair, are permitted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sunset Monday through Friday and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and sunset on Saturday and Sunday. Such activities may be allowed at other times upon written authorization of the Codes Director or his designated agent. Such authorization shall be only granted where such construction activities are necessary for the public health, safety and good of the community.' The provision was added or amended by Ord. 1997-32 (October 1997) and Ord. 1997-33 (September 1997). 'Sunset' is the end-time on all seven days - so summer construction in Hendersonville can run until roughly 8:30 p.m., while winter construction ends near 4:45 p.m. The weekend later-start (9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday vs. 7 a.m. weekdays) gives neighbors two extra hours of weekend morning quiet. Building permits for the underlying work are issued by the Hendersonville Building and Codes Department at 101 Maple Drive North under the state-adopted International Building Code; the Codes Director is the official empowered to grant after-hours construction authorizations. Section 11-403 (Supplemental excessive noise regulations) layers a separate 65 dBA night / 75 dBA day cap on business and commercial facility equipment measured at the property line of any residential structure - this applies to commercial construction-equipment operations even within the 11-402(1)(h) hour window if the noise exceeds the dBA cap.
Construction outside the Section 11-402(1)(h) window without written Codes Director authorization is a Title 11 municipal offense, prosecuted in Hendersonville City Court with a fine up to $50 per occurrence under TCA Sec. 6-54-308. Each day of violation may be charged separately. Public Works street-repair work performed at night under Section 11-402(2)(b) (Repair of streets, etc.) by or on behalf of the City of Hendersonville, Sumner County or the state is expressly exempted when daytime work is impracticable. Complaints should be directed to the Hendersonville Building and Codes Department at (615) 264-5395 (Codes office) or to Police non-emergency at (615) 822-1111 for in-progress disturbances.
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