Hendersonville, TN Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
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.
Key Facts
- Weekday hours
- 7:00 a.m. to sunset (Mon–Fri)
- Weekend hours
- 9:00 a.m. to sunset (Sat–Sun)
- After-hours work
- Needs Codes Director's written OK
- Maximum fine
- $50 (§ 3-302(1)(a))
- Court costs
- $175 added per case
- Adopted
- Ord. 1970-33, amended 1997
Summary
Hendersonville limits construction activity, including demolition and street repair, to 7:00 a.m. to sunset on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to sunset on weekends under Municipal Code § 11-402(1)(h). Contractors who need to work outside those hours must get written authorization from the Codes Director, granted only when the work is necessary for public health, safety, or the community's good.
Subject to the provisions of this section the creating of any unreasonably loud, disturbing, and unnecessary noise is prohibited... (h)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... (b)Repair of streets, etc. Excavations or repairs of bridges, streets, or highways at night, by or on behalf of the municipality, the county, or the state, when the public welfare and convenience renders it impracticable to perform such work during the day.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 4).
Full Breakdown
Hendersonville regulates construction hours inside its broader anti-noise ordinance at Title 11, Chapter 4, § 11-402, first adopted by Ordinance 1970-33 in August 1970 and amended twice in 1997. The section opens by banning 'any unreasonably loud, disturbing, and unnecessary noise' citywide, then lists specific violations, one of which, subsection (1)(h), targets construction: '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 that window needs prior written sign-off from the Codes Director or a designated agent, and the ordinance limits that sign-off to situations where the after-hours work is 'necessary for the public health, safety and good of the community,' not mere contractor convenience.
A separate, narrower exception in § 11-402(2)(b) covers government road work: excavations or repairs of bridges, streets, or highways done at night 'by or on behalf of the municipality, the county, or the state' are exempted when daytime work is impracticable for public welfare and convenience. That carve-out applies to government-directed infrastructure projects, not private construction contractors, who must still obtain the Codes Director's written authorization to work outside the standard hours.
Chapter 4 sets no standalone fine for a construction-hours violation, so a citation falls under the citywide ordinance-fine cap of $50 in § 3-302(1)(a), plus the $175 in court costs the City Judge must assess in every case under § 3-302(2)(a).
Violations & Fines
Working construction, demolition, or street repair before 7:00 a.m. (9:00 a.m. on weekends) or after sunset without the Codes Director's written authorization violates § 11-402(1)(h). Like other Chapter 4 offenses, a conviction is capped at a $50 fine under § 3-302(1)(a), plus $175 in mandatory court costs under § 3-302(2)(a), for total exposure of roughly $225 per citation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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