Hutto, TX Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Hutto, TX, 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 8:00 p.m. Mon-Thu
- Weekend hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Fri-Sat
- Protected buffer
- 600 feet of residence/church/hospital/hotel
- Off-hours permit
- concrete only, § 14.03.005
- Permit review time
- 10 business days
- Enforcing office
- Hutto Planning Department, City Manager on appeal
Summary
In the City of Hutto, construction, excavation, demolition and repair work that creates noise above the decibel limits is confined to 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday when within 600 feet of a residence, church, hospital, hotel or motel.
Construction work.The erection, including excavation, demolition, alteration or repair work, on any building other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday (collectively "construction hours") in a manner that the sound therefrom creates noise that exceeds maximum decibel levels pursuant to section 14.03.001(a) measured in accordance with section 14.03.001(b) within 600 feet of a residential area, church, hospital, hotel, or motel, except in case of urgent necessity in the interest of public safety and convenience, and then only for the installation of concrete as authorized under section 14.03.0045 (permit for concrete installation during nonconstruction hours).
Full Breakdown
Hutto Code of Ordinances § 14.03.003(10) lists construction work among the specific noise nuisances barred by Article 14.03. The restriction applies to erection, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair on any building outside the defined 'construction hours' of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, when the resulting sound exceeds the decibel ceilings set in § 14.03.001(a) (85 dBA daytime, 70 dBA nighttime, measured under § 14.03.001(b)) within 600 feet of a residential area, church, hospital, hotel or motel.
The section carves out an exception for urgent public-safety necessity, and separately for concrete installation authorized under § 14.03.0045, the city's permit process for pouring concrete outside construction hours. That permit, detailed in § 14.03.005, is issued by the planning director within ten business days of a complete application, requires ten business days' advance filing, written notice to neighboring property owners and HOAs at least ten days before work, 48-hour notice to the chief of police before each pour, and a sound-and-light management plan covering truck queuing, pump placement, sound baffling and on-site supervision.
A permit can be revoked for violating its terms or misrepresenting the application, and denial or revocation may be appealed in writing to the city manager within ten days. Violations of the underlying noise article carry the general penalty of § 1.01.009.
Violations & Fines
Construction noise outside the permitted hours, or exceeding the decibel limits within 600 feet of a residence, church, hospital, hotel or motel, is a violation of § 14.03.003(10) subject to the general penalty in § 1.01.009: a fine of up to $500.00, with each day of continuing violation a separate offense. A contractor with more than two convictions at the same site in six months is barred from obtaining the nonconstruction-hours concrete permit for eighteen months under § 14.03.005(h).
Frequently Asked Questions
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