Iowa City, IA Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

unless a permit has been obtained from the city engineer. , with maintenance activities defined as nonroutine operations, temporary in nature and conducted infrequently. A separate exception in 6-4-3F allows cement sawing of freshly poured concrete street, alley, sidewalk or road surface without regard to the general time window, recognizing that fresh concrete work cannot always wait for daytime hours. window, for a night pour, an emergency repair, or a tight project schedule, must apply to the city engineer for a permit before doing so; running equipment outside those hours without that permit is a violation regardless of how quiet the equipment actually is, because the rule is time-based rather than decibel-based. Ordinance 14-4600, adopted November 18, 2014, put this chapter in its current form.