Construction hours in Pasco County, FL — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Pasco County Code § 66-97 prohibits construction activities that produce noise exceeding 55 dBA at an adjacent residential property line between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday and all day Sunday. Power-driven construction equipment must be operated with an effective muffler.
Under Section 66-97 of the Pasco County Code, no construction activities are permitted between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and all day Sunday, that produce noise exceeding 55 dBA measured at the nearest property line of an adjacent residential area. The ordinance also requires that no power-driven construction equipment be operated without a muffler or other noise-reduction device at least as effective as that recommended by the manufacturer or provided as original equipment. These limits are part of the county's broader scheme, which the Board of County Commissioners described in its 2008 findings as limiting commercial-zone noise to 60 dBA daytime and industrial-zone noise to 66 dBA, falling to 55 dBA at night and on Sundays at the closest adjacent residentially-zoned property line.
Construction-noise violations under § 66-97 are enforced as a second-degree misdemeanor under Fla. Stat. § 125.69(1) and Section 1-6(c) of the County Code, and may also be cited through civil code enforcement.
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