Construction hours in Las Cruces, NM — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Construction, repair or demolition noise that disturbs others is a violation outside 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. under the Las Cruces noise ordinance, except in cases of urgent public necessity.
Under Chapter 19, Article III, Division 2 of the Las Cruces Municipal Code, construction, repair or demolition work on commercial or residential buildings, roadways, utility facilities or infrastructure that disturbs the comfort or repose of others is prohibited outside the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The only stated exception is a case of urgent public necessity. The same division's 30-foot audibility test applies to judge whether the work amounts to a violation.
Enforced by Las Cruces Police and Codes Enforcement as a municipal nuisance; noise violations are prosecuted as misdemeanors in municipal court with fines.
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