Lauderhill, FL Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

Section 14-22 of the Lauderhill Code of Ordinances treats construction equipment noise as one of the excessive and unnecessary noises the city forbids outright. The rule reaches any site preparation, assembly, erection, substantial repair, alteration or demolition within 300 yards of a residential or noise-sensitive area, a term the code defines to include any school, hospital, nursing home, court or public library. Contractors working that close to housing or those uses may not run equipment between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on weekdays, and cannot run it at all on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. The only carve-out is emergency work, meaning work to treat, prevent or alleviate physical trauma or property damage caused by an emergency.

A contractor who needs relief, say a night pour that cannot be rescheduled, must apply in writing to the city manager's office with a $25.00 fee under subsection (d). The city manager can grant a special permit only on a showing that more time is needed to comply, that the work is temporary and cannot be done another way, or that no reasonable alternative exists; any permit issued is capped at 90 consecutive days but can be renewed if the underlying reason still applies.

Both the police department and the city's code enforcement division can write citations under subsection (f): a court hears law-enforcement citations, while the code enforcement board only hears citations issued by a code enforcement officer.