Leander, TX Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

Section 8.04.002(g) of Leander's Code of Ordinances governs construction, demolition, and maintenance work. Operating equipment used in construction, repair, alteration, or demolition of buildings, streets, lawns, or similar work in a manner that causes a noise disturbance creates a 'prima facia noise disturbance' if conducted between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The ordinance is explicit that the time-of-day exemptions 'apply to the time component only and do not exempt the operator from staying below the noise level allowed for that type of zone.' The city engineer may grant administrative exemptions for emergency work, for concrete placements on city projects, and for work in city rights-of-way or easements during the 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. window when delay would adversely affect public safety, or for concrete pours when the pour will take longer than four hours, the heat index is forecast above 100 degrees by noon, or the work is in a public right-of-way or easement. City Council may also approve overnight concrete placements near homes only if strict conditions are met, including that the project is within 600 feet of an occupied residence, the pour exceeds four hours, the heat index will exceed 100 degrees, the work stays within zone noise limits, the overnight pour lasts no more than three consecutive days, and 48-hour door-hanger notice is given to homes within 600 feet.