Lee's Summit, MO Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Lee's Summit, MO, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Night Ban
- 10 PM-7 AM, 7 days
- Daytime Limit
- 65 dBA at property line
- Blasting
- 7 AM-6 PM only
- Variance
- Chief of Police
- Code
- § 17-254(6)
Summary
Lee's Summit bars construction, drilling, and demolition noise across residential property lines from 10 PM to 7 AM, seven days a week. Outside those hours, construction sound cannot exceed 65 dBA at the property line.
Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day, seven (7) days a week, such that the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary or within a noise sensitive zone, except for emergency work of public service utilities or by special variance issued pursuant to Subsection 17-255.1.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 55 | Unified Development Ordinance: Supplement 15).
Full Breakdown
Section 17-254(6) of the Noise Control Ordinance prohibits operating construction, drilling, or demolition tools between 10 PM and 7 AM, seven days a week, when the sound crosses a residential property line or enters a noise-sensitive zone. During permitted hours, the sound level at or across a property boundary cannot exceed 65 dBA, though mobile hand and power tools at an active field construction site are exempt. Blasting is confined to 7 AM to 6 PM. Emergency utility work is exempt, and contractors may seek a special variance from the Chief of Police under Section 17-255.
Violations & Fines
Construction-noise violations carry a fine up to $500 and/or 90 days in jail under Section 1-13, each day a separate offense. Egregious activity can be enjoined as a public nuisance.
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