Construction hours in Lima, OH — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Lima's Codified Ordinances set no specific clock hours for construction work. Construction noise is instead governed by the general noise-disturbance standard of Ordinance 648.20, which bars unreasonably loud or unnecessary noise across property lines at any hour.
Lima does not adopt a dedicated construction-hours ordinance with fixed start and stop times (such as 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.). Instead, construction, demolition, and power-equipment noise is judged under the general noise-disturbance provision of Codified Ordinance 648.20 and Chapter 648 (Peace Disturbances): noise that is unreasonably loud, raucous, or unnecessary and disturbs a person of ordinary sensibilities across a property boundary can be cited. In practice, contractors keep loud work to daytime hours because nighttime construction is far more likely to be deemed an unreasonable disturbance. Permitted construction is generally exempt during reasonable working hours.
Cited as a noise disturbance under 648.20: $100 first offense, $250 second within a year, $500 third within a year, no suspension of the fine.
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