Little Chute, WI Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Little Chute, WI, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Allowed hours
- 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. weekdays
- Noise cap
- 80 db(A) at property line
- Night-work waiver
- Chief of police, hardship only
- Measured at
- Property line of jobsite
Summary
Little Chute confines loud building work and construction equipment to 7 a.m.-10 p.m. on weekdays, and caps equipment noise at 80 decibels measured at the property line.
The erection (including excavation), demolition, alteration or repair of any building, as well as the operation of any pile-driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam or electric hoist, or any other similar equipment attended by loud or unusual noise, other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on weekdays... Construction equipment in any zone may be operated between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., provided that said equipment does not exceed a maximum sound level of 80 db(a) measured at the property line of the location at which said equipment is in use.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 18 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Erecting, excavating, demolishing, altering, or repairing a building, or running a pile-driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, or similar loud equipment, is barred outside 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on weekdays; the chief of police can permit night work only for extraordinary hardship. Separately, construction equipment in any zone may run between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. but cannot exceed 80 db(A) measured at the property line of the site where it operates.
Violations & Fines
Running loud construction equipment outside 7 a.m.-10 p.m. on weekdays, or above 80 db(A) at the property line, violates Sec. 30-27; general penalty is $25-$1,000 forfeiture for a first offense.
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