Little Rock, AR Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

Commercial and residential exterior and interior construction work including erection, excavation, demolition, or repair of any building and its components shall be allowed between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Additional interior construction work shall be allowed to be performed between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday provided that all exterior openings are completely covered. These construction hours shall be adhered to except in the case of urgent emergency in the interest of public health and safety and then only with written permission from the building codes division, which permission may be granted for a period not to exceed (30) thirty days while the emergency continues. If an emergency arises when permission is not obtainable, the necessary work may be done and reported to the building codes division at the earliest date that the office is open after the emergency arises and may grant permission retroactively to the beginning of the emergency. If the building codes division should determine that the public health and safety will not be impaired by the erection, demolition, excavation, alteration or repair of any building within the designated hours and if they shall further determine that loss of inconvenience would result to any party in interest, they may grant permission for such work to be done within