Long Beach, CA Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Long Beach, CA, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Weekday hours
- 7 a.m.–7 p.m. (incl. federal holidays)
- Saturday hours
- 9 a.m.–6 p.m.
- Sunday
- Barred without a Noise Control Officer permit
- Enforcement
- May be enforced directly by Police Officer
- Max penalty
- $500 fine / 180 days jail per day
Summary
Long Beach limits noisy construction work to 7 a.m.–7 p.m. on weekdays and federal holidays, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. on Saturdays, and bars it entirely on Sundays unless the Noise Control Officer issues a Sunday work permit.
A.Weekdays and federal holidays. No person shall operate or permit the operation of any tools or equipment used for construction, alteration, repair, remodeling, drilling, demolition or any other related building activity which produce loud or unusual noise which annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivity between the hours of seven p.m. and seven am. the following day on weekdays, except for emergency work authorized by the Building Official...B.Saturdays. ...between the hours of seven p.m. on Friday and nine a.m. on Saturday and after six p.m. on Saturday, except for emergency work authorized by the Building Official.C.Sundays. No person shall operate or permit the operation of any tools or equipment used for construction, alteration, repair, remodeling, drilling, demolition or any other related building activity at any time on Sunday, except for emergency work authorized by the Building Official or except for work authorized by permit issued by the Noise Control Officer.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 52 Update 1 | City Charter: Supplement 5).
Full Breakdown
202 applies to construction activity requiring a building or related permit issued by the Building Official (harbor district work under City Charter § 201 is excluded). on weekdays, treating federal holidays as weekdays, except for Building-Official-authorized emergency work. m. m. m. Saturday. on specified dates. Subsection (D) makes landowners, contractors, subcontractors and employers responsible for violations by their crews, and subsection (F) lets a Police Officer enforce the section directly, unlike the general noise chapter's abatement-order-first process.
Violations & Fines
A violation of § 8.80.202 is a misdemeanor under the section's own penalty clause, punishable by a fine up to $500, imprisonment up to 180 days, or both, with each day of the violation a separate offense; an employee prosecuted under the ordinance can request the court add the landowner, contractor, subcontractor or employer as a codefendant.
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Sources & Official References
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