Millcreek, PA Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

Section 29-19 sits in Chapter 29, Part 2 (Public and Private Improvements, adopted 3-25-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-3) of the Millcreek Township Code. It bars the operation of heavy construction or excavation machinery, including bulldozers, high lifts, backhoes, trucks, power shovels, pumps and jackhammers, and equipment such as saws, drills and other machinery used in connection with construction of public or private improvements, when the machinery causes noise sufficient to disturb the peace and general tranquility of the general public. The ban runs from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and all day on Sundays.

The Part 2 code reaches a wide group. Section 29-25 defines DEVELOPER to include any landowner, the landowner's contractor, any applicant for a subdivision, land development approval or building or other Township permit, and any other person who constructs or causes to be constructed any public or private improvement anywhere in the Township. Section 29-16 makes the developer responsible for the acts and omissions of contractors and subcontractors, and § 29-21 makes the developer solely responsible for compliance with all federal, state and local laws.

Chapter 40, the Township's noise chapter, contains a second construction provision. Section 40-51B exempts sounds from construction operations from that chapter between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. in Zoning Districts CR, R-1, R-2 and R-3, and at all times in all other zoning districts (amended 8-8-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-6). That exemption relieves construction from the Chapter 40 decibel table; the 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. ban and the Sunday ban in § 29-19 are printed separately in Chapter 29. Site-specific rules also apply: § 29-18 keeps construction vehicles and materials off the public street.