Construction hours in Hidalgo County, TX — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Unincorporated Hidalgo County sets no construction start or stop times because Texas counties lack authority to regulate construction noise. Only the state disorderly-conduct statute applies outside city limits; cities such as McAllen and Edinburg impose their own construction-hour limits within their boundaries.
There is no Hidalgo County ordinance restricting the hours of construction, grading or equipment operation in unincorporated areas. Texas has not granted counties general noise-regulation power, so a county cannot lawfully set a 7 a.m. construction start like a city can. A jobsite outside all city limits is bound only by Texas Penal Code Sec. 42.01(a)(5), and Sec. 42.01(c)(2) presumes noise unreasonable above 85 decibels only after a peace officer or magistrate first gives notice it is a public nuisance - a high bar for daytime construction. The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office is the enforcing agency. Within McAllen, Edinburg, Mission, Pharr and other cities, the municipal noise and building codes control construction hours instead of this state fallback.
Absent a county ordinance, only Penal Code Sec. 42.01 applies: a Class C misdemeanor, fine up to $500, generally after officer notice the noise is a public nuisance. No county stop-work or fine schedule exists.
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