Palm Springs, CA Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Palm Springs, 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. to 7 p.m.
- Saturday hours
- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Sundays & 6 holidays
- Not permitted
- Right-of-way work exception
- 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m., no weekends/holidays
- Posting duty
- Hours must be posted on new construction sites
Summary
Palm Springs limits disturbing construction noise to 7 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, and bars it entirely on Sundays and six named holidays. Once a worker is told the noise is disturbing someone's peace, work must stop until the permitted hours return, subject to listed emergency and public-works exceptions.
No person shall be engaged or employed nor shall any person cause any other person to be engaged or employed in any work of construction, erection, alteration, repair, addition to, or improvement of any realty, building or structure, except during the hours specified as follows, if the noise or other sound produced by such work is of such intensity or quality that it disturbs the peace and quiet of any other person of normal sensitivity. ... Permitted Hours of Construction Weekdays Saturday Sundays & Holidays* 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Not permitted
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4923139; v14 updated 2026-06-24).
Full Breakdown
, and not permitted at all on Sundays or on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, July 4th, Labor Day and Memorial Day. New construction projects must conspicuously post these permitted hours on site. Once a person doing or causing the work is informed, orally or in writing, that it is disturbing someone's peace and quiet, the work must stop immediately and resume only within the permitted window. except weekends and holidays unless the city engineer approves otherwise; public service maintenance such as street, sidewalk, golf course and park upkeep; and activities under an approved fugitive dust control program. 220 hours end.
Violations & Fines
A person who continues or causes construction work after being told it is disturbing another person's peace and quiet, and outside the posted hours, is in violation of Section 8.04.220 and must cease immediately; repeat or continuing violations fall under the citywide misdemeanor/infraction and daily-separate-offense scheme in Municipal Code Sections 1.01.140 and 1.01.150.
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Sources & Official References
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