Construction hours in Bell County, TX — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Neither Bell County nor its major cities set fixed construction-hour limits. Temple repealed its building-operations section in 2012, and Killeen's noise code exempts construction that cannot reasonably be done another way. Work must still avoid unreasonable-noise nuisance.
Because Texas counties cannot zone, unincorporated Bell County has no construction-hours rule. Within the cities the picture is thin: Temple repealed its 'Building operations' noise section (Sec. 24-5) by Ordinance 2012-4531 in 2012, leaving no set hours. Killeen's noise article expressly excepts construction, reconstruction and remodeling done 'in conformity with applicable provisions of this code and state law' where it cannot reasonably be done at another time or place. Practically, contractors avoid the nighttime window (Killeen 11 p.m.-7 a.m.) and the general noise-nuisance ban still applies. Check the specific city's building/permit conditions, which may impose hours through permits rather than the noise chapter.
No dedicated construction-hours penalty. Excessive noise is enforced as a general noise nuisance: Killeen $100-$2,000; state disorderly-conduct noise is a Class C misdemeanor up to $500.
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