Construction hours in Port St. Lucie, FL — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Port St. Lucie Code section 94.05(n) exempts construction noise from the noise limits only between 7:00 a.m. and sundown once a building permit is obtained; construction noise between sundown and 7:00 a.m. requires a special permit under section 94.07.
Construction noise is handled as an exemption in section 94.05(n). Noise from construction activities occurring between 7:00 a.m. and sundown is exempt from Chapter 94, but the exemption is effective only upon obtaining a building permit and applies only to construction activity directly related to the permitted work. A special permit under section 94.07 is required to generate construction noise between sundown and 7:00 a.m., and the permit holder and violator are jointly and severally liable for any violation of the permit's terms. A related exemption, section 94.05(j), allows routine residential and commercial maintenance noise (lawn mowing; tree, hedge and garden maintenance; refuse collection; soil cultivation; pavement sweeping and cleaning) between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Outside the permitted construction window, the Table I decibel limits of section 94.04 and the 100-foot plainly-audible rule (section 94.04(i)) apply.
Construction noise outside the exempt hours without a special permit is enforced under section 94.08, with penalties as provided in Chapter 37 of the City Code. Each violation is also a nuisance under section 94.09.
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