Construction hours in Kane County, IL — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Unincorporated Kane County sets no specific construction start/stop times. Construction noise is judged against the statewide Illinois noise-pollution standard (35 Ill. Adm. Code 900/901). Cities and villages within Kane County set their own construction hours.
There is no Kane County ordinance fixing hours during which construction may generate noise on unincorporated land. Construction equipment is a "property-line noise source" under the Illinois Pollution Control Board rules, so it must not emit sound to neighboring residential (Class A) property above the octave-band limits in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 901, which drop at night. Persistent early-morning or overnight construction noise can be pursued as noise pollution under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 900.102 or as a nuisance. Municipalities such as Aurora, Batavia, and Geneva impose their own construction-hour windows (typically 7 a.m.-restrictions), but those apply only inside city limits, not in unincorporated townships.
No county time-window fine. The Illinois EPA/Pollution Control Board can pursue noise-pollution violations; municipal codes carry their own construction-hour penalties inside city limits.
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