Construction hours in Redlands, CA — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Redlands Municipal Code Section 8.06.090.F bars construction and demolition that creates a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial property line between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, including Saturdays, and at any time on Sundays or holidays, except for emergency utility/city work. Allowed weekday hours are effectively 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Construction noise in the City of Redlands is regulated by Chapter 8.06 (Community Noise Control). Section 8.06.090.F prohibits 'operating or causing the operation of any tools or equipment used in construction, drilling, repair, alteration or demolition work between weekday hours of six o'clock (6:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M., including Saturdays, or at any time on Sundays or holidays, such that the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial real property line, except for emergency work by public service utilities, the city or another governmental entity.' In practice this means construction that disturbs neighbors is permitted on weekdays and Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and not at all on Sundays or holidays without authorization. The same provision requires that all mobile or stationary internal-combustion-engine-powered equipment or machinery be equipped with exhaust and air-intake silencers in proper working order. A City consultant noise study confirms the City has not adopted a separate maximum decibel level specific to construction equipment; the hours-based limit in 8.06.090.F is the controlling rule, supplemented by the general exterior limits of Section 8.06.070. This is the City's own ordinance. California has no statewide construction-hours statute for private projects, so Redlands' 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. window (no Sunday/holiday work) controls within city limits and differs from San Bernardino County's standards for unincorporated areas.
Construction or demolition noise that disturbs a neighbor outside the permitted hours can be cited by the City's Code Enforcement Division under Section 8.06.090.F. Emergency work by utilities, the city or another governmental entity is exempt. Improperly muffled engine-powered equipment also violates the section.
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