Sherman, TX Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

Section 8.07.003(b)(6)(A) of the Sherman Code of Ordinances, adopted by the City Council as Ordinance 6216 on 5/20/19, sets the construction window for residential districts. Work covered includes the erection (including excavation), demolition, alteration or repair of any building in any residential district or section, and the excavation of streets and highways there. The permitted hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday. The code excludes these holidays from the permitted hours: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

The only exception printed in subparagraph (A) is urgent necessity in the interest of public health and safety, and then only with a permit from the city manager, which can be granted for a period not to exceed thirty days while the emergency continues. Subparagraph (B) adds a second route: if the city manager determines that public health and safety will not be impaired by work during the off hours, and that loss or inconvenience would result to a party in interest, he can grant permission for that work, on application made when the permit for the work is awarded or during progress of the work.

The code defines construction as site preparation, assembly, erection, substantial repair, alteration or similar action excluding demolition, and defines demolition separately, but the hours rule names both. Power equipment used on a site is carved out of the separate power-equipment paragraph and regulated here instead. Section 8.07.006 also lets the assistant city manager prescribe conditions or suspend a permit for violating its terms, and a permittee whose permit is suspended can request a hearing before the city manager within ten days.