Southampton Village, NY Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Southampton Village, NY, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Weekday hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Saturday hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Sundays and holidays
- Prohibited at all times, including federal and state holidays
- Deliveries
- Covered by the same hours as the work
- Who is liable
- Property owner and operator, with or without knowledge
- Maximum penalty
- $2,000 fine, 15 days, or both
Summary
In the Village of Southampton, no one can do construction work or make construction deliveries before 8:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, or before 9:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Construction work and deliveries are prohibited at all times on Sundays and on federal and state holidays under § 78-4. The owner of the property and the operator are both in violation.
B. The following acts are declared to create a public nuisance during the times set forth herein: (1) Construction work. ... (b) So that residents may enjoy the quiet use of their property, no person shall engage in construction work, or deliveries in connection with construction work, earlier than 8:00 a.m. or later than 6:00 p.m., prevailing time, on any weekday, and no earlier than 9:00 a.m. or later than 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Construction work and deliveries in connection with construction work are prohibited at all times on Sunday and on federal and state holidays. ... C. Both the owner of any instrumentality undertaking, using or causing the conduct, activity or conditions related to construction, property maintenance and landscaping work, ... as herein provided and its operator shall be deemed to be in violation of this chapter.
Full Breakdown
Section 78-4 of the Southampton Village Code opens with a finding by the Board of Trustees that noise from construction, property maintenance and landscaping unreasonably annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others in the Village, and it declares work outside the permitted hours a public nuisance. The section was added on April 11, 2019 and amended on May 12, 2022 and December 12, 2024.
"Construction work" is defined broadly in § 78-4B(1)(a): any work done by employees or independent contractors under an oral or written agreement for compensation that involves the construction, reconstruction, erection, alteration, repair, addition to, demolition or removal of buildings or structures, or the excavation, clearing, filling or grading of land, or the placement or removal of earth, stone or building material. It counts whether or not the work involves machinery or power tools, so hand work by a paid crew is covered. Necessary emergency repairs are carved out.
The hours rule in § 78-4B(1)(b) also covers deliveries in connection with construction work, so a delivery truck is held to the same clock as the crew.
Chapter 77 repeats the schedule from the noise side. Section 77-4A(2) exempts construction activities from the § 77-3 decibel limits between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except public holidays as defined in the General Construction Law, and between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays except public holidays, as long as the equipment complies with the rest of the chapter. That subsection was amended on July 11, 2024 by L.L. No. 25-2024. Pile drivers have a stricter rule in § 77-2C: none on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Emergency work by the State of New York, Suffolk County, the Town of Southampton, the Village or a recognized utility is exempt under § 77-4A(14).
Liability reaches the owner. Under § 78-4C both the owner of the instrumentality and its operator are in violation, and a property owner who causes, permits, suffers or allows the work is also in violation, with or without direct knowledge.
Violations & Fines
A violation of Chapter 78 is punished under § 78-5, which points to Article II of Chapter 1 of the Village Code. Under § 1-17 a conviction is a violation under the New York Penal Law punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or both, with community service at the court's discretion. A violation that continues is a separate offense each day, liability is joint and several under § 1-19 when more than one party is responsible, and § 1-18 allows license or permit revocation and injunctive relief on top of the fine.
Frequently Asked Questions
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