Toledo, OH Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Toledo, OH, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Noise cap
- 90 dbA at property line
- Alternate measure point
- 50 ft from the equipment
- Covered areas
- residential; within 500 ft of school/hospital
- Exempt
- impulsive sound, critical construction equipment
- Governing section
- TMC § 507.11(c)
- Penalty
- minor misdemeanor, each day a new offense
Summary
Toledo bars construction equipment manufactured more than 24 months after Section 507.11 took effect from exceeding 90 dbA, measured at the property line or at least 50 feet from the machine, when it operates in a residential area or within 500 feet of a school or hospital.
No sound level produced by any piece of construction equipment manufactured twenty-four months after the effective date of this section, with the exception of impulsive sound, and critical construction equipment shall exceed 90 dbA when measured at the property line or at a distance of not less than fifty feet from the equipment when operating at the boundary line of the construction project within a residential area or within 500 feet of a school or hospital.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-105: Complete to June 30, 2026).
Full Breakdown
14: no sound level from a piece of construction equipment manufactured twenty-four months after the section's effective date may exceed 90 dbA when measured at the construction project's boundary line, either at the property line or at a distance of at least fifty feet from the equipment, while working within a residential area or within 500 feet of a school or hospital. 02(e) defines as equipment required to run twenty-four hours a day to protect the health and safety of the public and workers, such as dewatering pumps on an open excavation. 17. 19 rather than simply exceeding it. operating-hours restriction for the same construction machinery.
Violations & Fines
A violation of Section 507.11(c) is a minor misdemeanor under Section 507.99, and each day the equipment operates above 90 dbA in a covered area is a separate offense. Impulsive-sound equipment and qualifying critical construction equipment are exempt from the dBA cap but remain subject to the City's vibration and hours rules instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the maximum noise level for construction equipment in Toledo?
Are pile drivers or jackhammers exempt from the 90 dbA cap?
What qualifies as exempt "critical construction equipment"?
Sources & Official References
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