Twin Falls, ID Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)

The construction rule is subsection (B) of Section 6-2-3 in Title 6, Chapter 2 (General Offenses) of the Twin Falls City Code. It applies to every person who engages in the construction or repair of buildings, and the text spells out that site excavation, grading and landscape installation count as construction. A contractor running a skid steer for a landscape install is covered the same way as a crew framing a house. The quiet window runs from ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. to six o'clock (6:00) A.M., so work that starts at 6:00 A.M. is outside the prohibition as written.

The code prints the clock window for the prohibition and prints no separate daytime decibel standard in this subsection, so the night-time hours are the whole rule. The offense is classified as an infraction, a lower tier than the misdemeanor that the neighboring subsections (A), (C), (D) and (E) of the same section carry.

Three exceptions are listed. First, emergency work or cases of urgent necessity in the interest of public health and safety. Second, a government agency acting within the scope of its functions. Third, other work activities as previously authorized by the Building Official, Public Works Director, or the City Manager. The third exception is the practical route for a project that has to run overnight, such as a pour or a utility tie-in that cannot be moved: the authorization has to exist before the work begins, because the code says previously authorized.

The Twin Falls Police Department answers noise calls, and Section 1-4-1 authorizes the city manager's designated code enforcement officer to enforce the code by issuing Idaho uniform citations. Section 6-2-3 was last amended by Ord. O-2024-011, adopted 8-19-2024, and subsection (B) uses the same disorderly conduct section as the general loud-noise offense in subsection (A), which applies at any hour.