Construction hours in Tybee Island, GA — sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances — set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Savannah bars construction, drilling, demolition and utility maintenance from creating a noise disturbance between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. At other hours, construction noise exceeding 85 dBA at a property line is a violation.
City of Savannah §9-2038 prohibits operating construction, drilling, demolition, or preventive utility-maintenance tools between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. in any manner that creates a noise disturbance across a real property boundary or within a noise-sensitive area. At any other time, a construction sound level exceeding 85 dBA at or across a property boundary is deemed a noise disturbance. Exemptions include emergency/repair work for government or public utilities, domestic power tools allowed 7 a.m.-10 p.m., and equipment fitted with the manufacturer's best noise-attenuating device. Unincorporated Chatham County relies on its general offenses/nuisance provisions for construction noise.
Misdemeanor under Savannah §9-2041; abatement orders may be issued and each continuing day is a separate offense.
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