Yonkers, NY Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Yonkers, NY, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Barred hours
- 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. weekdays
- Also barred
- All day weekends and legal holidays
- Governing section
- Yonkers City Code § 66-4F
- Exemptions
- Emergencies, homeowner projects, road work
- Equipment rule
- Motorized equipment must have a muffler
- Penalty
- Class II offense, $100-$5,000 or 15 days jail
Summary
Yonkers City Code § 66-4F bars construction, repair, demolition or excavation equipment between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and at any time on weekends or legal holidays. Emergency work, homeowner-performed home construction and preexisting road maintenance are exempt, but all motorized equipment must still run with a muffler.
Construction, repair and demolition: operating or permitting the operation of any tool or equipment used in construction, repair, demolition or excavation between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the following day or at any time on weekends or legal holidays. Such operation does not constitute a violation if the tool or equipment is used in an emergency situation. This provision shall not apply to the following activities so long as they are operating within the time and volume parameters set forth by the regulating department(s): road maintenance/improvement on preexisting roads, on which daytime construction would prove disruptive of traffic flow; and home construction projects by the homeowner. All motorized equipment used in construction and demolition activity shall be operated with a muffler.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4745274; v31 updated 2025-10-28; through 10-28-2025).
Full Breakdown
m. The prohibition does not apply to work performed during an actual emergency, to road maintenance or improvement on preexisting roads where daytime work would disrupt traffic flow, or to home construction projects carried out by the homeowner, so long as those activities stay within the time and volume parameters set by the regulating department. Outside the barred hours, § 66-4F exempts construction and demolition activity from the numeric sound-level limits in Table I altogether, meaning the only backstop during permitted daytime hours is the muffler requirement: all motorized construction and demolition equipment must be operated with a functioning muffler.
Enforcement runs through the same citywide track as the rest of Chapter 66. § 66-24 makes a violation a Class II offense, carrying under § 1-21 a criminal fine of $100 to $5,000 or up to 15 days in jail, or a civil penalty of $250 to $5,000.
Violations & Fines
A contractor or homeowner who runs construction, demolition or excavation equipment after 6:00 p.m., before 8:00 a.m., or at any time on a weekend or legal holiday violates § 66-4F, a Class II offense under § 66-24. A noise control officer or police officer can issue an appearance ticket, and under § 1-21 the penalty is a criminal fine of $100 to $5,000 or up to 15 days in jail, or a civil penalty of $250 to $5,000.
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Sources & Official References
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