Hamburg Village, NY Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)

The Village of Hamburg Noise Ordinance, Chapter 164 (adopted 8-17-1998 by L.L. No. 5-1998), does not print a single curfew section. Section 164-3 defines nighttime hours as the hours between 10:00 p.m., local time, on any day and 7:00 a.m. on the following day, and daytime hours as 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., as amended 11-3-2025 by L.L. No. 4-2025. That definition then drives specific rules.

Section 164-10 is the main nighttime prohibition. Within a residential zone or within 500 feet of a residential zone it is unlawful to operate construction equipment, including a pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick or steam or electric hoist, or to perform any outside construction or repair work so as to create noise. A designated official of the Village of Hamburg must first give a verbal warning that the violation exists and of the penalties. The section does not prohibit work of an emergency nature. Domestic work by a person residing in the premises is also outside the ban, but a domestic power tool such as a saw, sander, grinder or outdoor lawn and garden tool cannot be run at night so as to cause noise within a residential building or across a residential property boundary where it interferes with comfort, repose, health or safety at 25 feet or more from the source.

Section 164-14(F) closes the permit route. The Village Board authorizes permits in its discretion, and no permit can be issued for any sound source that will operate during nighttime hours. Under § 164-12, noise that continues for more than three cumulative minutes in any sixty-minute period and exceeds the permitted levels is unlawful, and a designated official can issue a verbal warning. The general unreasonable-noise standard of § 164-4 applies at every hour, and its factors include the time of the day or night and the proximity of the noise to sleeping facilities. The Board of Trustees of the Village of Hamburg wrote these hours; the surrounding Town of Hamburg has a separate code.