§ 8.32.210. Permitted—Construction hours and days.

A.

Any person within the city shall be permitted to operate power construction equipment or use tools for the purpose of conducting construction or repair work on buildings, structures or projects only between the following hours and on the following days:

Monday through Friday	Saturday
7:00 am—5:00 pm	9:00 am—5:00 pm

 

Construction activities are not allowed at any time on Sundays and holidays. For the purpose of this chapter, holidays shall consist of New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

B.

No queuing of trucks or arrival of construction materials and/or workers to a construction site shall be permitted outside the permitted construction hours and days as specified in subsection A of this section. No construction activity shall violate the noise standards set forth in Sections 8.32.050, 8.32.060, 8.32.070 or 8.32.085.

C.

The performance of emergency work is exempt from the provisions of this section.

D.

Minor home repairs and routine home and personal property maintenance activities such as automobiles or boats is not considered construction within the meaning of this chapter; however, these types of activities shall be subject to the provisions set forth in Sections 8.32.050, 8.32.060, 8.32.070 or 8.32.085.

E.

The planning commission or city council shall retain the right to impose more restrictive hours of construction upon any projects involving major construction activity by adding appropriate conditions to the city's approval of lot splits, subdivisions, precise plans of design and conditional use permits.

F.

A variance, issued in accordance with Section 8.32.230, shall be required for any type of construction which will violate the noise standards set forth in Sections 8.32.050, 8.32.060 or 8.32.070.

(Ord. 594 § 1, 1997: prior code § 695.12 (f))