Holidays & Permissible Hours for Contractors, Construction & Landscaping

  1. Governing Ordinance/Penalties
  2. Holidays Observed by  the Town
  3. Additional Info from Code Compliance


Sec. 12-21. Definitions

Construction activity means any activity associated with the construction, renovation, repair, alteration or demolition of any building, structure or any part thereof.

Sec. 12-26. Permissible hours for construction activity and landscaping 

  1. The performance of construction activity and landscaping within the town shall be allowed pursuant to the following schedule:
    1. Construction activity. Construction activity is permitted from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. No construction activity is permitted on Saturdays or Sundays, except for watering in connection with dust mitigation.
    2. Interior repair and maintenance activity. Repair and maintenance activity inside a dwelling is permitted from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Repair and maintenance activity inside a dwelling is permitted on Saturdays between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., provided that the activity does not result in audible noise outside the dwelling.
    3. Landscaping activity. Landscaping activity is permitted from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. On Saturdays, landscaping activity is permitted between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5 :00 p.m., but only by owners and tenants. There shall be no use of leaf blowers on Saturdays. No commercial landscapers are permitted to perform work in the town on Saturdays.
    4. Town projects. Town projects are permitted from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. Weekends and nighttime hours shall be allowed at the discretion of the town manager, in the public's best interest to finish roadway and right of way projects expeditiously to minimize traffic impact and long-term inconvenience to residents and visitors of the town.
  2. Except for watering as provided for in subsection (l)(a) above, no construction, repair, maintenance, or landscaping activity is permitted on Sundays or legal holidays, and the same is hereby specifically prohibited. For purposes of this section, the term "legal holidays" is defined as any day observed by the town as a legal holiday.

Sec. 12-27 Penalties

The following fines and penalties shall be imposed on violators of this article: 

  1. For the First Violation, the violator shall receive a Notice of Violation imposing a fine of $1,000.00
    Second Violation - $2,000.00
    Third Violation - $3,000.00 plus 8-hour Stop Work Order
    Each subsequent violation - $5,000
  2. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, for violation of Sections 12-26. l(b) and 12-26.1 (c), the violator shall receive, for the first violation, a Notice of Violation imposing a fine of $250.00, and for any subsequent violations, a Notice of Violation imposing a fine of $500.00

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