Noise and construction hours in Glendale: the local rules

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Construction hours on weekdays	Outdoor construction is allowed only from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Applies: Within or 500 feet from a residential zone; Saturdays same; none Saturday 7 p.m. to Monday 7 a.m. or holidays without a permit; emergencies excepted. § 8.36.080 · code text It is unlawful for any person within a residential zone, or within a radius of five hundred feet therefrom, to operate equipment or perform any outside construction or repair work on buildings, structures or projects within the city between the hours of seven p.m. on one day and seven a.m. of the next day
Construction hours on weekends and holidays	Construction is allowed 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday. Applies: Outside work and equipment in or within 500 feet of a residential zone. Other hours need a prior building official permit; emergency work needs none. § 8.36.080 · code text from seven p.m. on Saturday to seven a.m. on Monday No construction from 7 p.m. Saturday to 7 a.m. Monday. Applies: Holidays too; outside work and equipment in or within 500 feet of residential zones. Prior building official permit or emergency work allowed. § 8.36.080 · code text from seven p.m. on Saturday to seven a.m. on Monday or from seven p.m. preceding a holiday, as designated in Chapter 3.08 of this code, to seven a.m. following such holiday unless beforehand a permit therefor has been duly obtained from the building official.
Noise limit at homes	The presumed outdoor noise standard is 45 dbA. Applies: Single-family and duplex zones, nighttime. § 8.36.040 · code text Cemetery and residential (single family and duplex) \| 45 dbA \| Nighttime The presumed outdoor noise standard is 55 dbA. Applies: Single-family and duplex zones, daytime. § 8.36.040 · code text Cemetery and residential (single family and duplex) \| 55 dbA \| Daytime The presumed outdoor noise standard is 60 dbA. Applies: Multifamily residential zones, any time. § 8.36.040 · code text Residential (multifamily, hotels, motels and transient lodgings) \| 60 dbA \| Anytime The presumed indoor noise standard is 45 dbA. Applies: Inside homes in residential zones, nighttime. § 8.36.040 · code text Residential \| 45 dbA \| Nighttime The presumed indoor noise standard is 55 dbA. Applies: Inside homes in residential zones, all other times. § 8.36.040 · code text Residential \| 55 dbA \| All other times

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Glendale's code: Outdoor construction is allowed only from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Within or 500 feet from a residential zone; Saturdays same; none Saturday 7 p.m. to Monday 7 a.m. or holidays without a permit; emergencies excepted.) (§ 8.36.080); The presumed outdoor noise standard is 45 dbA. (Single-family and duplex zones, nighttime.) (§ 8.36.040).

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