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Code edit amendment possibility: <br />Sec. 105-1. - Restrictions on hours for construction. <br />(a) Work hours. It shall be unlawful to engage in or conduct any activity in the construction of any <br />building or structure, or the laying of any pavement, including but not limited to the making of any <br />excavation, clearing of surface land and loading or unloading material, equipment or supplies in any <br />residential district of the city, except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Monday <br />through Saturday unless work is done by a homeowner, in which residential homeowner <br />construction is limited from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The City may require construction to be limited <br />from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. as part of the Development Agreement for new developments. <br />However, such activity shall be lawful from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. with prior permission from the <br />city administrator and his designee due to extenuating circumstances such as excessively warm <br />temperature, the need to avoid traffic during normal work hours, etc. Any Sunday activity is also <br />limited to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and to that which is being performed by the <br />owner/occupant of the parcel on which the activity is occurring. Public improvement projects, <br />public works construction activities and other similar emergency construction activity shall be <br />exempt from the construction hours listed. <br />(b) Permit. Application for a permit shall be made in writing to the administrator and shall state the <br />name of the applicant and their business address, the location of the proposed work, and the reason <br />for seeking a permit to do such work on Sunday as well as the estimated time of the proposed <br />operations. No such permit shall be issued excepting where the public welfare will be harmed by <br />failure to perform the work at the time indicated. <br />(c) Provision not to prevent necessary work. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any <br />work necessary to prevent injury to persons or property at any time. <br />(Code 1978, § 7.81; Ord. No. 95-17) <br />