Contractors working nights, weekends or near homes
Free check of your city's construction hours and what an after-hours noise variance needs, with New York City as a worked example.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Grading and erosion control plan door.
Modeled on: NYC DEP Construction Noise Mitigation Plan and DOB After Hours Variance
From public data
on weekdays is when New York City allows construction without after-hours authorization
Source: NYC Department of Environmental Protection
Draft the erosion and sediment control plan, grading narrative and dust control plan your city or county wants with the grading permit. Free to read.
Questions
Between 7 am and 6 pm on weekdays. At all other times, including any time on weekends, you must apply for after-hours authorization.
In New York City, anyone doing construction must develop a Construction Noise Mitigation Plan before work starts and confirm it on the Department of Buildings application. It must already be in place before you seek an after-hours permit, and copies must be available on site.
Yes. New York City's Department of Buildings publishes a real-time After Hours Variance map showing projects permitted to work outside normal hours.
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