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Noise and construction hours in Colfax

Colfax's own rules on noise and construction hours, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Colfax Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Colfax's code says

Colfax code What Colfax's code adds
Construction hours on weekdays
  • 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.
    Applies: Work needing a building, grading or other permit; the building official may permit other hours for emergencies or extreme hardship.
    § 8.28.010 · code text
    Monday through Friday: six a.m. to six p.m.;
Construction hours on weekends and holidays
  • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Applies: Saturdays; work needing a building, grading or other permit; the building official may permit other hours for emergencies or extreme hardship.
    § 8.28.010 · code text
    Saturdays: eight a.m. to five p.m.;
  • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Applies: Sundays and observed holidays; work needing a building, grading or other permit; other hours by permit for emergencies or extreme hardship.
    § 8.28.010 · code text
    Sundays and observed holidays: eight a.m. to five p.m.
Leaf blowers and equipment
  • Noisy blowers and power fans must be muffled; engines need a muffler that deadens the noise.
    § 8.28.010 · code text
    The operation of any noise-creating blower or power fan or any internal combustion engine the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion of operating gases or fluids, unless the noise from such blower or fan is muffled and such engine is equipped with a muffler device sufficient to deaden such noise.
Quiet hours
  • 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
    Applies: Radios, instruments or similar sound devices plainly heard 50 feet from the building, structure or vehicle.
    § 8.28.010 · code text
    the operation of any such set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of eleven (11) p.m. and seven a.m. in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet

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Frequently asked questions

What are the noise rules and construction hours in Colfax?

Colfax's code: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. (Work needing a building, grading or other permit; the building official may permit other hours for emergencies or extreme hardship.) (§ 8.28.010); 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. (Radios, instruments or similar sound devices plainly heard 50 feet from the building, structure or vehicle.) (§ 8.28.010).

General information, not legal advice.

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