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Noise and construction hours in Wheatland

Wheatland'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 Wheatland Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Wheatland's code says

Wheatland code What Wheatland's code adds
Construction hours on weekdays
  • 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    Applies: Weekdays; building construction, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair; other hours only with a building inspector permit.
    § 8.04.030 · code text
    The erection (including excavation), demolition, alteration or repair of any building other than between the hours of seven a.m. and ten p.m. on weekdays, except in case of urgent necessity in the interest of the public health and safety, and then only with a permit from the building inspector
Leaf blowers and equipment
  • Blowers and power fans must be muffled; combustion engines need a muffler that deadens the noise.
    Applies: Noisy blowers, power fans or combustion engines.
    § 8.04.030 · 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, phonographs or other sound devices plainly audible 50 feet from the building, structure or vehicle.
    § 8.04.030 · code text
    The operation of any such set, instruments, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of eleven p.m. and seven a.m. in such manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of fifty feet from the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
  • 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
    Applies: Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on public streets.
    § 8.04.030 · code text
    Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets, particularly between the hours of eleven p.m. to seven a.m. or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of persons in any office, or in dwelling, hotel or other type of residence or any persons in the vicinity.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the noise rules and construction hours in Wheatland?

Wheatland's code: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Weekdays; building construction, excavation, demolition, alteration or repair; other hours only with a building inspector permit.) (§ 8.04.030); 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. (Radios, instruments, phonographs or other sound devices plainly audible 50 feet from the building, structure or vehicle.) (§ 8.04.030).

General information, not legal advice.

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