A chemical toilet or water closet shall be available on each
construction site and shall remain in place until construction is
completed. One such toilet or closet shall be provided for each compliment
of twenty workers or fraction thereof. Such toilets or closets shall
be placed no less than twenty-five feet inside any property line of
the building site. Any chemical toilet shall be cleaned a minimum
of one time per week. Where construction is being performed at multiple
locations on a project site, such toilets shall be not more than five
hundred feet apart.
(Ord. 1114 § 1, 1980)
(a)
No
person other than one night watchman for the whole of each work or
improvement shall camp, lodge, or sleep, erect or maintain any tent,
or make any bed, or lay any blanket or quilt for the purpose of sleeping
thereon either at, in or adjacent to any building, structure or work
of improvement which is under or in the course of construction and
not completed, whether in an automobile, trailer or otherwise.
(b)
The
erection or placement of any construction office, tool shed, night
watchman's shelter, trailer, camping vehicle, or other temporary facility
on a construction site shall be subject to approval of the building
and safety director concerning location and duration. All such temporary
facilities shall be removed prior to the final inspection unless special
need for limited retention is shown and a performance bond to assure
timely removal is provided per approval of the building and safety
director.
(Ord. 1114 § 1, 1980)
(a)
No
person shall be engaged or employed nor shall any person cause any
other person to be engaged or employed in any work of construction,
erection, alteration, repair, addition to, or improvement of any realty,
building or structure, except during the hours specified as follows,
if the noise or other sound produced by such work is of such intensity
or quality that it disturbs the peace and quiet of any other person
of normal sensitivity. For new construction, the permitted hours of
construction specified below shall be conspicuously posted on site.
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Permitted Hours of Construction
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Weekdays
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Saturday
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Sundays & Holidays*
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7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Not permitted
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*
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Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day, July 4th, Labor
Day and Memorial Day
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(b)
Any person doing or causing work prohibited by subsection (a) of this section, after being informed orally or in writing that such work has caused noise or sounds which disturb any other person's peace and quiet, shall immediately cease such work and shall thereafter perform such work only within the times permitted in subsection (a) of this section.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1)
Emergency repair of existing installations, equipment, or appliances;
(2)
Construction work complying with the terms of a written early work
permit which may be issued by the building official upon a showing
of sufficient need due to circumstances of an unusual or compelling
nature;
(3)
Work being conducted in the public right-of-way under the authority
of the engineering department shall be allowed on a daily basis between
seven a.m. and three-thirty p.m. except weekends and holidays unless
otherwise approved by the city engineer;
(4)
Public service related maintenance work including, but not limited
to, street and sidewalk maintenance and cleaning, public golf course
maintenance and public park maintenance;
(5)
Activities conducted as part of the implementation of an approved
fugitive dust control program.
(Ord. 1114 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1581 § 1, 2000; Ord. 1851 § 1, 2014)
The fire chief shall have the authority to require security
protection of construction sites where an especially hazardous condition
exists in wood frame construction because of the size of the structure
and/or the severe exposure to adjacent existing occupancies.
Construction sites required to provide security protection shall
provide noncombustible fencing at least six feet in height around
the entire perimeter of the construction project. Access gates equipped
with chains and padlocks shall be provided for emergency use, as designated
by the fire department. The fencing shall not obstruct access to fire
hydrants or other fire protection appliances required during the construction
process. On-site security watchmen may be required by the chief, during
the open wood and wrapped stages of construction. The watchmen shall
be on duty during all times when construction workmen are not on the
premises.
(Ord. 1144 § 1, 1981)
