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Residential Hours of Operation

Council regulations prohibit residential noise outside of the following times:

Table 1: Residential and Non-Residential Land and Buildings

Group

Prescribed Items

Prohibited Times

1

A motor vehicle (except a vehicle moving in or out of premises), lawn mower or other grass cutting device and any equipment or appliance not falling within Group 2 having an internal combustion engine.

Monday to Friday - before 7am and after 8pm

Weekends and public holidays - before 9am and after 8pm

2

An electric power tool, chain or circular saw, gas or air compressor, pneumatic power tool, hammer and any other impacting tool or grinding equipment.

Monday to Friday
before 7am and after 8pm

Weekends and public holidays before 9am and after 8pm

3

A musical instrument and any electrical amplified sound reproducing equipment including a stereo, radio, television and public address system.

Monday to Thursday
before 7am and after 10pm

Friday
before 7am and after 11pm

Saturday and public holidays
before 9am and after 11pm

Sunday
before 9am and

4

A musical instrument and any electrical amplified sound reproducing equipment including a stereo, radio, television and public address system.

Monday to Friday
before 7am and after 8pm

Weekends and public holidays
before 9am and after 8pm
Table 2: Building activities over streets and public land
Building Activity Prohibited Times

"Building Activity" includes -

(a)     any act or thing done or to be done on, over or across any road or council land for the purpose of or in the course of construction, repair, demolition, pulling down or removal of any building

(b)     the erection or removal of any kind of scaffolding and the excavation and carrying away from the premises of earth, soil, clay, rock or material of any kind on, over or across any road or council land

(c)     the moving about of any building equipment or material and any rubble, waste or second-hand building materials on, over or across any road or council land

(d)     any work or action incidental to the matters referred to in paragraph (a), (b) and (c) conducted on, over or across any road or council land
Monday to Friday

before 7am and after 8pm.

Saturday

before 9am and after 8pm.

Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or ANZAC Day

unless otherwise permitted by Council