It depends on who is doing the work and when.
If you are a Construction Professional (i.e. a Licensed Contractor) or an owner/occupant doing your own construction on a site with an active building permit:
- Monday through Friday through from 7 am to 8 am - Light noise associated with preparing the job site is permitted. No heavy equipment power tools are permitted.
- Monday through Friday through from 8 am to 5 pm - Heavy equipment/power tool noise associated with construction is permitted.
- Monday through Friday through from 5 pm to 6 pm - Light noise associated with disassembling the job site is permitted. No heavy equipment power tools permitted.
- Saturdays, Sundays, and City Holidays - No construction is permitted. This does not include non-construction landscaping (landscape maintenance) which must abide by the standard (non-construction) noise ordinance requirements.
If you are an owner/occupant and are doing home maintenance not associated with a site with an active building permit:
Certain types of activities and noise sources associated with residential living are permitted under the City's municipal code. With the exception of gas-powered leaf blowers, low-noise generating power garden equipment (such as hedge clippers, weed-eaters, lawnmowers) is permitted as follows:
- Monday through Friday through from 7 am to 8 am - No heavy equipment power tools permitted
- Monday through Friday through from 8 am to 5 pm - Heavy equipment/power tool noise associated with construction is permitted
- Monday through Friday through from 5 pm to 6 pm - No heavy equipment power tools permitted
- Saturdays - Construction allowed 9 am to 5 pm by the homeowner(s) only (no outside help, hired or otherwise).
- Sundays and City Holidays - No construction is permitted
Please Note: Unless expressly permitted by the City of Mill Valley, landscape construction work is not permitted on weekends and holidays and must abide by the same rules as regular construction. This does not apply to landscape maintenance which must abide by the non-construction noise ordinance requirements.
No-Work Holidays:
- New Years Day
- MLK Day
- Presidents Day
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- 4th of July
- Labor Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
Complaints:
- Noise violations are handled by the Police Department. Please contact them as the violation is occurring so that they may address it directly. The Police Department can be reached at 415-389-4100.