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Need help with handling loud construction at night
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:28 pm
I live next to the construction site for Lee High School in Baton Rouge. Last night they began working at midnight and worked all the way through the morning backing up trucks, operating heavy machinery, pouring concrete, and yelling back and forth to each other.
Baton Rouge city ordinance states:
Sec. 12:100. - Noises interfering with enjoyment of property or public peace and comfort.
No person shall make or cause to be made any loud and raucous noise in the parish which is offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities and which renders the enjoyment of life or property uncomfortable or interferes with public peace and comfort.
and
Sec. 12:101. - Same—Enumerated.
The following acts, among others, are declared to create loud and raucous noises and shall be deemed a violation of this chapter, but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
9) The creation of loud and raucous noise by construction work in or adjacent to a residential area other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sunset on weekdays and Saturdays, except in the case of urgent necessity in the interest of public safety for which permission must be obtained from the director of public works. "Construction work" includes but is not limited to the erection, excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair of any building.
I don't believe that building a school is "a case of urgent necessity in the interest of public safety", but according to BRPD the construction site was given a permit with "no restrictions" basically giving them free rain to be as loud as they want at any hour. The police are claiming that they have no power to enforce the ordinances. I've also called the mayor's office, my councilman, BR Public Works, and the BR Code Enforcer all of whom have given us the run around.
Does anyone from the OT have any helpful advice or ideas for what my neighbors and I could do to try to shut down this late night construction?
Baton Rouge city ordinance states:
Sec. 12:100. - Noises interfering with enjoyment of property or public peace and comfort.
No person shall make or cause to be made any loud and raucous noise in the parish which is offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities and which renders the enjoyment of life or property uncomfortable or interferes with public peace and comfort.
and
Sec. 12:101. - Same—Enumerated.
The following acts, among others, are declared to create loud and raucous noises and shall be deemed a violation of this chapter, but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
9) The creation of loud and raucous noise by construction work in or adjacent to a residential area other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sunset on weekdays and Saturdays, except in the case of urgent necessity in the interest of public safety for which permission must be obtained from the director of public works. "Construction work" includes but is not limited to the erection, excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair of any building.
I don't believe that building a school is "a case of urgent necessity in the interest of public safety", but according to BRPD the construction site was given a permit with "no restrictions" basically giving them free rain to be as loud as they want at any hour. The police are claiming that they have no power to enforce the ordinances. I've also called the mayor's office, my councilman, BR Public Works, and the BR Code Enforcer all of whom have given us the run around.
Does anyone from the OT have any helpful advice or ideas for what my neighbors and I could do to try to shut down this late night construction?
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:28 pm to LucaBrasi504
I thought you were sleeping with the fishes?
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:28 pm to LucaBrasi504
fire is the only answer
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:29 pm to LucaBrasi504
I've been having the same trouble with the construction near Lee and Nicholson. Starting to jackhammer at 3AM.
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What douchebags
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Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:31 pm to LucaBrasi504
shouldnt' you be sleeping anyways?
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:33 pm to LucaBrasi504
quote:
9) The creation of loud and raucous noise by construction work in or adjacent to a residential area other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sunset on weekdays and Saturdays, except in the case of urgent necessity in the interest of public safety for which permission must be obtained from the director of public works. "Construction work" includes but is not limited to the erection, excavation, demolition, alteration, or repair of any building.
Sounds like you need to move or buy ear plugs.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:34 pm to LucaBrasi504
school construction has to be done in a timely manner,weather permitting.so my advice would be to move,or deal with it for a short time knowing that it won't happen for another 50 years or so. ![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/Iconcheers.gif)
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Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:35 pm to LucaBrasi504
Probably not worth the posterior discomfort it would require to do anything about it
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:41 pm to LucaBrasi504
Call the Southdowns Neighborhood Association. They'll make enough noise to drown out the construction noise.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:53 pm to LucaBrasi504
Ask for a job so you will be on their schedule.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 3:58 pm to LucaBrasi504
Pour sugar in their diesel tanks.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 4:07 pm to LucaBrasi504
they will only pour for so long , that should be the only reason for night work ..... it should end soon ....
but there is no reason for workers to shout and yell , go ask them (nicely) to keep the volume down ....
more than likely they will try to keep it down ...
but there is no reason for workers to shout and yell , go ask them (nicely) to keep the volume down ....
more than likely they will try to keep it down ...
This post was edited on 1/13/15 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 1/13/15 at 4:07 pm to LucaBrasi504
I can't imagine they are working at these hours every night. Large concrete pours are typically scheduled for the EARLY morning hours so that they can most efficiently complete the work. (1) Less traffic on the road in general so concrete trucks can get there quicker. (2) Other construction jobs are not ongoing at these hours so all of the concrete truck fleet is available to finish the large pour. And (3) Depending on what they are pouring, it may take a long time after the pour before the concrete sets up for the workers to finish the concrete, and so if they started pouring at 7:00 am they might not finish until 10:00 that night (ballparking and exaggerating).
I'm sure none of that is your concern but the short story is contractor's don't have large pours like that every day, so you are probably only dealing with this 1 (at most 2) nights a week. I would just deal with it and the concrete work should be finished in a month or so.
I'm sure none of that is your concern but the short story is contractor's don't have large pours like that every day, so you are probably only dealing with this 1 (at most 2) nights a week. I would just deal with it and the concrete work should be finished in a month or so.
This post was edited on 1/13/15 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 1/13/15 at 4:09 pm to LucaBrasi504
Maybe they were pouring a big slab? Probably wont happen again till they pour another slab.
Cement companies like to get big jobs out of the way as early in the AM as possible so the finishing crews can work the concrete during the day.
Cement companies like to get big jobs out of the way as early in the AM as possible so the finishing crews can work the concrete during the day.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 4:11 pm to LucaBrasi504
Post pictures of Muhammad performing gay sex acts all over the construction site, take pictures, and post on the internet... Islam will handle the rest.
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