City of Chesterfield, MO Commercial And Private Construction

[CC 1990 § 7-1; Ord. No. 642 §§ 2 — 5, 2-3-1992; Ord. No. 665 §§ 1 — 4, 4-6-1992; Ord. No. 911 §§ 1 — 2, 5-16-1994; Ord. No. 1568 § 1, 11-1-1999; Ord. No. 1665 §§ 1 — 2, 8-30-2000]

Definitions. As used in this Section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates another meaning:

DAYTIME HOURS

7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday and 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Saturday during prevailing local time.

EMERGENCY WORK

Work necessary to restore property to a safe condition following a public calamity or work required to protect person or property from imminent exposure to danger.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Any vehicle or other device used in construction, including, but not limited to, large trucks, dump trucks, graders, bulldozers, pneumatic hammers, loaders, excavators, trenchers, backhoes, earth moving equipment, dozers or air compressors.

PERSON

Any entity, corporation, partnership or individual.

RESIDENCE

Any building which is designed or used exclusively for residential purposes, except hotels and motels.

Restrictions Generally. No person or entity shall cause or allow construction work of any kind that creates noise, to include, but not limited to, hammering, running of motors, mixing materials, the operation of any heavy construction equipment, but is not limited to, hauling, erection (including excavation), demolition or grading equipment nor allow the alteration or repair of any building or structure within one thousand (1,000) feet of a residence other than between the daytime hours as described in Subsection (A), except in the case of urgent necessity in the interest of public safety and then with a permit from the Director of Planning for a period not to exceed three (3) days which, however, may be renewed for a like or less period while the emergency continues.

Exceptions. The following shall constitute exceptions to the time limitations as herein specified:

Emergency work to repair or maintain public/private utility facilities;

Emergency work to repair equipment or facilities damaged or rendered inoperable as a direct result of unavoidable damage or upset conditions providing such occurrence is reported to the Director of Planning within twenty-four (24) hours after the occurrence;

The repair, maintenance or construction of public highways of the State, County or Municipal governments, or such public or quasi-public municipal corporations as may be established under the Constitution of the State of Missouri.

Extension Of Time Limits.

Upon written request by 12:00 Noon on the day of the request filed by any entity, corporation, partnership or individual directly involved in the use of heavy equipment directed to the Director of Planning, the Director shall be, in his/her discretion, authorized to grant an extension of the hours as contained in Subsection (A) where necessary. Said extension shall be as follows:

Monday through Friday until 10:00 P.M. during regular and daylight saving time.

Sunday 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. during regular and daylight saving time.

During any such extension the entity, corporation, partnership or individual making the request shall be responsible for seeing that proper inspection is undertaken on-site and continued enforcement and compliance with all Chesterfield ordinances off-site to include, but not limited to, traffic control and shall pay the costs to the City for any overtime or other out-of-pocket expenses incurred for the inspections or monitoring of said work during the extended time periods.

During the extended time periods, all other regulations established by the City shall remain in full force and effect.

Penalties. Any person as defined heretofore violating the provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction, be punished as set out in Section 100.080. Every hour that any person shall violate this Section and every piece of construction equipment shall be treated as separate offenses and shall be fined or imprisoned accordingly.