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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM: Supervisor Nancy Fanden
Costa
DATE: August 19 , 1986 County
SUBJECT: Need for Uniform Ordinance Limiting Hours of Work on
All Construction Sites
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
That Harvey E. Bragdon, Director of Community Development,
draft a uniform ordinance that limits noise generating
construction activities to the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Monday through Saturday, as a condition of approval for
all future projects.
For the protection of the public and in the interest of
having a standardized construction hours policy, it is
requested that Mr. Bragdon report back to the Board at the
September 9, 1986, meeting.
BACKGROUND:
It has come to my attention, through numerous constituent
complaints, that unless the county specifically limits the
hours of work on construction sites, as a condition of
approval, the county has no authority or control over the
hours of construction work.
Because there is no uniform policy governing work at
construction sites, some jobs start as early as 6 : 30 a.m. ,
continuing through the weekend until 8 : 30 p.m. This shows a
tremendous lack of sensitivity for the families living in or
near the area of' construction and should be dealt with
accordingly.
A recent example has been the construction of the new
Superior Court Annex, now under construction near the County
Jail. No condition was placed on the construction hours and
the county must rely on the goodwill of the contractor to
voluntarily comply with the City' s construction hours
ordinance which limits the hours of work between 8 a.m. and
5 p.m. The contractor has complied to our request, which is
fortunate for the county, as he' s under no legal obligation
to do so.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON August 19, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X— OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT — ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Community Development Director ATTESTED
County Administrator 7 Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY