Hey guys -

First time poster, been in JC for close to a decade. Renovation of the unit next to mine started recently &, for the most part, they've been sticking to the 7 to 6 Monday through Friday schedule. They have permits up for the renovation, etc. No biggie - I can deal with that.

Today (a Saturday) they started working at 9 AM sharp, waking me up with drilling & hammering. Per previous posts in this thread, I thought there was a law against "The erection (including excavation), demolition, alteration or repair of any building other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays...." so I called 5477 & they sent an officer out.

The officer told me the workers were within their rights to be working on the renovation on a Saturday because it was "inside" & not a crew bulldozing a building, etc. I brought up the "alteration & repair" part of the law & he said it didn't apply. According to this officer, renovation on the unit next to mine can occur on any day of the week & at any time until 10 PM, when it then becomes a noise issue & then & ONLY then could I try to report it. Huh?

Obviously, this doesn't seem right to me (or I wouldn't be posting on here) - they still need construction permits to be doing the work, after all, so wouldn't their work hours need to fall within those stipulated by the construction laws?