It's Saturday morning at 8:05AM on the 1400 block of N Street, Northwest. Jackhammering and demolition started this morning at 7:15AM on a sidewalk repair project. 109 residents in my building have now been woken up, and I represent one of eleven high rise buildings on the very short, 500 foot residential block (which includes both low income and elderly developments). 

Many of DC's largest residential areas are constantly undergoing major construction projects like brick repointing, sidewalk/street repaving, and other demolition-related projects. While these projects represent important infrastructure improvements, they are often loud, arduous, and cause major disruptions early in the morning. 

Sign this petition to let DC residents sleep in on Saturday mornings by extending the noise ordinance to 9AM on Saturdays! DC Law indicates that "Construction is allowed Monday through Saturday from 7 am to 7 pm without any special permits." 

7AM on Saturday is simply WAY too early for drilling, jackhammering, demolition, In fact it is too early any day, but especially Saturday mornings. Residents have petitioned their local Advisory Neighborhood Commission to ask the developers to keep it down, but Developers and DC Government have ignored these requests and often perform the most disruptive parts of their projects first thing in the morning.

The Saturday morning noise ordinance should be moved to 9AM so that DC residents can drink a cup of coffee and read their newspapers in peace. Developers are resistant to this change because it means less money in their pockets. Please sign my petition to help change the noise ordinance from 7AM to 9AM on Saturdays.