Resident urges action after late-night concrete work; police cite noise-code gap

Robert Hyrifko told the council he was awakened in the early morning by loud concrete activity near Little Valley and said his 91-year-old mother with dementia and young children were disturbed by the noise. He said his effort to intervene in person ended with a foreman using profanity and that his follow-up call to the builder produced similarly dismissive comments.

"He said, 'f the f bomb, you, get off the property,'" Hyrifko said, describing the foreman's response and later reporting that the builder told him residents should "put in earplugs." Hyrifko said police and public works reviewed the incident and pointed to code section 4-9-7, which staff told him addresses dust rather than nighttime noise, leaving neighbors without a clear local ordinance to address the disturbance.

Mayor (presiding) offered to have the city attorney step out with Hyrifko to review what remedies exist and staff directed a city employee (Cameron) to follow up on site. The council did not take formal action at the meeting but council members acknowledged the complaint and asked staff to look into enforcement options and possible code amendments.

Hyrifko asked the council to consider whether additional regulations or enforcement mechanisms were appropriate to protect residents from recurring nighttime construction disturbance; city staff agreed to follow up and provide more detail on existing code limits and potential options.