Sign This Petition To Stop Construction Companies

Construction companies work at unacceptable early hours in the morning creating a great deal of noise forcing people to wake up.
I request that construction companies that are working around any residential neighborhood should not be allowed to work until eight am. The noise they create from drilling, sawing, and hammering is an inconvenience and a nuisance. It affects the neighborhood by waking up the all members in households including babies, children, adults, as well as the family pet(s) provoking the animal(s) into a barking frenzy.
People need sleep to grow and develop physically and mentally this is true in babies, children, and adults young and old. The length of sleep required for each person varies from age to age. For example according to Harvard Medical School the healthy amount of sleep for person between a 1 year old to five year old is going to need at least 12 – 14 hours of sleep, whereas a teen and adult requires 8 to 10 hours (Harvard). So when construction companies come in and cause incessant noise disrupting everyone’s sleep over a period of time this can cause people to develop excessive tiredness. This excessive tiredness can lead to sleep deprivation which can cause delaying in the growth and mental development, as well as slow reaction time (Sleep foundation). It can also cause depression, behavioral issues, as well as lack of concentration, attention, and reasoning (Sleep foundation).
Nobody wants to wake up earlier than they have to. This is especially important to individuals who work at night or have late night shifts; these people take comfort in the idea of when they get home from a hard day at work they can relax and get the sleep they need in order to perform adequately at work the next day. When these construction companies come in and starts hammering at 6:00 to 7:00 am these people have only been asleep for a few hours. The last thing they want is to be awoken after only being asleep for 2-3 hours!
What about the families who live in the area with their toddlers and babies; should they have to wake up before they are ready to? No. The construction workers are not the ones who have to deal with the cost that accompanies a child who has not received an adequate amount of sleep. These fussy kids who throw temper tantrums and cry because they did not get near enough sleep, these are decisions that they have no control over yet negatively affect their lives.
So, what happens when people do not have a good night’s rest over a period of time? They develop sleep deprivation which can impair concentration, attention, and reasoning. The same lack of sleep can cause a person to have accidents, injuries, and mishaps in and out of the work place. Also, when people do not get a good night’s sleep their moods shift from refreshed and ready to take on the day to mood swings which can include angry, grouchy, spiteful, and just plain mean (Harvard).
How is this happing? Well in some cases construction companies start working at around six in the morning from weeks to months on end. This is completely disruptive to families who live near the construction site. This type of construction is not limited to a Monday through Friday schedule. Construction workers in Bella Vista are allowed to work Monday through Sunday, there is not a day in the week where a person is guaranteed silence (Bella vista). This is frustrating because in some cases they will work at six in the morning and then leave a couple hours later. So tell me if this project for the day only took them a couple hours to complete why could they not start at eight am? This is unfair to any of the people living around the site.
Which is why, I would like to have the time ordinance changed so that construction companies cannot come in and work until eight in the morning. And there must be repercussions for any time the workers arrive and start working long before eight in the morning. For instance the company can be penalized with a fine and the police can be called for non-compliance. In addition to the eight am start time the current cap at ten pm at night is ridiculous. Most people who have to be up early in the morning are in bed by then as well as children.
So as you can see if this petition passes it will benefit all people of Bella Vista. I understand the need for progress, and the construction business has a right to do the work. However, as a resident in the community I also have rights. One of those rights should be the right to get a decent night sleep in my own home. If the same residents that live in the area are not allowed to mow their lawns or cut wood that early in the morning because it disturbs the peace, why should a business be any different? Thank you for reading this and if you agree with my petition please sign it so that it may help regulate construction hours.