Noise Ordinances in Antioch, CA (2026)

Antioch Municipal Code section 5-17.01 (Ord. 583-C-S, passed 7-10-84)

No person shall disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of the community or any neighborhood therein by creating therein any unreasonably loud or disturbing or unnecessary noises.

Antioch Municipal Code section 5-17.05 (Construction Activity Noise)

(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to be involved in construction activity during the hours specified below: (1) On weekdays prior to 7:00 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m. (2) On weekdays within 300 feet of occupied dwellings, prior to 8:00 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m. (3) On weekends and holidays, prior to 9:00 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m., irrespective of the distance from the occupied dwellings. (C) In...

Contra Costa County Ordinance Code section 416-12.202 (Animal Noise), Title 4 Health and Safety, Division 416 Animals, Chapter 416-12 Miscellaneous

An animal violates the ordinance if it causes a disturbance by making noise for 30 continuous minutes or more (incessant) or making noise for 60 minutes off and on during a 24-hour period (intermittent). It is unlawful to have an animal that makes noise for an extended period of time and the noise disturbs any person at any time of day or night. For Antioch residents specifically, complaints sh...

Cal. AB 1346 (2021) — Small Off-Road Engines (Gas Leaf Blower Phase-Out)

Existing law imposes various limitations on the emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. [...] This bill would require the state board, by July 1, 2022, consistent with federal law, to adopt cost-effective and technologically feasible regulations to prohibit engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small off-road engines, a...

Antioch Municipal Code section 5-17.03 (Ord. 583-C-S, passed 7-10-84)

No person shall operate any loudspeaker or sound amplifier or device in such a manner as to cause any sound to be projected outside of any building or vehicle in any part of the city, except during public events or in the dissemination of matters of interest to the general public, and then only upon a permit from the Chief of Police.

Contra Costa County Airport Ordinance No. 88-82, Section 27 (Airport Noise Restrictions) and Section 3 (revising Airport Regulations section 18.U.10), effective January 1, 1989

A. Maximum Permitted Noise Level. Unless expressly exempted under Subsection E. of this Section, no person shall pilot, operate, or permit to be operated, any aircraft at Buchanan Field Airport which exceeds a sound level of 78.0 decibels on the A-weighted scale (dBA) on takeoff, under measuring procedures referenced, and at noise levels set forth in U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal A...

Antioch Municipal Code section 5-17.02(B)(1)-(2) (Ord. 583-C-S, passed 7-10-84)

(1) The sounding of any horn, signal, or noise device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus, truck, or other vehicle in any other manner or for any other purpose than required by the California Vehicle Code or other laws of the state, and the exhaust system of all such vehicles shall be so equipped or constructed as to prevent any unreasonably loud, disturbing, or unnecessary noise; (2) Racing the...