Noise Ordinances in Bakersfield, CA (2026)

Bakersfield Municipal Code § 9.22.030

A. It is unlawful for any person to willfully make or continue, or allow to be made or continued, any loud, unnecessary noise which disturbs the peace or quiet of any neighborhood or which causes discomfort or annoyance to persons residing within one thousand feet of the noise source. B. The standards which may be considered in determining whether a violation of the provisions of this section e...

Bakersfield Municipal Code § 9.22.050(A)

Except as provided herein or in subsection B, C or D of this section, it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, demolish, alter or repair any building, or to grade or excavate land, streets or highways, other than between the hours of six a.m. and nine p.m. on weekdays, and between eight a.m. and nine p.m. on weekends; provided, however, that city crews and those of the city'...

Bakersfield Municipal Code § 6.04.230(A)

A. No person shall keep or maintain, or cause or permit to be kept or maintained, upon any premises in the city, or upon any public street, highway, sidewalk, alley, park, playground or other public place in the city, any animal, bird or fowl which by any sound or cry whatsoever unreasonably disturbs the peace and comfort of any neighborhood or interferes with the reasonable and comfortable enj...

California Health and Safety Code Sec. 43018.11 (added by AB 1346, 2021 - Zero-Emission Small Off-Road Engine Mandate, Including Gas Leaf Blowers)

43018.11. (a) (1) By July 1, 2022, the state board shall, consistent with federal law, adopt cost-effective and technologically feasible regulations to prohibit engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small off-road engines, as defined by the state board. Those regulations shall apply to engines produced on or after January 1, 2024, or as soon as the state board determines is feasible...

Bakersfield Municipal Code § 9.22.120(B)-(C)

Operations are permitted only between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m., of each day; except, that sound equipment operating from a fixed location on private premises included in a commercial or industrial zone by the provisions of Title 17 may be operated between the hours of nine a.m. and ten p.m. of any day... Sound equipment shall not be operated within one hundred yards of: 1. Any hospit...

Bakersfield Municipal Code § 19.05.030

19.05.030 Noise abatement. All aircraft operations shall employ prudent and responsible noise abatement procedures to limit environmental pollution to the surrounding communities without jeopardizing safety. (I) (Ord. 3051 § 1, 1986)

Bakersfield Municipal Code § 17.08.140(I)(1)-(2)

I. Delivery/Loading and Solid Waste Operations for Projects Exceeding Fifty Thousand Square Feet of Gross Floor Area and/or Five Acres of Buildable Area. 1. No delivery, loading, trash removal or compaction, or other such operations shall be within thirty feet of any properties zoned or developed with residential uses. 2. In addition to compliance with the noise level performance standards tabl...

Bakersfield Municipal Code § 9.22.140

Except as otherwise allowed under this chapter, no person shall use or operate or permit to be used or operated a radio, tape player, tape recorder, compact disc player, or any similar device in or attached to a vehicle whether moving, stopped or parked, occupied or unoccupied, which is audible to a person of normal hearing sensitivity more than fifty feet from such vehicle or, as to any vehicl...