Noise Ordinances in Long Beach, CA (2026)

Long Beach Municipal Code § 8.80.200(A)

8.80.200 - Noise disturbances—Acts specified. A. Radios, television sets, musical instruments and similar devices. Operating, playing or permitting the operation or playing of any radio, television set, phonograph, drum, musical instrument, or similar device which produces or reproduces sound: 1. Between the hours of ten p.m. and seven a.m. the following day in such a manner as to create a nois...

Long Beach Municipal Code § 8.80.202(A)-(C)

A.Weekdays and federal holidays. No person shall operate or permit the operation of any tools or equipment used for construction, alteration, repair, remodeling, drilling, demolition or any other related building activity which produce loud or unusual noise which annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivity between the hours of seven p.m. and seven am. the following day on weekd...

Long Beach Municipal Code § 8.80.200(D)

8.80.200 - Noise disturbances—Acts specified. The following acts, and the causing or permitting thereof, are declared to be in violation of this Chapter: ... D. Animals and birds. Owning, possessing or harboring any animal or bird which frequently or for continued duration howls, barks, meows, squawks, or makes other sounds which create a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial rea...

Long Beach Municipal Code § 8.80.200(M)(3)

8.80.200 - M. Domestic power tools... 3. Operating leaf blowers, consisting of portable power equipment used in any landscape maintenance, construction, property repair or property maintenance for the purpose of blowing, dispersing or redistributing dust, dirt, leaves, grass clippings, cuttings, or trimmings from plants, trees or other debris is unlawful if operated within any residential area ...

Long Beach Municipal Code § 8.80.200(B)

8.80.200 - Noise disturbances—Acts specified. The following acts, and the causing or permitting thereof, are declared to be in violation of this Chapter: ... B. Loudspeakers (amplified sound). Using or operating for any purpose any loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, or similar device between the hours of ten p.m. and seven a.m. the following day, such that the sound therefrom creates a noise dist...

Long Beach Municipal Code § 16.43.030(A)

Training Operations. No Touch and Go, Stop and Go, Practice Low Approach, or VFR Practice Missed Approach shall be conducted at the Airport except between seven a.m. and seven p.m. on weekdays and between eight a.m. and three p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day; provided, however, that if any such holiday fall...

Long Beach Municipal Code § 8.80.300(B)

All existing nonconforming industrial noise sources shall be granted an amortization period of ten (10) years from the effective date of this Chapter to bring their existing facilities into compliance with this Chapter; provided, that: 1.They are located in industrial districts delineated in the City zoning ordinance or are located in accordance with a valid special use permit at the time of ad...

Long Beach Municipal Code §§ 8.80.230, 8.80.240(A)

8.80.230 - Recreational motorized vehicles operating off the public right-of-way. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any recreational motorized vehicle off a public right-of-way in such a manner that the sound level emitted therefrom violates the provisions of Sections 8.80.150 and 8.80.170. This Section shall apply to all recreational motorized vehicles, whether or not duly licens...