Noise Ordinances in Murrieta, CA (2026)
3 verified noise ordinances for Murrieta, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Construction Hours
Murrieta bars construction, drilling, repair, alteration, or demolition equipment noise that disturbs a residential or commercial property line on weekdays before 7 a.m. or after 8 p.m., and bans it outright all day on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays except for emergency utility work. Scheduled equipment also carries separate numeric decibel ceilings by land use and time of day.
Construction Noise Hours in Murrieta
Significant RestrictionsMurrieta Code of Ordinances § 16.30.130(A)
A. Construction Noise. 1. Operating or causing the operation of tools or equipment used in construction, drilling, repair, alteration, or demolition work between weekday hours of eight p.m. and seven a.m., or at any time on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays so that the sound creates a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial property line, except for emergency work of public...
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Murrieta caps amplified sound in any place of public entertainment, including bars, radios, phonographs, and musical instruments, at 95 dBA measured at any point a customer normally occupies, unless the venue posts a hearing-impairment warning sign at every public entrance under Section 16.30.130(D).
Amplified Sound Limits in Murrieta
Some RestrictionsMurrieta Code of Ordinances § 16.30.130(D)
D. Places of Public Entertainment. Operating, playing, or permitting the operation or playing of a radio, television, phonograph, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier or similar device that produces, reproduces, or amplifies sound in a place of public entertainment at a sound level greater than ninety-five (95) dBA, (read by the slow response on a sound level meter) at any point that is ...
Vehicle Noise
Murrieta bars off-road motor vehicles, including motorcycles, trail bikes, dune buggies, scooters and jeeps, from running within fifty feet of any residential property line under Municipal Code Section 10.48.040, and requires every such vehicle to carry a standard factory muffler meeting Vehicle Code Section 27150 under Section 10.48.050. Modified exhausts with removed baffles or bypass devices are illegal, and violations run through Chapter 1.32's escalating fine schedule.
Off-Road Vehicle Noise Rules in Murrieta
Some RestrictionsMurrieta Code of Ordinances §§ 10.48.040, 10.48.050
No person shall operate, or allow the operation of any motor vehicle (including any motorcycle, trail bike, dune buggy, motorized or electric scooter, or jeep) or the motor thereof within fifty (50) feet of the exterior boundaries of any residential property, or any public right-of-way within seventy-five (75) feet of an animal stable or livestock pen or riding arena on an adjacent neighboring ...
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