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Noise from Specific Sources in Petaluma, CA (2026)

1 verified noise from specific sources rules for Petaluma, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Bar & Nightclub Noise

Petaluma's Alcohol-Related Nuisance Ordinance, Chapter 10.68 of the Municipal Code, lists "escalated noise levels" among the nuisance activities a bar, restaurant or off-sale outlet can be cited for. It is unlawful for a licensee, manager or operator to run an alcoholic beverage sales establishment in a way that creates or fails to abate that noise, and the Petaluma police department can bill the business for repeat responses.

Petaluma Bar and Nightclub Noise Nuisance Law

Some Restrictions

Petaluma Municipal Code §§ 10.68.020(B), 10.68.040(A)

B. The city council finds that, although state law prohibits alcoholic beverage sales establishments from selling alcohol to intoxicated persons and persons under twenty-one years of age, state law does not address the alcohol-related nuisances and criminal activities that result from over-consumption of alcohol, such as littering, loitering, public drunkenness, public urination, vandalism, gra...

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