Noise Ordinances in Redding, CA (2026)
6 verified noise ordinances for Redding, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Quiet Hours
Redding cuts its allowable noise level at night: Schedule 18.40.100-A drops the residential exterior limit from 55 decibels in the daytime to 45 decibels between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. On top of that hourly limit, Section 18.40.100(F) bans specific noisy activities, including power tools, loading and unloading, and construction work, during set nighttime and weekend hours.
Redding Nighttime Noise Curfew Rules
Some RestrictionsRedding Municipal Code § 18.40.100(F)(3)
F.Prohibited Acts. The following acts are hereby prohibited:...3.Domestic Power Tools and Equipment. Operation or permitting the operation, of any mechanically powered saw, lawn or garden tool or similar outdoor tool between ten p.m. and seven a.m. on weekdays (or nine p.m. and eight a.m. on weekends and legal holidays) so as to create a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial real...
Barking Dogs
Redding treats a habitually barking, howling or screeching animal as a public nuisance under RMC § 7.04.090. Noise that runs continuously for ten minutes, or intermittently for thirty minutes at any hour, counts as an unreasonable disturbance, and an animal control officer can act after a written complaint signed by two people from different households.
Redding Barking Dog Noise Nuisance Rule
Some RestrictionsRedding Municipal Code § 7.04.090(A), (C)
It is declared to be a nuisance and it is unlawful to keep, maintain or permit on any lot or parcel of land, any animal that habitually disturbs the peace and quiet of any neighborhood or person, by barking, howling, crying, baying, screeching, or making any other noise so as to unreasonably disturb the peace or quiet of any two persons living in different households. ... For purposes of this s...
Leaf Blower Rules
RMC 18.40.100(F)(3) restricts domestic power tools - including leaf blowers and lawn and garden equipment - across residential or commercial property lines. Use is prohibited 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekends and legal holidays. Redding has no outright gas-blower ban.
Redding Leaf Blower and Power-Tool Hours
Heavy RestrictionsCal. AB-1346 (2021), codified at Health & Safety Code § 43018.11 (Zero-Emission Small Off-Road Engines)
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Small off-road engines (SORE), which are used primarily in lawn and garden equipment, emit high levels of air pollutants, including oxides of nitrogen (NOx), reactive organic gases (ROG), and particulate matter (PM)... (2) In 2020, California daily NOx and ROG emissions from SORE were higher than emissions from light-du...
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Redding Municipal Code § 2.56.060 requires a park facilities reservation permit for any amplified speech or music in a city park, caps volume at 75 decibels measured 50 yards out, and confines that amplified sound to the hours of 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. absent a special waiver.
Redding Park Amplified Sound Rules
Some RestrictionsRedding Municipal Code § 2.56.060
A.Within any park facility, except in connection with a city event, no person shall use sound amplification equipment without a park facilities reservation permit from the director. All sound amplification of speech or music of whatever type or kind is prohibited within the confines of park facilities; provided, that between the hours of eleven a.m. and ten p.m. sound amplification shall be per...
Decibel Limits
Redding caps exterior noise by zone and time of day under Section 18.40.100. Residential property lines can't take more than 45 dB at night and 55 dB by day; office and commercial areas top out at 55 dB at night and 65 dB by day. Exceeding the limit is a declared public nuisance.
Redding Exterior Noise Decibel Limits
Some RestrictionsRedding Zoning Ordinance § 18.40.100(E), Schedule 18.40.100-A
1.Exterior Noise Limits.a.The noise standards for the various categories of land use as set forth in Schedule 18.40.100-A, unless otherwise specifically indicated, shall apply to all such property within a designated zone. No person shall operate or cause to be operated, any source of sound at any location within the incorporated city or allow the creation of any noise on property owned, leased...
Vehicle Noise
Redding Municipal Code Section 10.24.030 requires every motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, ATV, go-cart, or minibike ridden off an improved street to run a constantly maintained muffler meeting state Vehicle Code Section 38370, with no cutout or bypass device. The rule targets noise from off-road riding on vacant lots, easements, and private acreage citywide, not street-legal exhaust systems.
Redding Off-Highway Vehicle Muffler Rules
Some RestrictionsRedding Municipal Code § 10.24.030
It is unlawful for any person to drive, ride or use a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle or off-highway motor vehicle, as such vehicles are defined in Sections 400, 405 and 38012, respectively, of the State Vehicle Code, including, but not limited to, motor scooters, motor bikes and minibikes, upon any public or private property which is not an improved public street or highway or an improved priva...
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