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Noise Ordinances in West Covina, CA (2026)

3 verified noise ordinances for West Covina, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Quiet Hours

West Covina bars residential noise from radios, TVs, phonographs and any sound-amplifying device between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Municipal Code Sec. 15-94. If the sound carries fifty feet past the property line, or into a neighboring unit in a condo or apartment building, it violates the curfew regardless of intent.

West Covina Quiet Hours Noise Curfew

Some Restrictions

West Covina, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 15-94 (Radios, television sets, and similar devices)

Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. on one (1) day and 7:00 a.m. of the following day, it shall be unlawful for any person within any residential zone of the city to use or operate any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, television set, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound or any device by which voice, music, or any other sound is amplified, in such ...

Barking Dogs

West Covina's off-leash dog parks ban excessive barking under Municipal Code Section 16-18.1(l), one of nineteen listed rules users must follow inside any city dog park. The rule sits alongside caps on dogs per visitor and mandatory supervision; breaking it can cost a user their dog-park access or draw a citation under Section 16-30.

West Covina Dog Park Barking Rule

Light Restrictions

West Covina, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 16-18.1 (Dog park rules and regulations), subsection (l)

Within the limits of any City of West Covina Dog Park, individuals are required to obey the following acts, as well as those listed in section 16-18. Any person violating these rules may result in the loss of use of the dog park and/or citation per West Covina Municipal Code sections 16-30: (a)No more than three (3) dogs per person are allowed in the park at one (1) time.(b)Users must monitor a...

Leaf Blower Rules

West Covina prohibits gas-powered leaf blowers, lawn mowers, edgers, chain saws, and similar equipment in residential zones between 8 PM and 8 AM. CA AB 1346 phases out gas-powered small equipment statewide.

West Covina Leaf Blower & Gas Engine Restrictions

Some Restrictions

California AB-1346 (Berman, Chapter 753, Statutes of 2021), Small off-road engine zero-emission mandate (Health and Safety Code Section 43018.11)

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 ... one hour of operation of a commercial leaf blower can emit as much ROG plus NOx as driving 1,100 miles in a new passenger vehicle. ... SEC. 2. Section 43018.11 is added to the Health and Safety Co...

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