10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Madera County, California.
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In unincorporated Madera County, the County Code prohibits disturbing, excessive or offensive noise at any time, and specifically bars sound-amplification devices (radios, TVs, stereos, instruments) between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. when the noise crosses a residential property line.
Madera County Code Section 9.58.020(G) limits construction activities in unincorporated areas to 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. on Saturdays, with work outside those hours allowed only at the discretion of the Director of Public Works.
Madera County Code Section 6.04.410 makes it unlawful to permit any dog to habitually destroy the peace and quiet of a person or neighborhood by excessive barking or howling. Animal Control can investigate complaints and order abatement, and may impound a habitually noisy animal.
Madera County's noise ordinance (Chapter 9.58) does not contain any leaf-blower-specific rule, time window, or decibel cap. Leaf blowers in unincorporated areas are governed only by the general prohibition on disturbing, excessive or offensive noise.
Madera County Code Section 9.58.020(E)(2) restricts radios, TVs, musical instruments and other sound-amplification devices that disturb neighbors, strictly prohibits them between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. across residential property lines, and treats sound plainly audible at 50 feet as prima facie evidence of a violation.
Madera County's noise ordinance (Chapter 9.58) contains no aircraft- or airport-specific noise provisions. Aircraft operations are governed by the FAA under federal law, with airport-area land-use compatibility addressed through the County Airport Land Use Commission and California state planning law.
Madera County Code Chapter 9.58 applies to all land uses, including industrial and commercial activity, and prohibits disturbing, excessive or offensive noise and over-threshold vibration at the property line. There is no separate industrial dBA table; the right-to-farm designation is weighed for agricultural sources.
Madera County's noise ordinance (Chapter 9.58) does not set numeric decibel (dBA) limits. Instead it uses a qualitative 'disturbing, excessive or offensive' standard, a 'plainly audible at 50 feet' prima facie test for amplified sound, and a measurable vibration perception threshold.
Outdoor music and events in unincorporated Madera County fall under the amplified-sound rules of Section 9.58.020(E)(2): no disturbing amplified sound, a strict 10:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m. ban across residential property lines, and a 50-foot audibility test. Section 9.58.040 specifically lets the county cite the 'host of the event.'
Madera County Code Section 9.58.020(C) prohibits raucous off-road vehicle noise from racing or accelerating engines, willful backfiring, and tire screeching, and Section 9.58.020(E)(1) bars the use of horns and signaling devices that disturb the peace, on top of California Vehicle Code muffler and noise standards.
1 cities in Madera County have their own noise ordinances rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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