10 rules for unincorporated Pinal County, Arizona.
Verified from official government sources
Unincorporated Pinal County caps residential noise at 60 dBA daytime (7am-8pm) and 55 dBA at night (8pm-7am), measured at the property line. Cities like Casa Grande, Maricopa, Florence and Apache Junction set their own quiet hours.
Pinal County Excessive Noise Ordinance, Sec. 6.0(A); Table 1
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this ordinance for any person to operate or to permit to be operated any site-specific source of sound which when measured at any point of the property line where the noise emission is generated: (a) Creates a sound level in excess of its ambient sound pressure level (Leq) limit, indicated on Table 1.
In unincorporated Pinal County, near homes construction generally runs 6am-7pm (Apr 15-Oct 15) or 7am-7pm (Oct 16-Apr 14), and only 7am-7pm on weekends and holidays. Concrete pours may start earlier. Cities set their own hours.
Pinal County Excessive Noise Ordinance, Sec. 8.0(B)
From April fifteenth to October fifteenth, inclusive, all other construction or repair work shall not begin prior to 6:00 a.m. and must stop by 7:00 p.m. each day, in or within five hundred (500) feet of a residential property... From October sixteenth to April fourteenth, inclusive, all other construction or repair work shall not begin prior to 7:00 a.m. and must be stopped by 7:00 p.m.
Pinal County's noise ordinance has no dog-specific decibel rule, but persistent barking that exceeds residential limits, or disturbs the peace, can be enforced as excessive noise or under A.R.S. 13-2904. Pinal County Animal Care and Control also handles nuisance-barking complaints.
A.R.S. 13-2904(A)(2)
A person commits disorderly conduct if, with intent to disturb the peace or quiet of a neighborhood, family or person, or with knowledge of doing so, such person... Makes unreasonable noise.
Pinal County exempts landscape-maintenance equipment (including leaf blowers) from the noise ordinance as long as it is properly muffled and operated per the manufacturer's specs. There is no separate leaf-blower ban or hour restriction in unincorporated areas.
Pinal County Excessive Noise Ordinance, Sec. 9.0(B)
Landscape maintenance equipment when it is functioning in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and with all mufflers and noise-reducing equipment in use and in proper operating condition;
In unincorporated Pinal County it is unlawful to play a radio, phonograph, musical instrument or any sound device so it can be heard more than 125 feet from the property line or vehicle. This is a plain-audibility rule with no meter needed.
Pinal County Excessive Noise Ordinance, Sec. 7.0
It shall be unlawful for any person, including the owner or manager of any business, to operate or permit to be operated any radio receiving set, phonograph, musical instrument, and sound producing mechanism, at any time in such a manner as to permit the same to be heard at a distance of more than one hundred twenty-five (125) feet from the property line or motor vehicle.
Aircraft operated under federal law and normal railroad-train operation are fully exempt from Pinal County's noise ordinance. Aircraft noise is regulated by the FAA, not the county, so local dBA limits do not apply.
Pinal County Excessive Noise Ordinance, Sec. 9.0(L)
Any aircraft operated in conformity with, or pursuant to, federal law, federal air regulations or air traffic control instructions issued pursuant to or within duly adopted federal air regulations, together with any noise created by aircraft operated under, or pursuant to, declaration of an emergency under federal air regulations;
Industrial property in unincorporated Pinal County may reach 70 dBA (7am-10pm) and 65 dBA (10pm-7am) at the property line; commercial is 65 / 60 dBA. Noise crossing into a quieter district is held to that district's lower limit.
Pinal County Excessive Noise Ordinance, Sec. 6.0(A)(2)(b)
Sound projected from property within one (1) zoning district into property within another zoning district of a lesser sound level limit shall not exceed such lesser sound level limit.
Unincorporated Pinal County sets property-line dBA limits: Residential 60 day / 55 night, Rural 65 / 60, Commercial 65 / 60, Industrial 70 / 65. Levels are measured as a two-minute Leq on an A-weighted Type 2 meter.
Pinal County Excessive Noise Ordinance, Sec. 6.0(A) Table 1
TABLE 1 - LIMITING SOUND LEVELS FOR LAND USE DISTRICTS: (Residential) 60dBA {7am-8pm}, 55dBA {8pm-7am}; (Commercial or Business) 65dBA {7am-10pm}, 60dBA {10pm-7am}; (Industrial) 70dBA {7am-10pm}, 65dBA {10pm-7am}; (Rural) 65dBA {7am-9pm}, 60dBA {9pm-7am}.
Outdoor music in unincorporated Pinal County must stay under the property-line dBA limits (residential 60 day / 55 night) and inaudible beyond 125 feet. Bars, restaurants and resorts get no crowd-noise exemption; Board-approved special events are exempt.
Pinal County Excessive Noise Ordinance, Sec. 9.0(C)
Non-amplified crowd noises resulting from activities such as those planned by school, governmental or community groups, or organized sports, except for such noises generated at restaurants, bars, inns, or resorts of any kind;
Unincorporated Pinal County caps vehicle noise measured at 50 feet: 82-90 dBA for heavy trucks, 76-82 dBA for cars, and 82-86 dBA for motorcycles depending on the street. All vehicles must have a working muffler; loud vehicle repairs are banned 10pm-7am in residential areas.
Pinal County Excessive Noise Ordinance, Sec. 6.0(B); Table 2
No person shall operate either a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles at any time upon any street or paved surface... in such a manner as to exceed the following noise limit for the category of motor vehicle, based on a distance of fifty feet (50') or fifteen (15) meters from the center of the street.
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