Noise Ordinances in Riverside County, CA (2026)

Riverside County Code § 9.52.060(B)

No person shall operate any power tools or equipment between the hours of ten p.m. and eight a.m. such that the power tools or equipment are audible to the human ear inside an inhabited dwelling other than a dwelling in which the power tools or equipment may be located. No person shall operate any power tools or equipment at any other time such that the power tools or equipment are audible to t...

Riverside County Code § 9.52.020

H.Private construction projects located one-quarter of a mile or more from an inhabited dwelling;I.Private construction projects located within one-quarter of a mile from an inhabited dwelling, provided that:1.Construction does not occur between the hours of six p.m. and six a.m. during the months of June through September, and2.Construction does not occur between the hours of six p.m. and seve...

Riverside County Code § 6.20.060(A)

C. "Noisy animal." Any animal or animals maintained on the same premises or location whose excessive, unrelenting or habitual barking, howling, crying or other noises or sounds annoy or become offensive to a resident or residents in the vicinity thereby disturbing the peace of the neighborhood or causing excessive discomfort to any reasonable person of normal sensitivity hearing such sounds. .....

Riverside County Code § 9.52.020(J)

Property maintenance, including, but not limited to, the operation of lawnmowers, leaf blowers, etc., provided such maintenance occurs between the hours of seven a.m. and eight p.m.

Riverside County Code § 9.52.060(D)

D. Sound-Amplifying Equipment and Live Music. No person shall install, use or operate sound-amplifying equipment, or perform, or allow to be performed, live music unless such activities comply with the following requirements... 1. Sound-amplifying equipment or live music is prohibited between the hours of ten p.m. and eight a.m. 2. Sound emanating from sound-amplifying equipment or live music a...

Riverside County Code § 9.52.040

No person shall create any sound, or allow the creation of any sound, on any property that causes the exterior sound level on any other occupied property to exceed the sound level standards set forth in Table 1. ... LI Light Industrial 75 55 ... HI Heavy Industrial 75 75

Riverside County Code § 9.52.060(A)(2)

2.Sound Systems. No person shall operate a motor vehicle sound system, whether affixed to the vehicle or not, between the hours of ten p.m. and eight a.m., such that the sound system is audible to the human ear inside any inhabited dwelling. No person shall operate a motor vehicle sound system, whether affixed to the vehicle or not, at any other time such that the sound system is audible to the...