Production noise during filming in Camarillo is held to the same CMC Chapter 10.34 standards as any other source: 55 dBA Leq daytime / 45 dBA Leq nighttime at residential property lines. Special Event Permits for filming can impose additional time-of-day restrictions on generators, gunfire effects, and amplified dialogue.
All on-location filming must comply with CMC 10.34 dBA limits and the tiered cumulative standards (+5/+10/+15 dBA over 20/10/1 minute windows). Construction-noise hours under CMC 10.34.120 — 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday–Saturday with no construction-type noise on Sundays or holidays — also effectively limit grip and rigging activities outside those hours. Special Event Permit conditions can further restrict when generators, pyrotechnics, helicopter shots, and gunfire effects are allowed. Productions doing nighttime exterior dialogue or amplified playback typically require neighborhood notification and a variance.
Exceeding CMC 10.34 limits is a misdemeanor (up to $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail per CMC general penalty) and can result in permit revocation and an immediate shut-down order.
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