Hemet, CA Noise from Specific Sources: Bar & Nightclub Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Hemet City Code § 6-13
- Standard
- Audible or visible from street prohibited
- Exception
- Door openings under one minute
- Enforcement
- Chief of police, permit revocation
Summary
Hemet bans nightclub and entertainment-venue noise that carries onto a public street or sidewalk, allowing only brief door-opening exceptions, enforced through the city's dance and entertainment permit program.
No person owning, operating, managing or otherwise controlling any place of entertainment or nightclub shall suffer or permit any entertainment to be conducted which is visible or plainly audible from any public street or sidewalk, except for such temporary periods not exceeding one minute when patrons are entering or exiting through a door.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Hemet City Code § 6-13 prohibits any place of entertainment or nightclub from allowing entertainment to be visible or plainly audible from a public street or sidewalk. The only exception covers doors opening for patrons entering or exiting, and only for periods under one minute. The rule sits inside Chapter 6's dance-and-entertainment permit scheme, where the chief of police approves permits and can deny, suspend, or revoke one for a violation. A nightclub whose music or crowd noise spills audibly onto the sidewalk is violating this section regardless of decibel level: the standard is audibility from outside, not a measured limit.
Violations & Fines
Violating § 6-13 is grounds for permit denial, suspension, or revocation under § 6-24, on top of any penalty the city imposes for ordinance violations enforced by the police department.
Frequently Asked Questions
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