Riverside, CA Noise from Specific Sources: Bar & Nightclub Noise (2026)

Every entertainment permit issued under Chapter 5.80 carries Tier 1 noise conditions automatically. Outdoor amplified music and entertainment, where permitted, can only run between 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10:00 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday under § 5.80.080(A)(13), and the permittee must keep noise from being unreasonably loud or disturbing within 50 feet of the premises perimeter in all directions, the same 50-foot standard is repeated as condition 22. New entertainment permit applicants must submit an acoustical study from a certified acoustical engineer showing the venue meets the Title 7 noise ordinance, under condition 23; a venue that held a permit within the past 12 months, or that used documented sound-mitigation construction, can request a waiver of that study under condition 24.

If Riverside Police respond to three or more noise complaints against the same venue within 30 days that are found to violate the 50-foot standard, § 5.80.080(B)(1) moves the permittee into Tier 2: doors and windows must stay closed except while patrons pass through, a new or updated acoustical study is required, and no entertainment of any kind is allowed after 1:00 a.m., with outdoor entertainment cut off at 10:00 p.m. A venue that doesn't resolve the problem within 30 days, or that has a major incident, escalates to Tier 3 under § 5.80.080(C)(1): no outdoor entertainment at any time, amplified music only until 10:00 p.m., and 'all noise must be contained within the premises' with no sound audible outside the building at all.