Chino, CA Noise from Specific Sources: Car Alarm Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Exemption cutoff
- 30 minutes
- Covers
- Building and vehicle alarms
- Past 30 min
- Ordinary noise violation
- Adopted
- Ord. 95-10, 1995
Summary
Chino exempts vehicle and building alarms from its noise chapter only if the alarm shuts off within thirty minutes of activation, under Chino Municipal Code § 9.40.060(C).
C.Any mechanical device, apparatus or equipment used, related to or connected with emergency machinery, vehicle, work or warning alarm or bell, provided the sounding of any bell or alarm on any building or motor vehicle shall terminate its operation within thirty minutes in any hour of its being activated
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 38).
Full Breakdown
Chino Municipal Code § 9.40.060(C) exempts 'any mechanical device, apparatus or equipment used, related to or connected with emergency machinery, vehicle, work or warning alarm or bell' from the chapter's noise standards, 'provided the sounding of any bell or alarm on any building or motor vehicle shall terminate its operation within thirty minutes in any hour of its being activated.' A car alarm or building alarm that keeps sounding past the thirty-minute mark loses the exemption and becomes an ordinary noise violation measured against the § 9.40.040 dBA standard. Adopted by Ord. 95-10 § 1 (part), 1995.
Violations & Fines
An alarm that sounds longer than thirty minutes in any hour loses its exemption and is a misdemeanor noise violation, punishable by a council-set fine, up to six months in jail, or both.
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