Oxnard, CA Noise from Specific Sources: Generator Noise (2026)

Section 7-222 governs the limited commercial moorage permit that lets a commercially registered vessel moor in residential zones of the inland waterway when the majority owner lives at the adjoining dwelling. Subsection (B) lists conditions that will keep the city manager from issuing the permit in the first place, and that let the manager rescind it after issuance if they occur later. m. The same subsection also flags excessive noise from a vessel's engines or other activity near the vessel that interferes with residents' quiet enjoyment, so generator noise is treated alongside broader engine-noise complaints as a permit-denial trigger.

This rule is narrower than a citywide generator ordinance: it applies specifically to vessels operating under, or applying for, a limited commercial moorage permit in the residential reaches of the inland waterway, not to generators generally across the city. Enforcement runs through the same permit mechanics as the rest of Article XI, Division 3: any violation is grounds for revocation by the city manager under Sec. 7-224, but only after the permittee is given an opportunity for a hearing. A permittee seeking that hearing files a request with the city clerk, who forwards it to a hearing officer; the hearing officer must give at least ten days' notice, hold an open and informal hearing, and issue a written decision within 14 days that exhausts administrative remedies (Sec. 7-225 to 7-227), after which judicial review is available under Cal. Code Civ. 6 (Sec. 7-228).