Chino, CA Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Chino, CA, also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances, set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Key Facts
- Audibility threshold
- 100 feet triggers violation
- Scope
- publicly owned property/parks only
- First offense fine
- up to $50
- Repeat offense fines
- up to $100, then $250
- Exempt
- licensed events, parades, festivals
Summary
Playing a radio, tape player, or TV outdoors on Chino public property or in city parks is unlawful if the sound carries 100 feet: an infraction with fines that climb on repeat violations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code...it is unlawful for any person to permit or cause any noise, sound, music or program to be emitted from any radio, tape player, tape recorder, record player, television outdoors, or any other mode on or in any publicly owned property, park or place when such noise, sound, music or program is audible to a person of normal hearing sensitivity one hundred feet from said radio, tape player, tape recorder, record player or television.
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 § 9.40.090 makes it unlawful to emit noise, sound, music or a program from a radio, tape player, tape recorder, record player or television outdoors on any publicly owned property, park or place when it's audible to a person of normal hearing sensitivity 100 feet away. It's an infraction: fines up to $50 for a first offense, $100 for a second within a year, and $250 for each additional violation, with each day treated as a separate offense. The rule exempts licensed festivals, permitted parades and other city-licensed assemblies.
Violations & Fines
An infraction: up to $50 for a first violation, $100 for a second within one year, and $250 for each further violation in that year; each day of continued noise counts as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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