Jurupa Valley, CA Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Jurupa Valley, 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 limit (any hour)
- 100 feet maximum
- Decibel reading required
- No
- Temporary event cutoff (residential zones)
- 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Exception route
- Planning Commission hearing
Summary
Sound-amplifying equipment, live music, and audio equipment may not be audible to the human ear more than 100 feet away at any time of day in Jurupa Valley. No decibel measurement is needed to prove a violation.
C. Audio Equipment. No person shall operate any audio equipment, whether portable or not, such that the equipment is audible to the human ear at a distance greater than one hundred (100) feet from the equipment. Sound level measurements may be used, but are not required to establish a violation of this subsection. D. Sound-Amplifying Equipment and Live Music. No person shall install, use or operate sound-amplifying equipment, or perform, or allow to be performed, live music if the sound emanating from sound-amplifying equipment or live music is audible to the human ear at a distance greater than one hundred (100) feet from the equipment or music. To the extent that these requirements conflict with any conditions of approval attached to an underlying land use permit, these requirements shall control. Sound level measurements may be used, but are not required to establish a violation of this subsection.
Full Breakdown
Ordinance No. 2015-08 (June 18, 2015) rewrote what is now Municipal Code section 11.05.060(3)-(4), replacing an earlier 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. curfew with a flat round-the-clock standard: amplified sound or live music audible beyond 100 feet is a violation, and this rule overrides conflicting conditions on a land use permit. The same 100-foot audibility cap applies to stereos, televisions, and other audio equipment. Events can seek a continuous-events exception through a Planning Commission public hearing under section 11.05.070, and temporary event permits under section 9.250.060 bar operation between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in any zone where residential use is permitted.
Violations & Fines
Each special sound source breach is a separate violation on top of any Table 1 decibel violation, with administrative fines of $200 to $1,000 under section 11.05.080, plus possible criminal prosecution or nuisance injunction.
Frequently Asked Questions
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