Camarillo, CA Noise Ordinances: Construction Hours (2026)
Construction hours in Camarillo, CA, sometimes called construction noise rules or contractor work-hour ordinances, set when contractors can run power tools, hammers, and heavy equipment.
Key Facts
- Quiet hours
- 7 p.m.-7 a.m., all construction noise
- No-construction days
- Sundays + 7 named holidays
- Governing section
- Municipal Code Sec. 10.34.120(E)
- Exempt
- emergency work, home repairs, routine maintenance
- Stricter hours possible
- via project conditions of approval
- First-offense penalty
- misdemeanor, up to $1,000 fine
Summary
Camarillo bars construction noise that exceeds the city's noise standards between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays, and all day on Sundays and eight named holidays, under Municipal Code Sec. 10.34.120(E). Home repairs and routine vehicle or boat maintenance don't count as construction, and the planning commission can impose even tighter hours as a condition of a project's approval.
E.Construction Activities. It is unlawful for any person adjacent to or within any residential zone in the city to perform any construction activities, in such a manner that exceeds the noise standards set forth in Sections 10.34.040, 10.34.050, or 10.34.060, between the hours of seven p.m. to seven a.m., or at any time on a Sunday, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. The performance of emergency work is exempt from this subsection.1.Home repairs and routine maintenance of personal property such as automobiles or boats is not considered construction.2.The planning commission and city council retain the right to impose more restrictive hours of construction on any projects involving major construction activity by adding appropriate conditions to the city's approval of subdivisions, planned development permits, conditional use permits, variances and other projects.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
120(E) makes it unlawful for anyone working adjacent to or within a residential zone to run construction activities that exceed the noise standards of Secs. , or at any time on a Sunday, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. in a residential noise zone, but the evening-through-morning and holiday window is a flat prohibition rather than a decibel test. Emergency repair work is exempt from the section, and home repairs or routine maintenance of personal property such as cars or boats aren't treated as 'construction' at all.
The planning commission and city council can layer tighter hours onto a specific project by writing them into the conditions of approval for a subdivision, planned development permit, conditional use permit or variance, so a large project may face a narrower window than the citywide default. Even routine work such as a home addition, roof replacement or patio job is still bound by the chapter's general timing rule; there's no separate carve-out for minor jobs.
Violations & Fines
Construction noise outside the permitted hours is enforced the same way as any other noise violation: it's a misdemeanor under Sec. 1.12.060 punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and six months in jail, or an infraction under Sec. 1.12.070 carrying $100 to $500 in escalating fines for repeat violations of the same section within a year. The director can issue a notice of violation or an abatement order requiring the contractor to stop work until the next permitted hour.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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