Bellflower's Municipal Code does NOT set numeric decibel (dBA) limits. Chapter 8.32 uses a nuisance and distance standard - sound audible more than 200 feet from the source in/near a residential zone - rather than measured dB caps like LA County's code.
Unlike Los Angeles County's Chapter 12.08 (which sets graduated dBA caps by zone) or cities such as Long Beach and Santa Monica, the City of Bellflower's noise chapter (8.32) contains no numeric decibel thresholds. The only quantitative benchmark in the code is a distance test: Section 8.32.010(B) treats an 'unreasonable noise level' that is audible to the human ear more than 200 feet from the property line of the source - where that source is within, or within 500 feet of, a residential zone - as a violation. Whether noise is 'unreasonable' is determined under the eleven factors in Section 8.32.010(C), including the level of the noise, background noise level, proximity to sleeping facilities, time of day, and duration. Because there is no codified dBA limit, Bellflower enforcement relies on the audibility/distance standard and the nuisance factors rather than a sound-level meter reading. (LA County's dBA-based code applies only to unincorporated areas, not to the incorporated City of Bellflower.)
There is no dB number to exceed; a violation turns on whether noise is an unreasonable disturbance audible beyond 200 feet in/near a residential zone, judged under the Section 8.32.010(C) factors. Enforcement is by Code Enforcement.
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