Showing ordinances that apply to Mead Valley, CA
Mead Valley is an unincorporated community (population 19,819) in Riverside County, California. Because Mead Valley is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Riverside County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The decibel limits rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Riverside County Ord. 847 sets A-weighted dBA limits that vary by receiving land use, with residential nighttime limits around 45 dBA and daytime limits near 55 dBA.
Ordinance No. 847 establishes a table of maximum allowable exterior noise levels measured at the receiving property line, based on the zoning of the receiving parcel rather than the source. Typical published values: rural residential (R-R, R-A) 50 dBA day / 40 dBA night; standard residential 55 dBA day / 45 dBA night; commercial 65 dBA day / 55 dBA night; industrial 75 dBA day and night. Short-duration exceedances are allowed (e.g., no more than 30 minutes per hour at +5 dBA, 15 minutes at +10 dBA, 5 minutes at +15 dBA, and no more than 1 minute at +20 dBA). Measurements use slow-response A-weighting at least three feet from any wall. Impulse noise (such as gunfire on shooting ranges or rock crushing) is subject to additional limits. Officers typically use calibrated Type 2 sound level meters; the plainly-audible standard can substitute when meter readings are impractical.
Citations begin around $100 with escalation; continuing violations can be abated as public nuisances.
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