Yuba City Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 17 prohibits any sound — including industrial operations — whose volume, duration, or character disturbs a reasonable person of ordinary sensibility. The City has no published numeric daytime industrial dB cap; enforcement is qualitative.
Chapter 17 defines 'loud and raucous' noise as any sound which, because of its volume level, duration, or character, annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, health, peace, or safety of a reasonable person of ordinary sensibility within the City. Industrial facilities — including Sunsweet Growers' dryer/processing operations — must operate within this standard. The Yuba City General Plan Noise Element targets exterior Ldn levels of 65–70 dB at industrial-adjacent receptors, but the binding enforcement document is Chapter 17, not the General Plan. Zoning conditions of approval may impose stricter site-specific dB limits on permitted industrial uses.
Citation under Chapter 17 with fines escalating: up to $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second within the same year, and $500 for a third (per City practice). Persistent violations can be prosecuted as infractions or, in egregious cases, misdemeanors under California Penal Code §415(2) (disturbing the peace).
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