Apple Valley, CA Noise Ordinances: Outdoor Music (2026)

The Town of Apple Valley does not have a separate 'outdoor music' chapter; outdoor music and amplified events are governed by the same Chapter 9.73 (Noise Control) rules that cover amplified sound. Live or amplified outdoor music must stay within the exterior limits in Table 9.73.050-A for the receiving zone, and because music and speech convey informational content, those limits are reduced by 5 dBA - so, for example, the effective single-family residential daytime limit for music is lower than the base 50 dBA figure. Independent of decibel readings, Sections 9.73.060.A (radios, instruments, similar devices) and 9.73.060.B (loudspeakers) prohibit creating a noise disturbance across a residential property line between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. The Town's exemptions in Section 9.73.080 carve out some community events: school events are exempt between 8:45 a.m. and 10 p.m. with a permit, and public-park and recreation activities are exempt. Places of public entertainment have their own provision under 9.73.060.N. Commercial venues or event organizers planning amplified outdoor music typically need to manage the receiving-property dBA limits and the 10 p.m. cutoff, and may seek a noise exception/variance under Section 9.73.090. This is the Town's own ordinance, controlling within the incorporated Town of Apple Valley rather than the county code.