Outdoor and amplified music is regulated under Chapter 17's reasonable-person standard. A July 2024 amendment extended permissible amplified entertainment hours from 10 p.m. to midnight for restaurants, bars, and approved venues in the downtown business district.
Chapter 17 prohibits 'loud and raucous' sound that disturbs a reasonable person. The 2024 noise ordinance amendment created a downtown business district carve-out allowing approved entertainment uses (restaurants, bars, permitted venues) to operate amplified music until midnight, recognizing the area's commercial-entertainment role. The amendment also clarified existing exemptions for emergency response activities, parades, lawful fireworks, publicly-owned land, religious activities, railroad operations, the Yuba-Sutter Fair, and organized sports events. Outside the downtown district, amplified outdoor music remains subject to the reasonable-person standard at all hours and is most heavily scrutinized late at night.
Citations issued by Yuba City Police or Code Enforcement. Fines: up to $100 first offense, $200 second in same year, $500 third. Repeated venue violations can trigger conditional-use-permit review or revocation by the Planning Commission.
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