Quiet hours in Bishop, CA — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Bishop bans any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that injures the health, peace or safety of others. Construction is expressly allowed only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., so nighttime is the city's protected quiet window.
Bishop Municipal Code Chapter 8.12 (Noise Control) makes it unlawful to make or continue any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise injuring the health, peace or safety of others. The code does not set clock-based curfews for all noise, but it fixes 7 a.m.-10 p.m. as the window for construction and repair, and treats sound plainly audible 50 feet away between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. as prima facie unlawful. Yelling, radios and similar disturbances between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. that disturb residents' repose are specifically prohibited. California Penal Code 415 backs this up by criminalizing maliciously disturbing another's peace with loud, unreasonable noise.
Enforced as a Municipal Code misdemeanor/infraction abatable nuisance; police respond to disturbances. Penal Code 415 disturbing-the-peace is a separate criminal offense.
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