Quiet hours in Burbank, CA — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Burbank defines 'nighttime' as 10:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. and applies a lower ambient-noise base level (45 dBA) in residential zones at night than during the day (55 dBA), and a general prohibition makes any willful loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise that disturbs the peace unlawful at any hour.
Burbank Municipal Code Title 9, Chapter 3, Article 2 (Noise) does not impose a single blanket 'curfew' but instead sets time-of-day-keyed noise limits. Section 9-3-202 defines 'NIGHTTIME' as 'the hours from ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. until seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. of the following day' and 'DAYTIME' as 7:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. Section 9-3-208(B) ties enforcement to those periods by establishing residential ambient noise base levels of 45 dBA at nighttime and 55 dBA in the daytime (65 dBA anytime in commercial zones, 70 dBA anytime in all other zones). The catch-all in Section 9-3-223 makes it 'unlawful for any person to wilfully make or continue any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise which disturbs the peace or quiet of any neighborhood' at any hour, weighing factors including the time of day, proximity to sleeping facilities, and the zoning and density of the area. Section 9-3-205 declares qualifying violations a public nuisance subject to abatement by injunction.
Noise violations are enforced as public nuisances under Section 9-3-205 (abatement by restraining order or injunction) and the City Attorney may institute legal proceedings under Section 9-3-206; specific violations (e.g., animals under 9-3-207) are infractions.
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