Jurupa Valley, CA Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Jurupa Valley, CA, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Residential daytime limit (7am-10pm)
- 55 dBA Lmax
- Residential nighttime limit (10pm-7am)
- 45 dBA Lmax
- Rural/open-space limit (all hours)
- 45 dBA Lmax
- First-violation fine
- $200
- Late-night complaints
- Sheriff (951) 776-1099
Summary
Jurupa Valley caps exterior noise reaching residential property at 55 dBA Lmax during the day (7 a.m. to 10 p.m.) and 45 dBA at night (10 p.m. to 7 a.m.). Commercial areas allow 65 dBA day and 55 dBA night.
11.10.040 - General sound level standards. No person shall create any sound, or allow the creation of any sound, on any property that causes the exterior sound level on any other occupied property to exceed the sound level standards set forth in Table 1 of this section or that violates the special sound source standards set forth in Section 11.10.060. ... 11.10.080 - Violations and penalties. ... B. The fine schedule for a violation of this Chapter enforced pursuant to Chapter 1.20, Administrative Penalties, shall be in the amount of: 1. Two hundred dollars ($200) for the first violation occurring within a three hundred sixty six (366) day period; 2. Five hundred dollars ($500) for a second violation occurring within three hundred sixty six (366) of the first violation; 3. Seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) for a third violation occurring within three hundred sixty six (366) days of the first violation; or 4. One thousand dollars ($1,000) for a fourth violation and each subsequent violation occurring within three hundred sixty six (366) days of the first violation.
Full Breakdown
Municipal Code section 11.05.040, enacted as section 11.10.040 by Ordinance No. 2012-01 (February 16, 2012) and later renumbered, prohibits creating any sound that pushes the exterior sound level on another occupied property above Table 1 limits: 55/45 dBA for all residential designations, 65/55 dBA commercial, 75/55 dBA light industrial, 75/75 dBA heavy industrial, and 45/45 dBA at all hours in rural, agricultural, and open-space areas. Section 11.05.050 requires calibrated sound-level-meter measurements to prove a decibel violation. The city directs late-night party and music complaints to the Sheriff's Department at (951) 776-1099; California Penal Code section 415(2) separately makes maliciously disturbing another person with loud and unreasonable noise a misdemeanor.
Violations & Fines
Administrative fines escalate from $200 for a first violation to $500, $750, then $1,000 for repeat violations within 366 days (section 11.05.080). Criminal prosecution and public-nuisance injunctions are also available; Penal Code 415 carries up to 90 days jail.
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