Quiet hours in Ventura County, CA — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
In unincorporated Ventura County, the County's Loud or Raucous Nighttime Noise ordinance prohibits loud or raucous noise audible from 50 feet away in residential zones between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. There is no countywide daytime noise prohibition outside the General Plan's project review standards.
Unincorporated Ventura County (places such as Oak Park, Oak View, Meiners Oaks, El Rio, Piru, Casitas Springs, Lake Sherwood, Bell Canyon and Somis) is governed by the County's own code, not by the City of San Buenaventura or any incorporated city. The County's quiet-hours rule is in the Ventura County Ordinance Code, Division 6 (Police Regulations), Chapter 2, Article 11, adopted by Ordinance No. 4124. Section 6299-1 states that no person shall create within any residential zone of the County any loud or raucous noise audible to the human ear during the hours of 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. of the following day, at a distance of 50 feet from the property line of the noise source (or 50 feet from the source if it is in a public right-of-way). Section 6299-2 limits the rule to areas in the unincorporated portion of the county zoned R-1, R-2, R-P-D, R-O, R-E and their coastal equivalents. This is a nighttime-only rule keyed to residential zoning; the County has no general daytime decibel ordinance for ordinary residences, although discretionary projects are reviewed for noise compatibility under the General Plan.
Under Section 6299-3, doing any act prohibited by Article 11 in the unincorporated areas of Ventura County is unlawful, and a violator is guilty of a misdemeanor/infraction punishable in accordance with Section 13-2 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code. Nighttime disturbance complaints in the unincorporated county are handled by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.
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