Tulare County, CA Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)

The County of Tulare regulates residential noise in unincorporated communities such as Goshen, Earlimart, Pixley, Tipton, Three Rivers, Springville, Strathmore, and Ducor primarily through two parts of the Tulare County Ordinance Code rather than a stand-alone hour-by-hour quiet-time curfew. Ordinance Code Section 5-01-1215(b) (the Social Host Ordinance, added by Ord. 3526 and amended by Ord. 3591 and 3619) prohibits sound from amplified sound devices and 'excessive noise sources' from exceeding sixty-five (65) decibels measured at the boundary of the property where the noise originates. The ordinance's findings expressly target unpermitted, excessive, and annoying noise in 'rural, residential, and other traditionally quiet unincorporated areas of the County, during traditionally quiet times.' Separately, Public Nuisance Ordinance Section 4-01-1070(a) declares it a public nuisance to use property in a way that is 'indecent or offensive to the senses' and 'interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property' affecting a neighborhood or a considerable number of persons. The County General Plan Noise Element sets land-use planning targets of 60 dB Ldn/CNEL in outdoor activity areas and 45 dB interior, but those are development standards, not a homeowner curfew.