Quiet hours in Pico Rivera, CA — also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time — define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Pico Rivera Municipal Code Chapter 8.40 bans unnecessary noises that are physically annoying to persons of ordinary sensitiveness, but it sets no fixed nighttime quiet-hour clock. Nighttime disturbances are handled as nuisances and under California law.
PRMC 8.40.010 prohibits any person from making unnecessary noises or sounds that are physically annoying to persons of ordinary sensitiveness, or so harsh, prolonged, or unusual as to occasion physical discomfort to a neighborhood. The chapter is a qualitative nuisance standard rather than a numeric curfew, so there is no listed 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. quiet period. Loud or unruly assemblages requiring repeated police response can trigger cost-recovery for special security. Because Pico Rivera is a general-law city, nighttime disturbances are also enforceable under California Penal Code Section 415 (disturbing the peace).
Enforced as a public nuisance under PRMC 8.40.010; loud or unruly assemblages needing repeat police response can be billed for special security up to $500 per incident, plus possible property lien.
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