Redlands, CA Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Redlands, CA, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- General curfew hours
- 10 PM-7 AM for radios, tools, stereos
- Loading/unloading cutoff
- 10 PM-6 AM restricted
- Powered model vehicles
- 7 PM-7 AM restricted
- Governing section
- Redlands Municipal Code § 8.06.090
- Enforcement
- Noise Control Officer, code enforcement
Summary
Redlands Municipal Code section 8.06.090 bans radios, stereos, loudspeakers, domestic power tools and loading or unloading activity that creates a noise disturbance across a residential property line between 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M., with a separate 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. weekday-only window for construction. The Noise Control Officer enforces the curfew citywide.
The following acts, and the causing or permitting thereof, are declared to be in violation of this chapter: A. Radio, Television Set, Etc.: Operating, playing, or permitting the operation or playing of any radio, television set, phonograph, drum, musical instrument or similar device which produces or reproduces sound: 1. Between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial real property line or at any time to violate the provisions of section 8.06.030 or 8.06.070 of this chapter.
Full Breakdown
Section 8.06.090, Noise Disturbances Prohibited, sets Redlands' general nighttime noise curfew by listing specific acts that are violations when they occur during defined nighttime hours. Subsection A bars operating a radio, television, phonograph, drum or musical instrument between 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. in a manner that creates a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial property line. Subsection B applies the same 10:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. window to loudspeakers and stereo systems. Subsection E bars loading, unloading or handling boxes, crates or refuse containers between 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. in a manner that disturbs a residential property line.
Subsection F restricts construction and demolition tools to weekday hours between 6:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. off-limits, effectively confining work to daytime weekday hours and barring it entirely on Sundays and holidays. Subsection H limits powered model vehicles to the hours between 7:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. off-limits. Subsection L bars mechanically powered saws, sanders, drills, grinders and lawn or garden tools between 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. across a residential or commercial property line. Each of these curfew provisions is tied back to the quantitative limits in Table 1 of section 8.06.070, so a nighttime noise can violate the chapter either by exceeding the decibel table or simply by occurring during the restricted hours regardless of measured volume.
Violations are enforced by the Noise Control Officer under section 8.06.040 and are prosecutable as an infraction or misdemeanor under section 8.06.140, with each day a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Creating a noise disturbance during the restricted nighttime hours in section 8.06.090, whether from a stereo, power tool, loading activity or construction equipment, is a violation of chapter 8.06 regardless of the decibel reading. The city attorney can prosecute it as an infraction or misdemeanor under section 8.06.140, and each day, or portion of a day, that the violation continues is charged as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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