Vallejo, CA Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Vallejo, CA, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Quiet hours
- 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Governing section
- VMC Sec. 7.84.020(F)-(G)
- Enforcement
- Warning first, then citation
- Citation trigger
- Persists 5+ min or recurs in 1 week
- Exempt entities
- GVRD, Vallejo City Unified School District
- Max infraction fine
- $500 under Sec. 1.12.010
Summary
Vallejo bars loud loading, unloading, and power tool use between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. under Municipal Code Section 7.84.020(F) and (G). Moving boxes, crates, building materials, or garbage cans, and running saws, drills, sanders, or mowers during those hours is unlawful if it creates a noise disturbance across a residential property line, backed by the city's broader loud-noise prohibition in Section 7.84.010.
F. Loading and Unloading. It shall be unlawful to load, unload, open, close, or to do other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans, or similar objects between the hours of nine p.m. and seven a.m. in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary. This subsection shall not apply to the collection and disposal of garbage and recyclable materials by the city's franchises. G. Domestic Power Tools. It shall be unlawful to operate or permit the operation of any mechanically powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, lawn, or garden tool, lawnmower, or other similar device between nine p.m. and seven a.m. so as to create a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Update 12 - 25).
Full Breakdown
84 of the Vallejo Municipal Code regulates noise disturbances citywide. 010 makes it unlawful to willfully make or continue any loud, unnecessary, and unusual noise that disturbs the peace of a neighborhood, weighing factors like the time of day, proximity to residential sleeping areas, and whether the noise is recurrent or constant. 020 then lists specific prohibitions, two of which set the nighttime quiet-hours curfew. in a manner that causes a noise disturbance across a residential property boundary; the city's own franchised garbage and recycling collection is exempted.
window if it creates a noise disturbance across a residential boundary. for no more than sixty seconds per test. 050 exempts activities of public entities, including the Greater Vallejo Recreation District and the Vallejo City Unified School District. 020(H).
Violations & Fines
Violating the noise curfew is enforced under Section 7.84.030, which allows fines and penalties under Chapter 1.12 and administrative citations under Chapter 1.15. Officers may issue a warning first; a citation follows only if the noise continues more than five minutes after the warning or recurs within one week. General penalties under Section 1.12.010 range from $100 to $500 for an infraction, or up to $1,000 and six months in county jail for a misdemeanor, and each day of violation counts as a separate offense.
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