Manteca, CA Noise Ordinances: Vehicle Noise (2026)

The sustained, continuous or repeated operation or use between the hours of ten p.m. and eight a.m. of any motor or engine or the repair, modification, reconstruction, testing or operation of any automobile, motorcycle, machine, contrivance, or mechanical device or other contrivance or facility unless such motor, engine, automobile, motorcycle, machine or mechanical device is enclosed within a sound insulated structure so as to prevent noise and sound from being plainly audible at the property line of the property from which the sound is emanating.

E. Motor Vehicles. Racing the engine of any motor vehicle or needlessly bringing a motor vehicle to a sudden start or stop.

F. Loading and Unloading. Loading, unloading, opening, closing or other handling of boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans or similar objects between the hours of ten p.m. and eight a.m. in such a manner as to cause noise disturbance, except for solid waste collection.

G. Nonemergency Signaling Devices. Sounding or permitting the sounding of any electronically amplified signal from any bell, chime, siren, whistle or similar device, intended primarily for nonemergency purposes, from any place between the hours of ten p.m. and eight a.m., and in no event for more than ten consecutive seconds in any hourly period outside those hours.

H. Emergency Signaling Devices.

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