RBMC 4-24.508 defers exhaust/muffler noise to California Vehicle Code sections 27150-27151. Local rules also ban car stereos audible outside the vehicle and 'pandemoniac' tire-screeching vehicles.
Vehicle exhaust and muffler noise in Redondo Beach is governed by California Vehicle Code sections 27150 and 27151, which RBMC 4-24.508 expressly adopts (so muffler and equipment violations follow state law). Beyond that, RBMC 4-24.514 makes it unlawful for a vehicle operator to transmit amplified sound clearly audible to people other than the vehicle's occupants. RBMC 4-24.515 prohibits operating a 'pandemoniac' motor vehicle, defined as one operated to create audible tire-friction noise by accelerating, except at a designated raceway or dragstrip. Refuse collection vehicles may not operate in residential areas between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. (4-24.509).
Muffler violations are cited under the Vehicle Code; local car-stereo and pandemoniac-vehicle violations are prohibited acts under Article 5 and prima facie violations (4-24.801).
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