Amador County, CA Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

Because unincorporated Amador County has not adopted a standalone short-term-rental ordinance, there is no STR-specific quiet-hours rule or amplified-music cutoff aimed only at vacation rentals. Noise and disturbance at a rental are instead handled two ways. First, through the County's general nuisance and disturbance provisions, enforced by the Amador County Sheriff, which apply to any property regardless of whether it is a rental. Second, through the discretionary conditions the Planning Commission may attach to a bed-and-breakfast use permit under Code Chapter 19.48: the chapter expressly allows the County to impose conditions of approval governing days and hours of operation, the number of events per year, the serving of alcohol and/or food, and the playing of music. In practice this means that, for a permitted bed-and-breakfast inn or events use, the County can write quiet hours, music limits, and event caps directly into the permit, and violating those conditions becomes an enforceable permit violation. For an ordinary unhosted rental that is not operating under such a permit, the operative limits are the general County noise/nuisance rules. Given that the wine-country and ski-area communities draw event and party traffic, operators should set clear quiet hours in their house rules consistent with the County's general noise ordinance and any permit conditions. Confirm with Amador County Planning and the Sheriff's office how noise complaints are handled for your specific property and permit.