Visalia STRs have mandatory quiet hours: no outdoor activity (pools, hot tubs, courts, play equipment) between 10 PM and 6 AM, and no amplified or reproduced sound audible from outside between 7 PM and 6 AM. The owner must abate disturbances immediately.
VMC 17.32.166(B)(13) bars the use of any musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, amplified or reproduced sound, or any noise-producing machine outside the STR or audible from outside the unit between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., expressly overriding the general noise rule in VMC 9.32.040. Subsection (B)(14) designates 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. as 'quiet time' during which all activity must be inside; outdoor pool, hot tub, spa, tennis, paddleboard and play-equipment use is prohibited. Subsection (B)(15) makes it unlawful for anyone in possession of an STR to allow loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that disturbs the peace, and (B)(16) requires owners and local contacts to take measures to abate disturbances - including calling law enforcement or removing occupants.
Noise violations trigger the standard penalty schedule ($100/$200/$500 per day) and any single noise violation uncured within 10 days, or three noise violations in 12 months, are grounds for permit revocation under VMC 17.32.166(C).
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