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Title 19 — LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS›Chapter 19.39 — NOISE CONTROL REGULATIONS

Article IV — SOUND LEVEL RESTRICTIONS

San Benito County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-30 · San Benito County

§ 19.39.030 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS.

No person shall operate, or permit to be operated, on private property any source of sound in such a manner as to create: (A) A sound pressure level which exceeds the limits set forth for the receiving land use category in Table 1 which may be measured at or within the real property boundary of the receiving land use, or its vertical extension; (B) A sound pressure level which exceeds the limits set forth for the receiving land use category in Table 1 for more than 15 minutes in 60 minutes which may be measured at or within the real property boundary of the receiving land use, or its vertical extension; or (C) An equivalent A-weighted sound level that exceeds the limits set forth for the receiving land use category in Table 1 which may be measured at or within the real property boundary of the receiving land use or its vertical extension. (D) A sound level that exceeds the ambient sound level by 5 dB which may be measured at or within the real property boundary of the receiving land use or its vertical extension. TABLE 1 Maximum Sound Level Standards

LAND USE DESIGNATION NOISE LEVEL (dBA) Day Night Ag Rangeland Ag Productive Rural 45 35 Rural Transitional Rural Residential 45 35

Single-Family (R1) Residential Multiple (RM) Planned Unit Development 50 40 Commercial (C-1) Commercial (C-2) 65 55 Controlled Manufacturing (CM) Light Industrial (M-1) Heavy Industrial (M-2) 70 60

(Ord. 872, § 2 (part), 2011)

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