Shafter Municipal Code Ch. 8.24 Noise Control Regulations

"Sound-amplifying equipment" means any machine or device for the amplification and/or reproduction of the human voice, music or any other sound. Sound-amplifying equipment as used in this chapter shall not include warning devices on authorized emergency vehicles or horns or other warning devices.

(Prior code § 9-13-1)

It is unlawful for any person within a residential zone to use or operate any sound-amplifying equipment in such a manner that the sound exceeds the ambient noise level at a distance of fifty feet or more where the sound emanates from a device while on public property and at a distance of twenty feet or more from a private property line when the sound emanates from a device on private property.

(Prior code § 9-13-2)

Within a residential zone, or within a radius of five hundred feet therefrom, no person shall operate equipment, for the construction or repair of buildings, structures or projects, which creates noise exceeding the ambient noise level beyond fifty feet from the source between the hours of seven p.m. and seven a.m.

(Prior code § 9-13-3)