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Noise and construction hours in San Bruno

San Bruno's own rules on noise and construction hours, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the San Bruno Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What San Bruno's code says

San Bruno code What San Bruno's code adds
Construction hours on weekdays
  • Construction noise at 100 feet: at most 85 decibels 7 a.m.–10 p.m.; at most 60 decibels 10 p.m.–7 a.m.
    Applies: Outside construction in or within 500 feet of a residential zone; no set hours; a public works permit allows more; emergencies excepted.
    § 6.16.070 · code text
    No person shall, within any residential zone, or within a radius of five hundred feet therefrom, operate equipment or perform any outside construction or repair work on any building, structure, or other project, or operate any pile driver, power shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, power hoist, or any other construction-type device which shall exceed, between the hours of seven a.m. and ten p.m., a noise level of eighty-five decibels as measured at one hundred feet
Noise limit at homes
  • 45 decibels.
    Applies: Residential zone, 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
    § 6.16.030 · code text
    Residential zone, time ten p.m. to seven a.m., forty-five decibels; seven a.m. to ten p.m., sixty decibels.
  • 60 decibels.
    Applies: Residential zone, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    § 6.16.030 · code text
    Residential zone, time ten p.m. to seven a.m., forty-five decibels; seven a.m. to ten p.m., sixty decibels.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the noise rules and construction hours in San Bruno?

San Bruno's code: Construction noise at 100 feet: at most 85 decibels 7 a.m.–10 p.m.; at most 60 decibels 10 p.m.–7 a.m. (Outside construction in or within 500 feet of a residential zone; no set hours; a public works permit allows more; emergencies excepted.) (§ 6.16.070); 45 decibels. (Residential zone, 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.) (§ 6.16.030).

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