Orinda, California · General provision

Chapter 17.39

Extracted standards

16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Noise

  • Maximum general noise level60 dB

    No person shall cause or permit noise on property owned, leased, occupied or otherwise in the control of that person which exceeds sixty (60) decibels as measured at a listening point on any other property (17.39.2)

Other

  • Amplified sound time limits at private clubs

    Amplified sound at swim activities and outdoor social events shall be prohibited except as follows: May through August: ten a.m. to nine p.m., except that extended hours of eight a.m. to ten p.m. shall be permitted for no more than twenty (20) days; September through April: noon to eight p.m., except that extended hours of noon to ten p.m. shall be permitted for no more than twenty (20) days; (17.39.7B)

  • Animal noise disturbance

    No person shall own, possess, harbor, control or keep on any premises, any dogs, fowl or other animals, that bark, bay, cry, howl or make any other noise so continuously or incessantly as to unreasonably disturb the peace or quiet of any two persons living in different households within three hundred (300) feet of the location of the disturbance. (17.39.8A)

  • On the following holidays, construction activities are prohibited: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (17.39.3B4)

  • Construction hours Saturday

    On Saturdays, construction activities may occur between the hours of ten a.m. and five p.m. (17.39.3B2)

  • Construction hours Sunday

    On Sundays, construction activities are prohibited except for minor maintenance and improvement projects conducted by no more than two persons, one of whom resides on the property full-time, between the hours of ten a.m. and five p.m. and not involving the use of heavy construction equipment. (17.39.3B3)

  • Construction hours weekdays

    Monday through Friday, construction activities may occur between the hours of eight a.m. and six p.m. (17.39.3B1)

  • Construction notice distance300 ft

    an applicant for a building permit or grading permit shall provide written notice to each residence within three hundred (300) feet of any portion of the subject property (17.39.3C)

  • Golf course lawnmower hours

    Lawnmowers may be operated daily between five-thirty a.m. and five p.m., except as provided in subsection C. (17.39.5A)

  • Golf course leaf blower hours

    Leaf blowers may be operated between eight a.m. and five p.m. Monday through Saturday and on holidays and leaf blowers may not be operated on Sundays. (17.39.5B)

  • Maximum noise from permanent mechanical equipment45 dB

    Mechanical equipment shall be screened or enclosed with sound-insulated materials so that at the property line, it does not create noise that exceeds forty-five (45) decibels. (17.39.9A1)

  • Maximum amplified sound at private clubs (day)60 dB

    A sound amplification device shall not create a sound which is greater than sixty (60) decibels from seven a.m. to ten p.m. (17.39.7A)

  • Maximum amplified sound at private clubs (night)55 dB

    or greater than fifty-five (55) decibels from ten p.m. to seven a.m. (17.39.7A)

  • On the following holidays, the use of power equipment for yard maintenance is prohibited: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (17.39.4C)

  • Monday through Friday between the hours of eight a.m. and six p.m. (17.39.4A)

  • Saturday and Sunday between the hours of ten a.m. and five p.m., except that use of a chainsaw, wood chipper or gas powered leaf blower is prohibited on Sundays. (17.39.4B)

From the ordinance

No person shall cause or permit noise on property owned, leased, occupied or otherwise in the control of that person which exceeds sixty (60) decibels as measured at a listening point on any other property
Chapter 17.39