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County adopts noise ordinance setting overnight decibel limits, sheriff cautions on enforcement costs
Summary
The Board adopted a countywide noise ordinance regulating disturbances between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. using 60 dBA constant / 75 dBA intermittent thresholds, designating enforcement primarily to the sheriff office; deputies warned calibration and staffing will require additional resources.
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on March 24 to introduce and advance a new countywide noise ordinance that sets overnight decibel thresholds and creates an infraction-based enforcement path intended for sheriff's deputies.
Deputy County Counsel Brina Blanton summarized the ordinance as prohibiting disturbances "which exceed 60 dBA constant or 75 dBA intermittent as measured from an adjacent residential property line using a sound decibel…
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