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Noise and construction hours in Malibu

Malibu'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 Malibu Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Malibu's code says

Malibu code What Malibu's code adds
Construction hours on weekdays
  • Construction tools and equipment may run only from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
    Applies: Weekdays; construction, repair, alteration, demolition or earthwork.
    § 8.24.050 · code text
    operating or causing the operation of any tools, equipment, impact devices, derricks or hoists used in construction, chilling, repair, alteration, demolition or earthwork, on weekdays between the hours of seven p.m. and seven a.m.
Construction hours on weekends and holidays
  • Construction may run only from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Applies: Saturdays.
    § 8.24.050 · code text
    before eight a.m. or after five p.m. on Saturday
  • No construction at any time.
    Applies: Sundays or holidays.
    § 8.24.050 · code text
    or at any time on Sundays or holidays
Leaf blowers and equipment
  • Portable leaf blowers with combustion or gasoline engines are banned for blowing leaves, dirt or debris.
    § 8.24.050 · code text
    the use or operation of any portable machine powered with a combustion or gasoline engine used to blow leaves, dirt and other debris off sidewalks, driveways, lawns and other surfaces
Quiet hours
  • Quiet hours are 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
    Applies: Radios, musical instruments, TVs and similar sound devices.
    § 8.24.050 · code text
    the using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated between the hours of ten p.m. and seven a.m. of any radio, musical instrument, phonograph, television set, or instrument or device similar to those heretofore specifically mentioned

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Frequently asked questions

What are the noise rules and construction hours in Malibu?

Malibu's code: Construction tools and equipment may run only from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Weekdays; construction, repair, alteration, demolition or earthwork.) (§ 8.24.050); Quiet hours are 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. (Radios, musical instruments, TVs and similar sound devices.) (§ 8.24.050).

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