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Noise and construction hours in Manteca

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

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

What Manteca's code says

Manteca code What Manteca's code adds
Construction hours on weekdays
  • Construction equipment may run only from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    Applies: Every day; applies when the equipment is plainly audible at the property line.
    § 9.52.040 · code text
    The use or operation of any construction equipment between the hours of eight p.m. and seven a.m. and is sufficiently loud as to be plainly audible at the property line of the property from which the sound is emanating.
Leaf blowers and equipment
  • Leaf blowers (gas, combustion or electric) are banned 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. when plainly audible at the property line.
    § 9.52.040 · code text
    The use or operation or allowing the use or operation of any portable machine powered with a combustion, gasoline or electric powered engine used to blow leaves, dirt and other debris off sidewalks, driveways, lawns and other surfaces between the hours of ten p.m. and eight a.m. and is sufficiently loud as to be plainly audible at the property line of the property from which the sound is emanating.
Quiet hours
  • Quiet hours are 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.
    Applies: Radios and music, band practice, engines and machines, and loading or unloading plainly audible at the property line.
    § 9.52.040 · code text
    The sustained, continuous or repeated operation or use between the hours of ten p.m. and eight a.m. of any motor or engine or the repair, modification, reconstruction, testing or operation of any automobile, motorcycle, machine, contrivance, or mechanical device or other contrivance or facility unless such motor, engine, automobile, motorcycle, machine or mechanical device is enclosed within a sound insulated structure so as to prevent noise and sound from being plainly audible at the property line of the property from which the sound is emanating.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the noise rules and construction hours in Manteca?

Manteca's code: Construction equipment may run only from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Every day; applies when the equipment is plainly audible at the property line.) (§ 9.52.040); Quiet hours are 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. (Radios and music, band practice, engines and machines, and loading or unloading plainly audible at the property line.) (§ 9.52.040).

General information, not legal advice.

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