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Noise and construction hours in Westlake Village

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

What Westlake Village's code says

Westlake Village code What Westlake Village's code adds
Construction hours on weekdays
  • 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
    Applies: Construction, repair, demolition or earthwork; some listed exceptions apply.
    § 4.4.040 · code text
    Operating or causing the operation of any tools, equipment, impact devices, derricks or hoists used in or otherwise engaging in any aspect of construction, drilling, repair, alteration, demolition or earthwork before 7:00 a.m. and after 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
Construction hours on weekends and holidays
  • 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
    Applies: Saturdays; some listed exceptions apply.
    § 4.4.040 · code text
    before 8:00 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m. Saturday
  • No construction allowed.
    Applies: Sundays and holidays; some listed exceptions apply.
    § 4.4.040 · code text
    and at any time on Sunday or holidays
Leaf blowers and equipment
  • No sustained motor, engine or machine use 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. unless enclosed so it is not plainly audible.
    Applies: Engines, motors and machines near a residential district; audible means 50 feet away or within 10 feet of a home.
    § 4.4.040 · code text
    The sustained operation or use between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of any electric or gasoline powered motor or engine or the repair, modification, reconstruction, testing or operation of any automobile, motorcycle, machine 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 a distance of fifty (50) feet from such structure, or within ten (10) feet of any residence.
Quiet hours
  • 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday.
    Applies: Radios, instruments, TVs and similar devices loud enough to disturb nearby people.
    § 4.4.040 · code text
    The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 12:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday of any radio, musical instrument, phonograph, television set or instrument or device similar to those heretofore specifically mentioned for the production or reproduction of sound in volume sufficiently loud as to disturb the peace, quiet and repose of persons of ordinary and normal sensitiveness who are in the immediate vicinity of such machine or device.
  • 12:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
    Applies: Radios, instruments, TVs and similar devices loud enough to disturb nearby people.
    § 4.4.040 · code text
    The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 12:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday of any radio, musical instrument, phonograph, television set or instrument or device similar to those heretofore specifically mentioned for the production or reproduction of sound in volume sufficiently loud as to disturb the peace, quiet and repose of persons of ordinary and normal sensitiveness who are in the immediate vicinity of such machine or device.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the noise rules and construction hours in Westlake Village?

Westlake Village's code: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. (Construction, repair, demolition or earthwork; some listed exceptions apply.) (§ 4.4.040); 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., Sunday through Thursday. (Radios, instruments, TVs and similar devices loud enough to disturb nearby people.) (§ 4.4.040).

General information, not legal advice.

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