AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 7 OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 7.15.010 REGARDING FINES AND PENALTIES AND SECTION 7.35.010 REGARDING GENERAL NOISE REGULATIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 7.15.010 of the Riverside Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
“Section 7.15.010 – Fines and penalties.
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any violation of this Title shall be subject to fines as follows: Upon a first violation of this Title, a fine of $500. Upon a second violation of this Title, a fine of $750. Upon a third or subsequent violation of this Title, a fine of $1000.
B. The civil fines and criminal penalties imposed shall be in addition to any other fines and/or penalties imposed for violation of local, State, and/or Federal law.” Section 2. Section 7.35.010 of the Riverside Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
“Section 7.35.010 General Noise Regulations.
It is unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any noise disturbance, as it is defined in Section 7.10.125, and offends a reasonable person of normal sensitivities. The factors which should be considered in determining whether a violation of this section exists, include the following:
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D. The emitting or transmitting of any loud music or noise disturbance from any sound amplifying equipment or live performance, which is plainly audible from a distance of 25 feet or more from the edge of the property, structure, or unit from which the source is located, shall be prohibited.” Section 3. The City Council has reviewed the matter and, by based upon the facts and information contained in the staff reports, administrative record, and written and oral testimony, hereby finds that this ordinance is not subject to CEQA pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3) and/or 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, in that it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section 414 of the Charter of the City of Riverside. This ordinance shall become effective on the 30th day after the date of its adoption.
ADOPTED by the City Council this _________ day of _____________, 2025. ________________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the _______ day of _______________, 2025, and that thereafter the said ordinance was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the _________day of _____________, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ________ day of ______________, 2025. ______________________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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