Bellevue, NE Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)

Article VIII defines a disorderly house broadly in § 19-102 as any room, house, building, structure or premises where unlawful acts are committed, declaring it a public or common nuisance the city attorney can move to restrain or suppress. Section 19-103 puts the liability squarely on whoever controls the property, the owner, lessee, resident, manager or proprietor, for knowingly collecting people engaged in unlawful acts or knowingly permitting loud or improper noise that disturbs a person or neighborhood; a host cannot avoid it by saying guests, not the host, made the noise.

Section 19-104 gives police a shortcut to prove a pattern: if officers, per Sarpy County Communications Center or department records, have responded to the same address more than twice in six months and substantiated a complaint on at least two of those visits, that is prima facie evidence of a violation. Section 19-106 separately makes it unlawful to be an inmate of or knowingly visit a disorderly house. Penalties escalate sharply under § 19-107: a first offense draws up to six months in the county jail or a fine of $250 to $500, a second conviction within ten years raises the fine floor to $350, and a third or later conviction within ten years carries a mandatory three days to six months in jail plus a $400 to $500 fine.