Fort Worth City Code Chapter 23 prohibits loud and disorderly gatherings that disturb neighbors, and the city's noise and nuisance provisions allow Fort Worth Police Department to issue citations, disperse parties, and pursue cost recovery against repeat offenders for second-response calls.
Chapter 23 makes it unlawful to permit a gathering that produces noise, conduct, or disturbances audible across property lines and that violates noise limits or disturbs the peace. Fort Worth pairs the Disorderly Premises and noise ordinances so that hosts and property owners are notified after a first response, and a second response within a defined period triggers cost recovery for FWPD personnel time, plus higher fines under Class C citations. Tenants and homeowners are equally liable. Repeat-call premises may be declared chronic nuisances under Chapter 17, escalating into civil abatement. Quiet hours apply citywide between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays.
Hosting a gathering with noise crossing property lines after quiet hours, ignoring a first FWPD warning, requiring a second response, or repeatedly violating Chapter 23 triggers escalating fines, cost-recovery billing, and chronic-nuisance abatement.
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