Glendale, CA Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)
Key Facts
- First response
- No fine
- 2nd response within 12 hrs
- Fee and fine applies
- Repeat-response window
- 3 months, citywide for same host
- Appeal deadline
- 15 days to city clerk
- Unpaid fee/fine status
- Civil debt to city
Summary
Glendale does not fine hosts for a first loud or unruly party, but every police response after an initial written warning triggers a police service fee plus a fine set by city council resolution. Chapter 9.22 puts that financial responsibility on whoever controls, authorized, or organized the gathering, including a minor's parent.
If a loud and/or large party occurs, or is held, and the police officer initially investigating the matter determines that the same is a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare due to the manner in which it is being conducted, or that it constitutes a nuisance, the officer shall...give a written warning (disturbance violation notice) to the responsible person stating that if a subsequent police response is necessary, because of the continuation of any objectionable activity, the responsible person will be liable to the city for the amount of the police service fee, as established by resolution, and applicable fines as described in section 9.22.050. Sec. 9.22.050: A. The first response to a loud and/or large party shall not incur a fine. B. A fine as established by resolution shall be imposed on the responsible person if, within 12 hours of the initial written warning, a subsequent police response to the loud and/or large party is necessary to control or abate the nuisance.
Full Breakdown
22, adopted by Ordinance 5825 in 2014, is a cost-recovery statute rather than a criminal ban: it lets Glendale bill the person responsible for a loud or large party for the police department's repeated trips to the same address. 030 defines a "large party" or "loud party" as any gathering held with the consent of the person in charge of the premises that generates loud, unnecessary, or unusual noise disturbing the peace of a neighborhood or causing discomfort to a reasonable person, and defines "responsible person" to include whoever is in charge of the premises, whoever authorized its use for the party, or whoever organized it, with a minor's parent or guardian standing in for a minor host.
050. 050(A) confirms the first response itself is free. If a second police response happens within 12 hours of that warning, or any further response occurs at the same address within three months, or the same responsible person triggers another response anywhere in the city within that three-month window, a fine set by city council resolution applies for each. 080 makes the fee and fine a civil debt owed to the city. 090 gives the billed person 15 days to appeal in writing to the city clerk, first to the chief of police and then, if still unsatisfied, to a neutral hearing officer for a de novo hearing.
Violations & Fines
There is no fine for a first loud-party response, but Section 9.22.050 imposes a police service fee and a council-set fine for a second response within 12 hours of the written warning, for any further response at the same address within three months, or for a response anywhere in the city within three months tied to the same responsible person. Section 9.22.080 makes the unpaid amount a civil debt, and Section 9.22.060 allows separate criminal, civil, or administrative nuisance prosecution.
Frequently Asked Questions
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