Hoboken, NJ Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)

Chapter 145, Peace and Good Order, dates to a 1959 codification and still carries Hoboken's core ban on loud, unruly gatherings. Section 145-1 makes it unlawful for anyone to make or assist in making improper noise, a riot, a disturbance or a breach of the peace anywhere in the City, or to collect in a crowd for an idle or unlawful purpose that annoys residents or travelers passing by; that section expressly points to Chapter 133, Noise Control, for the City's separate decibel and hours-based noise rules.

Section 145-18 targets the premises itself: no one may keep or maintain a disorderly house, and no one may let a house, shop, store or connected place be used or frequented by riotous or disorderly persons, gamblers, vagrants or common mendicants between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or make or help make a riot, noise or disturbance at any place where dancing or other amusements are underway. Because the section is written around keeping, maintaining or permitting a place to be used this way, it reaches the property owner, tenant or host who allows the disorder, not only the individual guests causing it.

Section 145-26 sets the penalty for any Chapter 145 offense, including disorderly-house violations: on conviction, a fine of up to $2,000, up to 90 days in the county jail or a municipal detention facility, up to 90 days of community service, or a combination the Municipal Court Judge selects.