LAMC Section 41.40 lets LAPD cite hosts and property owners after a second loud-party response within 30 days. Fines escalate from $250 to over $3,000 for repeat events. Police may also recover personnel costs from the responsible party.
Los Angeles uses LAMC Section 41.40 as a loud or unruly gathering ordinance targeting party hosts, tenants, and owners. After an initial warning visit, any second police response to the same address within 30 days triggers citation and cost recovery. Officers issue notices on the first call so future responses become billable. Triggering conduct includes amplified music after 10 p.m., underage drinking, public urination, fighting, illegal parking, and noise audible 150 feet away. The ordinance imposes joint liability on hosts and property owners, which encourages landlords to add lease language. Short-term-rental hosts face additional permit-revocation risk under the Home-Sharing Ordinance.
First citation about $250, second within 12 months $500, third $1,000, with cumulative fines exceeding $3,000 plus billable LAPD response costs and possible STR permit revocation.
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