Loveland, CO Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)

Loveland Municipal Code § 2.44.120 lets the police department recover its costs when a noise disturbance is not abated after a first response. On the initial call, the responding officer may deliver a written "Notice of Response Fee" to any responsible person present, warning that a return response within 24 hours will be billed. A "responsible person" is defined broadly: whoever organized the activity causing the disturbance, whoever has the legal right to possess the premises, the property owner, or, if the responsible person is a minor, that minor's parent or guardian. Tendering the notice to anyone on the property counts as effective delivery on the owner too.

If police do return within 24 hours and determine a violation occurred, the city computes the "costs of a return response," meaning police salaries for the actual time spent at the scene plus any medical treatment for injured city employees or repair of damaged city property. The bill goes out first class to each known responsible person, with a copy to the property owner; if unpaid within 30 days, a bill goes to the owner directly. All responsible persons are jointly and severally liable, though an owner whose liability rests solely on ownership cannot be billed more than $100.00 per response through a civil collection action. Unpaid bills become a debt collectible by the city in a civil action.

A responsible person has ten days from the mailing of the bill to file a written appeal with the city clerk's office. A city-manager-appointed hearing officer can waive the fee entirely if the appellant proves they were not a responsible person, the incident was not a noise disturbance, no notice was received, no return response actually occurred, the participants were trespassers, or the owner took reasonable steps such as starting an eviction, warning a tenant, or meeting with neighbors. No collection proceeds while an appeal is pending.