OMC Chapter 8.18 authorizes Oakland Police to declare a loud and unruly gathering, requiring dispersal and allowing the City to bill the property owner and host for response costs after a second response within 30 days at the same address.
OMC Chapter 8.18, the Loud and Unruly Gathering Ordinance, lets Oakland Police declare a gathering of two or more persons disturbing the peace through noise, fighting, public drunkenness, public urination, vandalism, or unlawful drug use. Officers issue a warning and dispersal order. If police return to the same address within 30 days for the same condition, the City may bill the host, organizer, and property owner for actual response costs including officer time. The ordinance complements general noise rules under OMC 8.18 and California Penal Code 415 disturbing-the-peace. Repeat violations may trigger nuisance abatement.
Cost recovery for police response on second incident, plus separate citations for noise, public urination, alcohol, or other violations identified at the gathering.
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