Rockville, MD Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)
Key Facts
- Violation
- Misdemeanor
- Host liability
- No separate provision exists
- Overlap
- Montgomery County noise ordinance also applies
- Source
- Laws of Rockville, Ch. 12, § 12-1.00
Summary
Rockville's noise ordinance bars willfully disturbing a neighborhood or acting disorderly through loud, unseemly noise, a misdemeanor, but the Code creates no separate host-liability rule for parties.
A person may not willfully disturb any neighborhood within the corporate limits of the City by loud and unseemly noises. A person may not willfully act in a disorderly manner by making loud and unseemly noises.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 17 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 13-54 makes it a misdemeanor to willfully disturb a neighborhood with loud and unseemly noises, or to act disorderly by making such noise: the provision Rockville relies on for loud, unruly gatherings. It creates no separate 'host liability' scheme; anyone making the noise, not just a property owner, can be cited. An editor's note to the section states Montgomery County's noise ordinance also applies within the City, though specific decibel limits are set at the County level, not in this chapter.
Violations & Fines
Willfully disturbing a neighborhood with loud, unseemly noise, or acting disorderly by making it, is a misdemeanor under § 13-54.
Frequently Asked Questions
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