Thousand Oaks, CA Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)
Key Facts
- First police response
- Treated as normal service: warning only, no fee
- Trigger for fee
- Second response within 24 hours of the first warning
- Who is liable
- Property owner, person in charge, or person responsible for the gathering (or a minor's parent/guardian)
- Fee basis
- Actual cost-accounting basis, capped at the Master Fee Resolution's single-incident civil fine
Summary
If police have to respond twice to the same loud or unruly gathering in Thousand Oaks within 24 hours, the host, property owner, or (if the host is a minor) their parents can be billed for the cost of the second police response as a 'special security assignment.' The first response is treated as a warning only.
When any loud or unruly assemblage occurs and the City's law enforcement agency is required to respond to the scene in response to citizen complaints, and the senior peace officer at the scene determines that there is a threat to, or a possible violation of this chapter then that senior peace officer shall notify the owner of the property and/or the person in charge of the property where the assemblage exists, and/or the person responsible for said assemblage, that such person or persons... shall be held personally liable for the cost of providing additional law enforcement personnel over and above the normal services provided by the law enforcement agency in initial response to such assemblages. At that time, such person or persons shall be given a first warning... The police personnel necessarily utilized within twenty-four (24) hours after such first warning to control the threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare shall be deemed to be on a special security assignment over and above the normal services provided.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-78: 2026 S-78 Supplement contains: Current city legislation passed through March 31, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Under TOMC §5-21.05, when law enforcement responds to a citizen complaint about a loud or unruly assemblage and the senior officer on scene finds a threat to the peace or a possible noise violation, the officer gives the property owner, person in charge, or person responsible for the gathering a first warning: that initial response counts as normal police service, at no extra cost. But if officers have to return within 24 hours of that warning to control the same threat, the second response is billed as a special security assignment, and the responsible person (or a minor's parent/guardian) is personally liable for the cost on a cost-accounting basis, including any damage to City property or injury to personnel. The fee is capped at whatever civil fine or penalty the City's Master Fee Resolution sets for a single incident.
Violations & Fines
The responsible party is billed the actual cost of the follow-up police response (capped at the Master Fee Resolution's civil-fine amount for one incident); the City also reserves the right to pursue other legal remedies for the underlying noise violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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