Vallejo, CA Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- 2nd police response within 5 days
- Second-response cap
- $600 maximum, Sec. 7.83.050
- Liable parties
- Owner, tenant, organizer, or participant
- Minor host
- Parents jointly liable for costs
- Appeal
- Hearing officer appointed by city manager
Summary
Vallejo Municipal Code Chapter 7.83 lets the city bill the host of a disturbance of the peace for police costs starting on the second response within five days of a first warning, capped at six hundred dollars for that second response. "Responsible person" includes whoever organized, controls, or lives at the property, and parents of a minor host share the liability.
A statement of charges incurred by the city in its second and subsequent responses shall be prepared and served upon the responsible person or persons by any reasonable means, including by mail. The amount of the charge shall be deemed a debt to the city of Vallejo of the responsible person or persons who shall be liable in an action brought in the name of the city for recovery of such amount, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees. Each responsible person shall be jointly and severally liable for the charges, costs, and attorney fees recoverable under this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter; the maximum fee that may be charged for a second response shall be six hundred dollars. Charges for the third or subsequent response shall be computed as described herein.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Update 12 - 25).
Full Breakdown
C. 83 targets repeat disturbances of the peace as defined in California Penal Code Section 415, the kind generated by a loud or unruly party or gathering. 030 lets the responding officer deliver a "Notice of Violation: First Response," warning that the responsible person will be billed for all city personnel and equipment expenses for any second or subsequent response within the next five days. 050 caps the maximum charge for a second response at six hundred dollars, with third and later responses computed the same way; the responsible person is liable as a debt to the city, recoverable in a lawsuit that can also recapture court costs and attorney fees.
020 defines "responsible person" broadly: the property owner (except an absent landlord), any tenant or licensee with a right to use the property, whoever is in charge of the property, or whoever organized or supervised the event, plus every participant in the disturbance itself; if that person is a minor, the parents or guardians are jointly and severally liable for the second-response costs. 060 lets the city separately notify the owner. 080 preserves the city's right to pursue other civil or criminal remedies, including a Penal Code 415 disturbing-the-peace arrest, on top of cost recovery.
Violations & Fines
A second or later police response to the same disturbance of the peace within five days of a first-response notice triggers billing under Chapter 7.83, capped at six hundred dollars for the second response and computed similarly for later ones; unpaid charges become a collectible city debt including court costs and attorney fees. The responsible person, and the parents of a minor host, can appeal the charge to a city manager-appointed hearing officer under Section 7.83.075.
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