Chandler, AZ Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

Section 22-4.6 requires every licensed short-term rental to display a City-prescribed notice inside the unit listing ten prohibited uses, and item ten reads: 'Any use that disturbs the peace and enjoyment of neighboring properties.' That's a short-term-rental-specific tripwire, violating the posted notice is itself an operating violation of Chapter 22, enforceable under § 22-10 regardless of whether the underlying noise also violates the general nuisance code. Underneath that STR-specific notice sits Chandler's general noise ordinance at § 11-10, which makes it unlawful to 'disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of any neighborhood by creating therein any disturbing or unreasonably loud noise,' with subsection B illustrating covered conduct like loud music, amplified sound, and disturbing shouting.

Section 11-10.3, Disruptive Parties, goes further for gatherings: it's unlawful to 'knowingly congregate because of, or participate in, any party or gathering of two (2) or more people from which noise emanates of sufficient volume or of such nature to reasonably disturb the peace, quiet, or repose of other persons,' and a Police Officer responding to such a gathering can order everyone except the owner or tenant to disperse immediately, refusing to leave is itself a separate offense. The owner or tenant who knows about the disturbance and fails to abate it is independently liable under § 11-10.3(C).

Because § 22-1 states that a specific STR regulation 'does not imply the exclusion of any other applicable law,' both tracks apply at once to a noisy rental: police can act under the general noise and disruptive-parties statutes the same night, while the City can separately cite the owner under Chapter 22 for violating the posted no-disturbance notice, and repeated noise complaints can accumulate toward the three-strike suspension threshold in § 22-9.1.