Glendale, CA Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- First party response
- Written warning only
- Second response window
- Fine if within 12 hours
- Repeat-response window
- 3 months, citywide for same person
- Commercial events/parties
- Banned at home-sharing units
- Fine appeal deadline
- 15 days to city clerk
Summary
Glendale bans home-sharing guests from generating noise or disturbance that unreasonably interferes with a neighbor's enjoyment of their dwelling, and subjects every home-sharing property to the city's loud-and-large-party fee ordinance, which bills hosts for repeat police responses.
Home-sharing shall be subject to the prohibitions against large or loud parties, as defined in Section 9.22.030 of the Glendale Municipal Code. All provisions, including fines and enforcement contained in Chapter 9.22, shall apply to home sharing.
C. No person engaged in home-sharing shall advertise, undertake, maintain, authorize, book, or facilitate any renting to guests in a manner that does not comply with this chapter.
D. No person engaged in home-sharing shall advertise any home-sharing without a license number depicted in a visible location on the advertisement, including any listing on a hosting platform.
E. No person engaged in home-sharing shall allow, permit, or carry on commercial events, commercial parties, or commercial group gatherings, including, but not limited to, weddings, banquets, and corporate events. The dwelling shall not be used for home-sharing for the purpose of accommodating such activities.
F. No person engaged in home-sharing shall post signs on the exterior of the dwelling advertising the presence of home-sharing.
G. No person engaged in home-sharing shall offer, allow, permit, or carry on in home-sharing on any part of the property not approved for residential use, including, but not limited to, a vehicle or recreational vehicle parked on the property, a storage shed, a camper, a trailer, a garage, or any temporary structure such as a tent.
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Full Breakdown
050(A) bars home-sharing from adversely generating noise, vibration, glare, odors, or other effects that unreasonably interfere with any person's reasonable enjoyment of their dwelling. 22, including its fines and enforcement, apply to home-sharing. 050 imposes a fine, set by council resolution, on the responsible host if a second police response happens within 12 hours of that warning, or if any further response occurs at the same location within three months, or if the same responsible person triggers a party response anywhere else in the city within that three-month window.
050(E) separately bars hosts from allowing commercial events, parties, or group gatherings such as weddings, banquets, or corporate events, and subsection (F) bars posting exterior signs advertising the home-sharing use. 090, with a further right to a de novo hearing before a neutral hearing officer if the initial appeal is denied.
Violations & Fines
A loud or large party at a home-sharing property draws a written warning on the first police response; a second response within 12 hours, or any further response within three months, triggers a council-set fine billed as a civil debt under Section 9.22.080. Hosting a banned commercial event or gathering violates Section 5.56.050(E) and can jeopardize the home-sharing license under Section 5.56.040(D).
Frequently Asked Questions
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