La Habra has no STR-specific noise rules because short-term rentals are prohibited citywide. Noise complaints tied to STR-like activity are handled under the general nuisance and noise provisions of the municipal code.
Because short-term residential rentals are banned under Ordinance No. 1836, La Habra never created the STR-specific quiet-hours or good-neighbor noise conditions that permitted programs impose. Noise and disturbance are instead addressed under the City's general nuisance and noise regulations. During the 2021 STR hearing, the Council noted that the disturbance issues raised by residents were already prohibited under existing city law, which was part of the rationale for banning STRs outright rather than regulating them. Any short-term rental generating noise complaints is subject both to those general noise rules and to abatement as a prohibited use.
Noise violations at any dwelling are enforced under the municipal code's general nuisance and noise provisions by Police and Code Enforcement; an STR generating them also faces prohibited-use enforcement.
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