Lima has no short-term-rental-specific quiet-hours rule. STR guests must follow the City's general noise/nuisance provisions in Part Five (General Offenses) of the Codified Ordinances, which prohibit loud, disturbing noise, the same standard that applies to any household in the city.
There is no STR chapter in Lima, so no special quiet-hours window is fixed for short-term rentals. Instead, noise from a short-term rental is regulated under the City's general offenses / nuisance provisions in Part Five of the Codified Ordinances, which prohibit unreasonably loud, disturbing, or unnecessary noise that annoys or disturbs a reasonable person, and can be enforced at any hour based on the disturbance. Because Lima's rental registration (Chapter 872) is meant to aid code enforcement, a host is expected to keep guest behavior within these citywide noise standards. Complaints are handled by the Lima Police Department and Code Enforcement rather than through an STR-specific hotline or response-time requirement.
A loud-noise or nuisance violation is enforced under Lima's general offenses code (Part Five) by the Police Department, typically as a minor misdemeanor for a first offense, with escalating penalties for repeat violations. The property owner can also face nuisance
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