Ventura, CA Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

Ventura layers two noise frameworks onto STRs. (1) Citywide rules — SBMC Ch. 10.650 governs noise generally; §10.650.110 et seq. covers amplified sound (radios, TVs, electronic devices) and §10.650.210 et seq. lets the city recover the cost of special enforcement at certain loud parties. (2) STR-specific lease and posting requirements at §6.455.125(G): paragraph (7) requires the lease to notify guests that amplified sound is subject to §10.650.110; paragraph (8) requires a prohibition on illegal loud parties plus notification of the cost-recovery provision in §10.650.210; paragraph (9) requires a recommendation that guests participate voluntarily in 'neighborhood quiet hours by avoiding parties and loud social events between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.' Operators who go a step further — formally forbidding parties and loud social events between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in the lease — qualify for waiver of the §6.455.050 surety bond. §6.455.125(H) imposes a 45-minute prompt-response duty: on a nuisance call the designated contact must return the call within 45 minutes (§6.455.060(B)) and call the primary adult occupant within 30 minutes to begin corrective action (§6.455.060(D)).