Sleepless nights, blinding lights: Residents in San Jose want police to curb noisy neighbors

Residents in the West San Jose Starbird neighborhood are wondering why parties with loud music and strobe lights aren’t shut down.

The noise and at times lack of response by the San Jose Police Department may have led some residents to believe the city doesn’t have a noise ordinance, but that is not the case. While city code has no established noise curfew, it says no one is permitted to “disturb the peace, quiet and comfort of any neighborhood” by creating any disturbing or unreasonably loud noise. Dealing with these disturbances comes down to call volume and how many officers are available, according to the San Jose Police Department.