Chapter 8.14 — COST FOR RESPONSE TO LOUD PARTIES

When a police officer determines that a party, gathering, or assemblage or ongoing disturbance is a threat to public peace, health, safety or general welfare, the police officer may issue a written warning to the person responsible for control of the location of the event and/or the person responsible for the event, or if either of those persons is a minor, the parents or guardians of that minor.

(Ord. No. 787, § 4, 6-3-2014)

The written warning shall state that if police department personnel are required to return to the location of the event or must recontact the person in the event, or if there are continuing complaints from other persons, or if police personnel observe continuing violations within the following twenty-four-hour period and the responding personnel determine that the subsequent event is a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, each such response shall constitute the provision of special security services. The warning shall state that the person receiving the warning may be charged for the cost of the city providing such special security services for the event or response to issues caused by that/those person(s). An event requiring over thirty minutes of cumulative on-site police officer time on the initial response may also result in a fee covering cost of police services.

(Ord. No. 787, § 4, 6-3-2014)

The cost of providing these special security services shall include but not be limited to all direct and indirect costs attributable to the subsequent response to the event. Costs shall be established by resolution.

(Ord. No. 787, § 4, 6-3-2014)

The collection costs for these special security services shall not be in excess of five hundred dollars for each subsequent response. The city shall have the option to pursue any other legal remedies for recovery when such costs exceed five hundred dollars per response.

(Ord. No. 787, § 4, 6-3-2014)