Arcadia Municipal Code Div. 4 Disorderly Party—enforcement Fee

When any loud, unruly or disorderly party or assemblage occurs or is held, and the senior ranking Police Officer at the scene determines that there is a threat to the public peace, health, safety, or general public welfare, that senior Officer shall notify the owner of the premises, the person in lawful custody of the premises, or the person responsible for said assemblage, that the person, or if that person be a minor, that the parents or guardians of that minor person shall be jointly and severally liable for the cost incurred for providing Police personnel for a second or subsequent response to the same location due to a continuation of the same conduct. The first response, and warning, shall be deemed to be normal Police service at no charge. Personnel utilized on a second or subsequent response after the first warning, to control the threat referred to above, shall be deemed to be on special assignment, and the costs incurred shall be beyond normal services provided. The costs of such special assignment shall include personnel and equipment costs, damage to City property, and injuries to City personnel.

The costs incurred by the City for multiple responses to loud, unruly, or disorderly parties or assemblages shall be the responsibility of the owner of the premises, the person in lawful custody of the premises, or the person responsible for said assemblage, or in the event that person is a minor, that person's parents or guardians, all of whom are jointly and severally liable.

Reports of subsequent response incidents as covered by this division shall be transmitted by the Police Department to the Director of Finance for calculation of the fees and assessment to the responsible parties.

Any adjustment or procedural requirement that may be necessary to implement and administer this division and the fees authorized herein can be promulgated by resolution of the City Council.

(Division 4 added by Ord. 1901 adopted 1-3-89)