Chapter 3.32 — CHARGE FOR SPECIAL POLICE SERVICES
Palos Verdes Estates Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Palos Verdes Estates
§ 3.32.010. Loud or unruly assemblage – Normal services.¶
A. When any loud or unruly assemblage occurs and in the event that the senior police officer at the scene determines that there is a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, then that senior officer shall personally notify the owner of the premises or the person in charge of the premises or the person responsible for the assemblage that that person or, if that person is a minor, that the parents and guardians of that person will be held personally liable for the costs of providing police personnel on special security assignment over and above the normal services provided by the police department to those premises.
B. A first warning shall be deemed to be the normal services provided. (Ord. 451 § 1, 1988; Ord. 701 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2012)
§ 3.32.020. Special security assignment – Generally.¶
The personnel utilized after the first warning to control the threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare shall be deemed to be on special security assignment over and above the normal services provided. The accounting and billing procedures as set forth in PVEMC § 3.32.030 shall apply.
- (Ord. 451 § 1, 1988; Ord. 701 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2012)
§ 3.32.030. Special security assignment – Fees.¶
A. The costs of special security assignment described in PVEMC § 3.32.020 shall include personnel and equipment costs expended during the second and any subsequent returns to the premises, including costs for the total number of officers involved and total minutes expended after the officers arrive on the scene. In addition, such costs may include damages to city property and/or injuries to city personnel.
B. All fees and charges levied for city services described in PVEMC §§ 3.32.010 and 3.32.020 shall be due and payable upon presentation.
C. All fees and charges for such services shall constitute a valid and subsisting debt in favor of the city and against the owner of the premises, the person in charge of the premises and the person responsible for the assemblage or, if any of the foregoing persons is a minor, the parents and guardians of that person. If an amount remains unpaid after reasonable and practical attempts have been made by the city to obtain a payment, a civil action may be filed with the court for the amount due and payable, together with any penalties, any related charges and fees accrued due to nonpayment, and all fees and charges required to file and pursue such civil action.
D. Fees and charges shall be levied for recovering city costs for notification and collection of delinquent accounts and shall be established by resolution of the city council. Such fees and charges are a part of the fees and charges established for the services rendered and shall be collected as such.
(Ord. 451 § 2, 1988; Ord. 701 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2012)
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- Title 1
- Title 2
- Chapter 2.12 — POLICE DEPARTMENT
- Chapter 2.08 — CITY MANAGER
- Chapter 2.10 — FINANCE DIRECTOR
- Chapter 2.12 — POLICE DEPARTMENT
- Chapter 2.16 — POLICE DEPARTMENT RESERVE CORPS
- Chapter 2.24 — COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
- Chapter 2.28 — EMERGENCY SERVICES
- Chapter 2.32 — UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
- Chapter 2.36 — PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYMENT
- Chapter 2.38 — POST-EMPLOYMENT LOBBYING
- Title 3
- Chapter 3.00 — SPECIAL REAL PROPERTY TAX
- Chapter 3.04 — ASSESSMENT AND TAX COLLECTION
- Chapter 3.08 — SALES AND USE TAX
- Chapter 3.24 — PURCHASING SYSTEM
- Chapter 3.28 — TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FUND
- Chapter 3.32 — CHARGE FOR SPECIAL POLICE SERVICES
- Chapter 3.36 — LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES SPECIAL TAX
- Title 5
- Chapter 5.04 — FORTUNETELLING AND RELATED PRACTICES
- Chapter 5.08 — PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS
- Chapter 5.16 — BUSINESS LICENSE TAX
- Chapter 5.20 — COMMERCIAL FILM PERMIT
- Chapter 5.25 — REAL PROPERTY RECORDS REPORT
- Title 6
- Chapter 6.04 — ANIMAL CONTROL GENERALLY
- Chapter 6.08 — REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO DOGS
- Chapter 6.12 — POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS DOGS
- Chapter 6.16 — VACCINATION
- Title 8
- Chapter 8.32
- Chapter 8.04 — HEALTH CODE
- Chapter 8.14
- Chapter 8.16 — GARBAGE AND RUBBISH
- Chapter 8.18 — SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
- Chapter 8.24 — HANG GLIDERS AND MODEL AIRCRAFT
- Chapter 8.32 — OUTDOOR BUSINESS LIGHTING
- Chapter 8.36 — SUBSTANDARD PREMISES
- Chapter 8.40
- Chapter 8.44 — WELLS AND MINES
- Chapter 8.52 — MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION
- Chapter 8.56 — SMOKING PROHIBITED
- Chapter 8.60 — FIREWORKS
- Title 9
- Chapter 9.04 — OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY
- Chapter 9.05 — PICKETING
- Chapter 9.08 — CURFEW
- Chapter 9.12 — WEAPONS
- Chapter 9.16 — USE OF BEACHES
- Chapter 9.18 — SOCIAL HOST LIABILITY FOR PARTIES AT WHICH UNDE…
- Chapter 9.20
- Title 10
- Chapter 10.02 — PENALTIES
- Chapter 10.08 — TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 10.12
- Chapter 10.16 — TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
- Chapter 10.20 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
- Chapter 10.24 — SPECIAL STOPS
- Chapter 10.28 — MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
- Chapter 10.32
- Chapter 10.36 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING – VENDING
- Chapter 10.40
- Chapter 10.44 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING – TIMES
- Chapter 10.48 — STOPPING FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING ONLY
- Chapter 10.52
- Chapter 10.60 — CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
- Title 12
- Chapter 12.04 — ENCROACHMENTS
- Chapter 12.12 — EXCAVATIONS
- Chapter 12.16 — STREET TREES
- Chapter 12.20 — STREET AND SIDEWALK USE RESTRICTIONS
- Chapter 12.24 — PARKS
- Chapter 12.32
- Title 13
- Chapter 13.08 — STORM DRAINS AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND POL…
- Chapter 13.12 — UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICTS
- Chapter 13.14 — SANITARY SEWERS AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
- Title 15
- Chapter 15.04
- Chapter 15.08 — ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 15.12
- Chapter 15.20
- Chapter 15.50 — FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
- Title 16
- Chapter 16.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 16.16 — DESIGN STANDARDS
- Chapter 16.16 — DESIGN STANDARDS
- Title 17
- Chapter 17.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 17.10 — ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
- Chapter 17.20 — CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
- Chapter 17.22 — SITE PLAN PERMITS
- Chapter 17.36 — STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
- Chapter 17.40
- Chapter 17.44 — REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
- Title 18
- Chapter 18.55 — WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
- Chapter 18.32 — WALLS AND FENCES
- Chapter 18.36 — NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY
- Chapter 18.37
- Chapter 18.39
- Chapter 18.40 — MIXED-USE OVERLAY (MU-O) ZONE
- Chapter 18.42 — HOME OCCUPATION
- Chapter 18.45 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 18.50 — WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING
- Chapter 18.60 — NONCOMMERCIAL ANTENNAS
- Chapter 18.64 — MOBILEHOME PARKS
- Chapter 18.72 — SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
- Chapter 18.73 — REGULATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- Title 19
- Chapter 19.01 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 19.02
- Title OL