As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the meaning set forth below:
ALCOHOL.
Shall have the same meaning as in Business and Professions Code Section 23003 or any successor statute.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.
Shall have the same meaning as in Business and Professions Code Section 23004 or any successor statute.
CONSUME OR CONSUMPTION.
To use, eat, drink, absorb, smoke or ingest.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
Any drug or substance, including marijuana, whose possession and/or use are regulated under the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act codified at Health and Safety Code Section 11000 et seq., or any successor statute, or illegal under the laws of the State of California as defined under the Penal Code and any related statutes. Such term shall not include any drug or substance otherwise legally possessed or consumed.
DANGEROUS FIREWORKS. Has the same meaning ascribed to it in California Health and Safety Code § 12505, and § 101.02 of this code, as presently adopted or further amended from time to time.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
The Chief of Police and any employee or agent of the city so designated by them and charged with enforcing any provision of the City of Indio Municipal Code.
EVENT.
A party, gathering, or event where a group of two (2) or more persons have assembled or are assembling for a social occasion or for a social activity at a residence or other private property or public place property.
LEGAL GUARDIAN.
Either of the following: (i) a person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor; or (ii) a public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by the court.
LOUD OR UNRULY EVENT.
Loud or unruly conduct arising from an Event. Such loud or unruly conduct includes, but is not limited to:
(1) Excessive noise;
(2) Excessive traffic or gridlock;
(3) Obstruction of public streets or crowds that have spilled into public streets;
(4) Public drunkenness or unlawful public consumption of alcoholic beverages or controlled substances;
(5) Service to, or consumption of alcoholic beverages or controlled substances by any minor except as permitted by law;
(6) Assaults, batteries, fights, domestic violence or other disturbances of the peace;
(7) Vandalism;
(8) Litter;
(9) Lewd acts;
(10) Dangerous fireworks; or
(11) Any conduct which constitutes a threat to public health, safety, quiet enjoyment of property or general welfare.
MINOR.
Any person under twenty-one (21) years of age.
PARENT.
A person who is a natural parent, adoptive parent, or step-parent of a minor.
PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE.
Means and includes, but is not limited to:
(1) The person who owns, rents, leases or otherwise has control of the premises where the loud or unruly event occurs;
(2) The person or persons in charge or purportedly in charge of the premises where the loud or unruly event occurs;
(3) The person or persons authorizing the use of the premises for the loud or unruly event;
(4) The person or persons who organized the loud or unruly event; or
(5) The person who the enforcement officer believes is causing, performing or permitting to exist or otherwise maintaining the loud or unruly as a public nuisance, including but not limited to any other person in real or apparent charge or control of the property such as a landlord, management company or resident.
PUBLIC PLACE.
Any place in which the public or a substantial group of the public has access, including but limited to, streets, highways, parks, common area developments and common areas inside of country clubs and gated communities.
RESIDENCE OR OTHER PRIVATE PROPERTY.
A home, yard, apartment, condominium, hotel or motel room, or other dwelling unit, or a hall or meeting room, whether occupied on a temporary or permanent basis, whether occupied as a dwelling, party or other social function, and whether owned, leased, rented, or used with or without compensation.
SUBSEQUENT POLICE RESPONSE.
Any police response to the location of a loud or unruly event made within three (3) months after the issuance or posting of a written warning for a previous loud and unruly event at that location or within three (3) months after a prior subsequent police response.
(Ord. 1654, passed 5-15-14; Am. Ord. 1787, 11-2-22)