4-12.01 Purpose
4-12.02 Definitions
4-12.03 Police services at large parties requiring a police response
4-12.04 Police services fee
4-12.05 Police services fee deemed a debt to City: Suits for collection
4-12.06 Civil penalties for loud or unruly parties, gatherings or other similar events; Findings and purpose
4-12.07 Loud or unruly gatherings; Public nuisance
4-12.08 Notice of loud or unruly gatherings; Certified mail
4-12.09 Persons liable for response to a gathering constituting a public nuisance
4-12.10 Schedule of civil and/or criminal penalties
4-12.11 Collection of delinquent costs for a City response
The purpose of this chapter is to allow for reimbursement to the City of police expenses related to responses to large parties on private property which have been determined to be a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare.
(§ 1, Ord. 2496, eff. March 21, 1991, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2889, eff. March 6, 2008, and § 1, Ord. 2940, eff. October 5, 2011)
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Large party” means a party, gathering or event on private property where a group of five (5) or more persons have assembled or are assembled for a social occasion or for a social activity.
(b) “Person responsible” means the person responsible for a large party. Such person shall be deemed to be, in order of priority:
(1) The owners of the premises where the large party takes place, if the premises are owner-occupied private property;
(2) The tenants of the premises where the large party takes place, if the premises are tenant-occupied private property;
(3) Persons who organized the large party.
If the person responsible for the large party is a minor, then the parents or guardians of that minor will be jointly and severally liable for the police services fee.
(c) “Special security assignment” means the assignment of police officers and services during a second or subsequent call to a large party after the distribution of a written warning that the large party violates the law.
(§ 1, Ord. 2496, eff. March 21, 1991, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2889, eff. March 6, 2008
, and § 1, Ord. 2940, eff. October 5, 2011
)
(a) When a large party occurs on private property and a police officer at the scene determines that there is a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare as a result of conduct such as one (1) or more of the following: excessive noise (as defined by the Ontario Municipal Code), excessive traffic, obstruction of public streets or crowds who have spilled over into public streets, public drunkenness, the service of alcohol to minors, fights, disturbances of the peace, vandalism, and litter, the persons responsible for the large party will be held liable for the police services fee for any special security assignment.
(b) Nothing contained in this chapter shall in any way affect the ability of the police to issue citations or to make arrests for violations of state or local laws.
(§ 1, Ord. 2496, eff. March 21, 1991, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2889, eff. March 6, 2008, and § 1, Ord. 2940, eff. October 5, 2011)
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