For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALCOHOL. Ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide of ethyl or spirits of wine, or whatever source or by whatever process produced.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. Includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, ale and every liquid or solid containing alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer or ale, and which contains 0.5% or more of alcohol by volume and which is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed or combined with other substances.
JUVENILE. Any person less than 18 years of age.
GATHERING INVOLVING UNDERAGE DRINKING. A party or gathering of two or more persons at a residence or on other private progeny or rented public progeny upon which any underage persons, including minors and juveniles, possess or consume alcoholic beverages.
MINOR. Any person less than 21 years of age.
OTHER PRIVATE PROPERTY. A hotel or motel room; an assembly hall or meeting room; a common room of a dwelling unit used for a party (e.g., recreation room of an apartment building); a site in a privately-owned campground; a privately-owned vacant lot; a privately-owned agricultural land; or privately-owned rural land, whether occupied as a dwelling, part or other social function and whether owned, leased, rented or used without compensation.
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GATHERING. Includes, but is not limited to:
(1) The person who owns, rents, teases or otherwise has control of the premises where the gathering occurs;
(2) The person in charge of the premises; and/or
(3) The person who organized the gathering. If the PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GATHERING is a juvenile, then the juvenile and the parents or guardians of that juvenile will be jointly and severally liable for the civil fine and/or for the costs incurred for public safety services pursuant to this chapter.
PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES and/ or RESPONSE COSTS. The costs associated with responses by law enforcement, fire and other emergency response providers to gatherings involving underage drinking, including, but not limited to:
(1) The portion of the cost of salaries and benefits of law enforcement, fire or other emergency response personnel for the amount of time spent responding to, remaining at or otherwise dealing with the gathering involving underage drinking and the administrative costs attributable to such response(s);
(2) The cost of any medical treatment to or for any law enforcement, fire or other emergency response personnel injured responding to, remaining at or leaving the scene of a gathering involving underage drinking; and
(3) The cost of the use of any equipment or property, and the cost of repairing any equipment or property damaged, in responding to, remaining at or leaving the scene of a gathering involving underage drinking.
RESIDENCE. Includes: a dwelling unit such as a home, condominium or apartment; structures on the residence other than the dwelling unit such as a garage, studio, tent, boat dock, swimming pool, barn or boat house; land on the residence whether improved or unimproved such as a yard, patio, open fields, piers or lake shores; waterbodies on the residence such as a pond, lake, river or stream; a motor vehicle, camper or trailer located on the residence or a boat, watercraft or other marine vessel located on the residence whether occupied on a temporary or permanent basis, whether occupied as a dwelling or for a party or gathering, and whether owned, leased, rented or used with or without compensation.
UNDERAGE PERSON. Any person less than 21 years of age and shall have the same meaning as “minor”, as defined above.
(Ord. 2017-04, passed 4-4-2017)