HomeMy WebLinkAbout71.75 ORDINANCE NO. 71. 75
AN ORDINANCE OF THE C1TY OF SAKATOGA
ADDING SECTIONS 6-15.120 AND 6-15.130 TO THE
CITY CODE CONCERNING UNLAWFUL
GATHERINGS AND DISTURBANCES REQUIRING A
SECOND POLICE RESPONSE
The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION h A new Section 6-15.120 is added to Article 6-15 of the City Code, to
read as follows:
"S6-15.120 Certain gatherings unlawful
(a) No person under the age of twenty-one years shall have in his or her
possession or consume any alcoholic beverage at any place not open to the public,
unless that person is accompanied by and under the supervision of his or her parent or
legal guardian.
(b) No person shah suffer, permit, allow, or host a gathering at his or her place
of residence where one or more persons under the age of twenty-one years are present
and alcoholic beverages are in the possession of, or being consumed by, any person
under the age of twenty-one years who is not accompanied by and under the
supervision of his or her parent or legal guardian.
(c) Any violation of this Section shah constitute a misdemeanor."
SECTION 2: A new Section 6-15.130 is added to Article 6-15 of the City Code, to
read as follows:
"S6-15.130 Disturbance requiring a seeond police response
Where a disturbance occurs at a premises which is determined by a police officer
to constitute a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, and a
second response by police personnel to such disturbance is made, the police personnel
utilized during the second response shall be deemed to be on special security
assignment over and above the services normally provided. The person or persons in
charge of the premises and the person or persons responsible for the event, or if any of
those persons is a minor, then the parents or legal guardians of that minor, shall be
jointly and severally liable for the cost of providing police personnel on special
security assignment, such cost to be determined according to rates and charges as
estab~shed from time to time by resolution of the City Council."
SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sen'tence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
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unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby declares that it
would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one. or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases may be held invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its
passage and adoption.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and after the
waiting time required by law, was thereafter passed and adopted at a regular
meetin of the City Council of the City of Saratoga held on the 8th day of · ~Pr~gl , 1990, by the following vote:
AYES: COuncilmembers Andersc~, Moyles, P~terson, Stutzman and Mayor Clevenger
NOES: None
ABSENT: 'None
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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y rd 5 which has been
published according to law.
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' Deputy City Clerk' ~ / D'ate