The City of Garden Grove finds and determines that:
A.
The
control of large parties, gatherings, or events on private property
is necessary when such continued activities are determined to be a
threat to the peace, health, safety, or general welfare of the public.
B.
Police
officers have been required to make as many as three return calls
to a location of a party, gathering, or event in order to disperse
uncooperative participants, and the return of police officers to a
location constitutes a drain of manpower and resources often leaving
other areas of the City without minimal levels of police protection.
C.
These
conditions create a significant hazard to the safety of the police
officers and to the public in general.
(2076 § 1, 1988; 2802 § 1, 2011)
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
is a group of persons who have assembled or are assembling
for a social occasion or for a social activity.
shall include all costs of personnel and equipment for the
amount of time actually spent in responding to or in remaining at
the party, gathering, or event at a rate established by City Council
resolution, including, but not limited to, the salaries of the police
personnel, the actual cost of any medical treatment to injured officers,
the cost of repairing any damaged City equipment or property, and
overhead and administrative costs related to all of the foregoing.
includes the following:
The person who owns the property where the party, gathering,
or event takes place;
The person in charge of the premises;
The person authorizing use of the premises for the event; and
The person who organized the event, each and all of whom shall
be jointly and severally liable for the police services fee.
If the person responsible for the event is a minor, then the
parents or guardians of that minor shall be jointly and severally
liable for the costs incurred for police services.
means the assignment of police officers and services during
a second call to a location after the distribution of a written warning
that the party, gathering, or event violates the law.
(2076 § 1, 1988; 2802 § 1, 2011)
A.
When
a large party, gathering, or event 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, that police
officer shall order a special security assignment to control the threat
to the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare and disburse
the gathering. The person(s) responsible for the event shall be liable
for the police services fee for the special security assignment during
a second response by the Police Department after the first warning.
B.
The
provisions of this chapter are an additional authority for regulation
of large gatherings, and shall supplement and not supplant exercise
of any other available law including, but not limited to, arrest or
citation of violators of the state penal code or other local regulations.
(2076 § 1, 1988; 2802 § 1, 2011)
A.
The
police services fee shall not exceed $1,500.00 for a single incident.
B.
The
City does not hereby waive its right to seek reimbursement for actual
costs exceeding $1,500.00 through other legal remedies or procedures.
C.
The
amount of such fees charged shall be deemed a debt to the City from
the person or persons responsible for the event receiving said services
and, if minors, their parents or guardians. Any person owing money
shall be liable in an action brought by the City in its own name for
recovery of such amount, including reasonable attorneys' fees.
(2076 § 1, 1988; 2802 § 1, 2011)
The Police Chief shall notify the Finance Director in writing,
following such performance of police services, of the name and address
of the responsible person, the date and time of the incident, the
services performed and the costs thereof, and such other information
as may be required. The Finance Director shall thereafter cause appropriate
billings to be made.
(2076 § 1, 1988; 2802 § 1, 2011)
