(a) 
The purpose and intent of this chapter are:
(1) 
To facilitate the enforcement of laws prohibiting the service and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors as well as to deter the service and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and to promote the reduction of underage drinking;
(2) 
To protect public health, safety, general welfare and quiet enjoyment of property and properties neighboring the location of gatherings at which minors are served and consume alcoholic beverages;
(3) 
To establish a duty of persons twenty-one years of age or older having control over any premises, who knowingly hosts, permits or allows a gathering at the premises to take reasonable steps to prevent the service and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors;
(4) 
To provide opportunities for education and behavior modification to first-time offenders violating this chapter.
(b) 
This chapter shall not be construed as adding any additional authority for any law enforcement officer or government official to either enter private property or subject any property or person to search or seizure that does not otherwise exist independent of the provisions of this chapter.
(c) 
It is not the intent of this chapter to impose strict liability against a parent or legal guardian whose best intentions and reasonable efforts to prevent the service and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors at a gathering are circumvented by the actions of any person to obtain alcoholic beverages at the premises or to bring concealed alcoholic beverages to the premises.
(Ord. 1573 § 1, 2012)
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Alcohol"
means ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide of ethyl, or spirits of wine, from whatever source or by whatever process produced.
"Alcoholic beverage"
includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, and every liquid or solid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, or beer, and which contains one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume and which is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed, or combined with other substances.
"Gathering"
means a party, gathering, or event where a group of two or more persons have assembled or are assembling for a social occasion or social activity.
"Legal guardian"
means: (1) a person who, by court order, is the guardian of the person of an underage person; or (2) a public or private agency with whom an underage person has been placed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
"Minor"
means any person under twenty-one years of age.
"Parent"
means a person who is a natural parent, adoptive parent, foster parent, or stepparent of another person.
"Premises"
means any residence or other private property, place or premises, including any commercial, business or industrial premises.
(Ord. 1573 § 1, 2012)
It is unlawful for any person twenty-one years of age or older having control of any premises to knowingly host, permit or allow a gathering to take place at the premises where one or more minors consumes an alcoholic beverage, whenever such person having control of the premises either: (a) intentionally serves or causes to be served an alcoholic beverage to a minor for consumption; or (b) knows or reasonably should have known a minor has consumed an alcoholic beverage and thereafter fails to immediately take appropriate action to prevent further consumption of alcoholic beverages by any minor.
(Ord. 1573 § 1, 2012)
This chapter shall not apply to:
(a) 
Any California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control licensee at any premises regulated by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
(b) 
Conduct involving the use of alcoholic beverages by a minor that occurs exclusively in the presence and with the permission of the minor's parents or legal guardians, and that does not violate Penal Code Section 272, including as permitted by Article 1, Section 4 of the California Constitution.
(c) 
A person twenty-one years of age or older who called 911 and reported that a minor was in need of medical attention due to alcohol consumption, was the first person to make the 911 call, and when reporting that a minor was in need of medical assistance, remained on the scene with the minor until that medical assistance arrived and cooperated with medical assistance and law enforcement personnel on the scene.
(d) 
A person twenty-one years of age or older hosting, permitting or allowing a gathering who requests immediate assistance from the police department to remove any person who refuses to abide by the requesting person's performance of duties imposed by this chapter, or to terminate the gathering because of the requesting person's inability to prevent minors from consuming alcoholic beverages despite having taken reasonable steps to do so, as long as such request is made before any other person makes a complaint about the gathering.
(Ord. 1573 § 1, 2012)
A first violation of this chapter shall be subject to enforcement in accordance with the administrative citation provisions of Chapter 1.15, including, but not limited to, the imposition of penalties; provided, however, that a first-time offender shall, at his or her sole expense, attend and satisfactorily complete a class as approved by the chief of police, which class shall address current issues associated with alcohol usage and abuse by minors. A first-time offender who refuses or fails to timely attend and satisfactorily complete such an approved class shall be subject to the penalties provided pursuant to Chapter 1.15. A second or subsequent violation of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor. In addition or as an alternative to such criminal remedies, a second or subsequent violation of this chapter may be subject to enforcement in accordance with the administrative citation provisions of Chapter 1.15, including, but not limited to, the imposition of penalties.
(Ord. 1573 § 1, 2012)