A. 
The City Council finds that parties on private property where alcohol is consumed by minors are not only unlawful but often a cause for disturbance.
B. 
Problems associated with such gatherings are difficult to resolve unless the Police Department has the legal authority to enter the private premises and direct the host to disperse.
C. 
Police ability to abate loud and disturbing gatherings or gatherings where alcohol is served to minors on private property will result in a decrease in abuse of intoxicants by minors, physical altercations and injuries, neighborhood vandalism and excessive noise, thereby improving public safety.
D. 
Control of large parties, gatherings or events on private property is necessary when such activity is determined to be a threat to the peace, health, safety or general welfare of the public.
E. 
Police officers frequently have been required to make return calls to the location of a party, gathering, or event in order to disperse uncooperative participants, causing a drain of manpower and resources and, in some cases, leaving other areas of the city with inadequate police protection.
F. 
Accordingly, the City Council of the City of Napa finds and declares that purposes of this chapter are:
1. 
To protect public health, safety and general welfare;
2. 
To assist in the enforcement of laws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol by minors;
3. 
To recover costs of providing police services to parties, gatherings, or events requiring a second response.
(O96-012; O96-015)
The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall have the meaning and be construed as defined in this section, unless it is apparent from the context that they have different meanings:
"Juvenile"
is any minor child under the age of 18 years.
"Minor"
is any person under the age of 21 years.
"Party, gathering or event"
is a group of two or more persons who have assembled or are assembling for a social occasion or a social activity.
"Person"
includes, but is not limited to:
1. 
The person who owns, rents, leases, and/or otherwise has control or is in charge of the premises where the party, gathering, or event takes place, irrespective of whether such person knew of the event or knew or intended that alcohol beverages would be possessed or consumed by minors;
2. 
The person who organized the event; or
3. 
If the person responsible for the event is a juvenile, then the parents or guardians of that juvenile and the juvenile shall be considered "persons" and as such shall be jointly and severally liable for the costs incurred for police services, as well as civil penalties, imposed pursuant to this chapter, irrespective of whether the parent(s) knew of the event or knew or intended that alcohol beverages would be possessed or consumed by minors.
"Police service costs"
includes the salaries and benefits of the police officers for the amount of time actually spent in responding to, or in remaining at, the party, gathering or event at a rate established by resolution of the City Council; the actual cost of any medical treatment to injured officers; the cost of repairing any damaged city equipment or property; and any other costs and/or expenses of any kind, direct or indirect, incurred by the city in connection with a violation of any provision of this chapter.
(O96-012; O96-015, O97-013)
In addition to any and all other costs, expenses and penalties which may be assessed or imposed as a result of a violation of this chapter, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable and responsible for, and shall be required to reimburse the city for, all police service costs and expenses incurred by the city in connection with the violation. The city shall notify the person in writing of the imposition of such costs and expenses, and in so doing shall set forth such costs and expenses with reasonable specificity.
(O96-012; O96-015)
In addition to any and all other police services, costs, fees, penalties and expenses which may be assessed or imposed as a result of violation of this chapter, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable and responsible for, and shall pay to the city, a civil penalty of:
A. 
$500.00 for a first violation;
B. 
$750.00 for a second violation within 12 months of the first violation;
C. 
$1,000.00 for each additional violation within 12 months of the first violation.
The city shall notify the person in writing of the imposition of such civil penalty.
(O2011 8, 5/17/11)
A. 
Whenever an enforcement officer determines a violation of this chapter has occurred or exists, the enforcement officer has the authority to issue an administrative citation to any responsible person, pursuant to Section 1.24.050 of this code.
B. 
A person to whom an administrative citation is issued may appeal the citation by requesting an administrative hearing within 10 days of the issuance of the administrative citation. Any such request for administrative hearing must be filed in accordance with Chapter 1.24 of this code. Failure to timely request an administrative hearing in the manner required by this section constitutes a waiver of the hearing and a failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
C. 
Any request for an administrative hearing under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 1.24 of this code.
D. 
Any penalties recoverable under Section 9.70.050 by the city shall be used solely for youth-related programs, activities and purposes.
(O96-012; O96-015; O97-013; O2010 8, 5/4/10)
A. 
When any violation of this chapter has occurred on real property owned in whole or in part by the person who has violated this chapter, any and all police service costs, expenses and penalties for which that person may be liable, and which remain unpaid after demand by the city, shall become a lien on the property on which the violation has occurred. Such police service costs, expenses and penalties shall be collected in the same manner as city taxes, and thereafter the property upon which they are a lien shall be sold in the same manner as property now is sold for delinquent taxes.
B. 
The City Attorney shall have the authority to file an action or proceeding to recover such police service costs, expenses and/or penalties, and to take any other action at law or equity which he or she may deem necessary to recover the same. In any such action or proceeding, the city shall be entitled to recover its costs, including, but not limited to, its attorneys' fees.
(O96-012; O96-015)
Notwithstanding the general references in this chapter to Chapter 1.16 of this code, this chapter is not intended to, and does not, establish any criminal liability for a violation of this chapter. A violation of this chapter shall be subject to all other enforcement methods identified in Chapter 1.16 of this code.
(O2011 8, 5/17/11)
The remedies provided under this chapter are cumulative, and shall not restrict the city to any other remedy to which it is entitled under law or equity. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to preclude the imposition of any criminal penalty under state law. Nor shall anything in this chapter be deemed to conflict with any penalty or provision under state law, or to prohibit any conduct authorized by the state or federal constitution.
(O96-012; O96-015)