The City Council finds and declares that:
A. 
The control of parties, gatherings, or unruly assemblage on public and private property is necessary when such continued activity creates a significant hazard to the peace, health, safety or general welfare of the public.
B. 
Police Department personnel are often required to make return calls to the location of a party, gathering, or unruly assemblage in order to disperse uncooperative participants, which creates a drain of manpower and resources, and frequently leaves other areas of the City with reduced police protection.
C. 
The citizens of Woodland should not subsidize the costs of emergency responses in these situations and, thus, the City should seek reimbursement of all costs associated with multiple responses to a particular location from the person responsible for the event.
(Prior code § 14A-6-1)
When Police Department personnel respond to any premises as a result of a disturbance caused by a party, gathering, or unruly assemblage resulting in a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, the responding officers may issue a written notice to the responsible party. The notice shall state that if Police Department personnel are required to return to the same premises within the following 12-hour period because of further similar disturbances, each additional response shall constitute special security services. Further, the warning shall state that the responsible party may be charged for the cost of providing such special security services for each additional police response. The warning shall be signed by the responsible party, acknowledging receipt of the warning, and a signed copy of the warning shall be left with the responsible party. If a second or any subsequent response is required, Police Department personnel shall have the responsible party sign a "disturbance violation" notice, acknowledging the occurrence of the second or subsequent response. Refusal to sign a "disturbance violation" notice does not relieve the responsible party of liability for the cost of any special security services.
(Prior code § 14A-6-2)
The Police Department personnel utilized during a second response after a first warning to control the threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare shall be deemed to be a special security assignment over and above the services normally provided. The responsible party shall be charged $150.00 for a second response to the same premises within a 12-hour period, and shall be charged this amount for each subsequent response within a 12-hour period.
(Prior code § 14A-6-3)
For the purpose of this chapter, "responsible party" means a person or persons with a right of possession in the residence or other private property on which a loud party, gathering or unruly assemblage is conducted, including, but not limited to:
A. 
An owner of the residence or other private party;
B. 
A tenant or lessee of the residence or other private property;
C. 
The landlord of another person responsible for the gathering;
D. 
The person(s) in charge of the residence or other private property; and
E. 
The person(s) who organize, supervise, officiate, conduct, or control the gathering or any other person(s) accepting responsibility for such a gathering.
If the responsible person for the gathering is a juvenile, then the parents or guardians of that juvenile and the juvenile will be jointly and severally liable for the response costs incurred pursuant to this chapter. To incur liability for response costs imposed by this chapter, the responsible person for the loud party, gathering or unruly assemblage need not be present at this event.
(Prior code § 14A-6-4)
A. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the City shall not be prevented from taking any other civil or criminal action to abate the acts constituting a violation of this chapter.
B. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the City shall retain the option to utilize any other legal remedies for recovery of costs of the special security assignment.
(Prior code § 14A-6-5)
Any person upon whom is imposed a fine pursuant to Section 9.16.030 shall have the right to appeal the imposition of such fine pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 9.20.
(Prior code § 14A-6-6)
If any of the provisions of this chapter, or their application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
(Prior code § 14A-6-7)