10.64.030 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
A. "Alcohol." The definition of "alcohol" in Section 23003 of the California Business and Professions Code, as amended from time to time, shall apply to this chapter. As of the introduction of this chapter, Section 23003 defined "alcohol" to mean "ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide of ethyl, or spirits of wine, from whatever source or by whatever process produced."
B. "Alcoholic beverage." The definition of "alcoholic beverage" in Section 23004 of the California Business and Professions Code, as amended from time to time, shall apply to this chapter. As of the introduction of this chapter, Section 23004 defined "alcoholic beverage" to mean "alcoholic beverage includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, and that contains one-half of one percent or more alcohol by volume and that is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed or combined with other substances."
C. "City" means the city of Petaluma.
D. "Juvenile" means any person under eighteen years of age.
E. "Response costs" means the costs associated with responses by law enforcement to unruly and underage gatherings including but not limited to:
1. Salaries and benefits of law enforcement personnel for the amount of time spent responding to, remaining at, or otherwise dealing with unruly or underage gatherings, and the administrative costs attributable to such response(s);
2. The cost of any medical treatment to or for any law enforcement personnel injured responding to, remaining at or leaving the scene of an unruly or underage gathering;
3. The cost of repairing any city equipment or property damage, and the cost of the use of any such equipment, in responding to, remaining at or leaving the scene of on unruly or underage gathering; and
4. Any costs recoverable in accordance with California Civil Code Section 1714.9.
F. "Responsible person" means a person or persons with a right of possession of the residence or other private property in the city at which an underage or unruly gathering may occur, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Any owner of the residence or other private property, meaning the record owner of the title to property as of the time of the underage or unruly gathering, wheresoever that person or entity may currently reside;
2. A tenant or lessee of the residence or other private property;
3. The person(s) exercising control over the residence or other private property at the time of the underage or unruly gathering; and
4. The person(s) who organizes, supervises, officiates, conducts or controls the underage or unruly gathering or any other person(s) accepting responsibility for such gathering. A responsible person for the underage or unruly gathering need not be present at such gathering.
G. "Underage gathering" means a party or gathering of two or more persons at a residence or other private property in the city at which alcoholic beverages are being consumed by any underage person.
H. "Underage person" means any person under twenty-one years of age.
I. "Unruly gathering" means a party or gathering of two or more persons at a residence or other private property in the city at which alcoholic beverages are being consumed by any underage person when that party or gathering is being conducted in such a manner as to constitute a substantial disturbance of the quiet enjoyment of private or public property in a significant segment of a neighborhood, as a result of conduct constituting a violation of law. Such conduct constituting a violation of law for purposes of this definition includes, but is not limited to: excessive noise, excessive traffic, obstruction of public streets by crowds or vehicles, public drunkenness or unlawful public consumption of alcohol or alcoholic beverages, assaults, batteries, fights, domestic violence or other disturbances of the peace, vandalism, littering, and any other conduct that constitutes a threat to public health, safety, quiet enjoyment of residential property or general welfare.
(Ord. 2257 NCS §1 (part), 2006.)