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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 1300CITY OF LYNWOOD LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE N0, 1300 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE LYNWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING ARTICLE VI PERTAINING TO THE USE OF SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SERVICES AT ANY LOUD OR UNRULY ASSEMBLAGE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1 . Article VI, Section 20 -23 of the Lynwood Municipal Code shall be added as follows: ARTICLE VI. LOUD PARTIES Section 20 -23 Use of Sheriff's Personnel at Loud or Unruly Assemblages "When any loud or unruly assemblage occurs, and in the event that the Deputy Sheriff at the scene determines that there is a threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, then that Deputy shall notify the owner of the premises or the person in charge of the premises or the person responsible for the said assemblage that that person, or if that person is a minor, that the parents and guardians of that person will be held personally liable for the costs of providing Sheriff's Department personnel on special security assignment over and above the normal services provided by the Sheriff's Department to those premises. A first warning shall be deemed to be the normal services provided. The personnel utilized after the first warning to control the threat to the public peace, health, safety or general welfare shall be deemed to be on special security assignment over and above the normal services provided. The costs of such special security assignment may include damages to city or county property and /or injuries to Sheriff's Department Personnel ". SECTION 2 . Severability. If any section, subsection sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance, or the application hereof to any person, firm, corporation or circumstance, if for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portion thereof. The City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3 . Effective date. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its adoption. The City Clerk or his duly appointed deputy, shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause this ordinance to be published as required by law. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD THIS 19th DAY OF April , 1988. PAUL H. RICHARDS, II, MAYOR ATTEST: ANDREA HOOPER, CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ss. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and ex- officio clerk of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1300 adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood, and that the same was passed on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 22nd day of April , 1988. (SEAL) '` City Clerk, City of Lynwood AYES: COUNCILMEMBER HEINE, HENNING, MORRIS, WELLS, RICHARDS NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE 33 NOTICE This NOTICE OF VIOLATION given to (name) (locaon) at ti on to (time) e is the resu t of a loud party and constitutes a threat to the .public peace, health safety and general welfare. The responsible party led :"rat iffi - :, r - Siae is i.ot being cited or arrested as a result of this first response to this disturbance location, and agrees that a second or any subsequent calls for Sheriff's Department service to this disturbance location will result in a service fee charge payable by the responsible party for all Sheriff's Department personnel and equipment costs expanded during the wit second 8 hours to this location returns Fees for thin aexvice range from $56 per hou- for each . eputy to $216 per hour for &,e helicopter patrol. This will also result in the dispersal of the party with violator(s) abject to arrest and /or citation. , :-nature ff cer Signature i (�- CITY OF LYNWOOD Public Safety Service Fee For "IDW party" Call Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies receive numerous calls involving loud, disturbing parties. They are frequently required to respond a second or third time to disperse unruly, disruptive participants. Repeated recalls to the sane disturbance leaves officers unavailable to perform more important duties that have greater community priority. These calls are a aericv.s drri-; all manpower and leave other areas of the city exposed with no available Deputy or assistance, should the need arise. Therefore, to discourage and minimize the frequency of return disturbance calls to parties, a "service fee" •x.11 be charged to responsible 1,eT t:icipant(s). 0 'rNr DISTURBANCE yIOlpMeN IDS ANGELES COUNTY SH MIFF' S DEPARTmENf Date of Initial Call_- , Time Date o Return Call Time Total No. Officers Involved Minutes Expended for Return Ca Resp.Party: . Name Phone Address City Zip Location o Vio ation s Signature o Responsible Party Signature o ry ty Comments: L CITY OF LYNWOOD SHERIFF'S DEPARTME -r This NUrICE OF VIOLATION DOES NOT constitute an arrest. It has been issued to you as a result of a loud and /or unruly assembly. You were previously admonished that any additional police response to your location would result in a service fee charge for all personnel and equipment costs expended during the second and subsequent returns to this location. Fees for this service range from $56 per hoar for each Deputy to $216 per hour for helicopter patrol. You will be billed by the City of Lynwood for all costs described above. yfcur cooveration in noise abatement is greatly appreciated, and will make the City of Lynwood a safe and desirable community for its citizens. Please contact the City of Lynwood Public Safety Department at 603 -0220 if you have any questions regarding our Public Safety Service Fee.