Ord 1790 - ENACTING SECTION 17-43 OF THE TOWN CODE OF LOS GATOS PERTAINING TO SECOND POLICE RESPONSEORDINANCE NO: 1790
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ENACTING SECTION 17 -43 OF
THE TOWN CODE OF LOS GATOS PERTAINING TO SECOND POLICE RESPONSE
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
Section 17 -43 of the Los Gatos Town Code is enacted to read as
follows:
Section 17 -43. Disturbance requiring a second police response
When a disturbance occurs at a premises and a police
officer at the scene determines that there is a threat to
the public peace, health, safety or general welfare, the
person in charge of the premises and the person responsible
for the event, or if either of those persons is a minor, then
the parents or guardians of that minor, will be held jointly
and severally liable for the cost of providing police
personnel on special security assignment over and above the
services normally provided by the department. The police
personnel utilized during a second response 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 services normally
provided. The costs of such special security assignment
shall include the costs of police response, damage to
Town property and injuries to Town personnel.
SECTION II
All other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION III
This ordinance shall not impose a requirement of a second response
by police to a disturbance where a determination is made that termination of the
disturbance is necessary on the first response to keep the peace and ensure the
health, safety and general welfare of the public. The fees imposed for a second
response to such a disturbance will be established by the Town Council by
Resolution.
SECTION IV
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30)
days from and after it is adopted. Within 15 days after this ordinance is
adopted the Town Clerk shall cause it to be published once in a newspaper of
general circulation published and circulated in the Town.
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town
Council of the Town of Los Gatos on April 17, , 1989 and adopted by
the following vote as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos at a regular
meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on May 1 , 1989.
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Robert L. Hamilton, Brent N. Ventura,
Thomas J. Ferrito,
Mayor Joanne Benjamin
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS Exic D. Carlson
SIGNED:
0 `YOR OF THE TOWN LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LO GATOS