HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-12-03 Ordinance 4981ORDINANCE NO. 4981
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
ADDING SECTION 9.04.040 ("CERTAIN SOCIAL GATHERINGS
UNLAWFUL") TO CHAPTER 9.04 ("ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES")
TO TITLE 9 ("PUBLIC PEACE MORALS AND SAFETY") TO THE
PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 9.04.040 (Certain Social Gatherings Prohibited) of Chapter
9.05 (Alcoholic Beverages) of Title 9 (Public Peace, Morals and Safety) of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows:
"9.05.010 Certain Social Gatherings Unlawful
(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words have the
following meanings:
(1) "Juvenile" means any minor child under the age of eighteen (18) years of
age.
(2) "Minor" means any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years of age.
(3) "Gathering or event" means a group of four or more persons who have
assembled or are assembling for a social occasion or a social activity.
(4) "Persons responsible for the event" means and includes, but is not limited
to:
. (A) The p~rson who owns'~T1ts, leases or otherwise has control of
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include the owner of the premises where the owner leases or rents the premises to a third party
and has no actual knowledge that the gathering or event in question will take place on the
premises.
(B) The person in charge of the premises.
(C) The person who organized the event and/or the host of the
event.
(b) No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall consume or have in
his/her possession or control any alcoholic beverage at any place not open to the public, unless
that person is being supervised by his/her parent or legal guardian.
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(c) Except as permitted by Article I, Section 4, of the California Constitution,
and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act (California Business and Professions Code Sections
23000 et seq.), no person shall suffer, permit, allow or host a gathering or event at hislher place
of residence or other private property, place or premises under hislher control where persons
under the age of twenty-one (21) are present and alcoholic beverages are in the possession of, or
are being consumed by, any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years in violation of
subdivision (b) of this section.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the date
of its adoption.
INTRODUCED: November 19, 2007
PASSED: December 03,2007
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NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
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City Clerk
APPROVED:
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