New Ordinance Passed Regulating Loud Parties
By Morgan Carpenter
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
The Sierra Madre City Council passed an ordinance as part of the consent calendar that seeks to regulate “loud parties, gatherings, and events” at the City Council meeting on July 28.
This ordinance says that if police respond to a loud or disruptive party on public or private property, they will first issue a warning to the person responsible for the party. That warning will read as follows:
“If police are required to respond again to this location due to a loud or disruptive party, gathering or even within the next twelve hours, the person(s) responsible for such party, gather or event shall be assessed a police services fee and administration fee in accordance with Sierra Madre Municipal Code 9.52.”
If and when police are called a second time within the 12 hours, the responsible person will pay a “Police Services Fee” that includes:
1. The salaries and benefits paid to or on behalf of responding police officers for the time spend responding to or remaining at the scene of the event
2. The cost of equipment, transportation, booking and other facilities or services required for response
3. Injuries to City police that may arise from second or subsequent responses
4. Damage to public property
Additionally, an “administration fee” must be paid that is 15% of the “Police Services Fee” to cover costs incurred by the City.
The ordinance will go into effect thirty days from July 28.
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