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5488.5 <br />TO: Mayor and City Council C '. <br />\5�� FROM: Mark Bernhardson, City AdministratoII�0 <br />r <br />DATE: May 5, 1988 1 <br />SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendment - Noisy Parties <br />Attachments: A. Kilbo Memo Dated 5/4/88 <br />B. Popham Haik Letter Dated 4/21/88 <br />C. Popham Haik Letter Dated May 2, 1988 <br />D. Chief Kilbo Letter Dated 2/24/87 <br />E. Ordinance No. 9.20 and 9.21 <br />ISSUE - <br />1. Presentation of strategy to deal with large parties by <br />underage individuals. <br />2. Adoption of one element to help deal with the protlem. <br />INTRODUCTION - Ttl police department has been frustrated in their <br />efforts over the -ears to deal with parties in which there are <br />large numbers of often underaged individuals who are engaged in <br />alcohol consumption. Part of the problem revolves around: <br />1. The fact that unless there is probable cause the <br />officer is not able to enter the premises, even with a <br />search warrant. <br />2. It is often difficult to prove consumption of <br />alcoholic beverages by minors. <br />3. That there hzve been situations where parents have <br />actually been home when consumption has been taking <br />place and either claim that they are unaware of it or <br />that they thought that it was legal to undertake such <br />when the minors parents were not present. <br />DISCUSSION - The objectives that the police department is trying <br />to achieve eventually in a comprehensive manneE is to: <br />a. Appropriately respond to complaints of noisy parties and where <br />appropriate, break those up. <br />b. Reduce the opportunities for consumption of alcohol by minors <br />in large gatherings. <br />c. Limit the number of intoxicated drivers, particularly those <br />under age. <br />As noted in Attachment B the first means to get at this is to put <br />a more definitive noise policy in the ordinance. Presently under <br />ordinance section 9.20 there is only very general language <br />