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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. B13-36. Findings.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. B13-36. Findings.

The County of Santa Clara makes the following findings:

(a) The County of Santa Clara, pursuant to the police powers delegated to it by the California Constitution, has the authority to enact laws that promote the public health, safety and general welfare of its residents.

(b) Underage persons consuming alcoholic beverages at gatherings held at private residences, rented residential premises, or rented commercial premises is harmful to the underage persons themselves and a threat to the peace, health, safety, quiet enjoyment of neighboring residents and the general welfare of the public. Underage persons who have been consuming alcoholic beverages are at greater risk to be in automobile accidents, to commit suicide, to be assaulted, and of sexual assaults.

(c) Persons responsible for the occurrence of these types of gatherings on private property that they control or own have failed to ensure that alcoholic beverages are not served to or consumed by underage persons at these parties.

(d) Problems associated with gatherings involving underage persons drinking alcohol are difficult to prevent and deter. Law enforcement requires additional methods to deal with underage drinking and its attendant problems. If persons are held responsible by having to pay a fine for hosting a gathering where there is underage drinking, they will be more likely to supervise or to stop such conduct at events held on property that they own or control.

(e) Law enforcement, fire, and other emergency response services personnel have responded to and are required to respond to calls relating to these types of gatherings. The repeated return of law enforcement officers to the location of an event constitutes a drain of emergency personnel and resources and may leave other areas of the County without law enforcement protection or with unreasonably limited protection. Responses to these gatherings also result in a disproportionate expenditure of public safety resources of the County.

(Ord. No. NS-637, § 1, 10-14-08, eff. 1-1-09)

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