§ 54-52. Nuisance party.

(a)

A social gathering or party which is conducted on a premises within the city and which, by reason of the conduct of those persons in attendance, results in any one or more of the following conditions or events occurring on private property or neighboring public property: Public drinking or drunkenness; public urination or defecation; the unlawful sale, furnishing, or consumption of intoxicating beverages; the unlawful deposit of trash or litter; the destruction of public or private property; the generation of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, standing, or parking which obstructs the free flow of traffic or interferes with the ability to render emergency services; loud noise which unreasonably disturbs the comfort, quiet, or repose of the neighborhood, including public disturbances, brawls, fights or quarrels; or conduct which injures or endangers the safety or health of the neighborhood, or results in any indecent or obscene conduct, or results in any immoral exhibition or indecent exposure by persons attending the social gathering or party, is hereby declared to be an unlawful public nuisance.

(b)

Any person being the owner, occupant, tenant, or otherwise having any possessory control, individually or jointly with others, of any premises, who either sponsors, conducts, hosts, invites, or permits a social gathering or party which is or during the course thereof becomes a public nuisance as defined by subsection (a) and who does not immediately abate such public nuisance commits a crime under this section and upon conviction shall be subject to the penalties as provided in section 1-15 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 1999-13, 11-1-99; Ord. No. 2008-7, § 7, 4-21-08; Ord. No. 2012-18, 9-24-12)