7.22.020 DEFINITIONS.

(a) "Unruly gathering" means a gathering of three or more people where such persons are engaged in activities that constitute a violation of:

(1) Penal Code Section 407; or

(2) Penal Code Section 415(2); or

(3) Section 7.30.100(b) of this code.

(b) "Emergency response" means the dispatch of three or more police officers, fire personnel or other City emergency response providers in response to a call for service.

(c) "Alcohol" and "alcoholic beverage" include any form of ethyl alcohol, from whatever source by whatever process produced, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, and every liquid or solid containing alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine or beer, and which contains one-half of one percent or more alcohol by volume and which is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed or combined with other substances.

(d) "Juvenile" means any person less than 18 years of age.

(e) "Minor" and "underage person" means any person less than 21 years of age.

(f) "Public safety services" or "response costs" means the direct costs associated with responses by law enforcement, fire and other City emergency response providers to unruly gatherings, including, but not limited to:

(1) The portion of the cost of salaries and benefits of any law enforcement, fire or other City emergency response personnel for the amount of time spent responding to, remaining at, or otherwise dealing with an unruly gathering, and the administrative costs attributable to such response;

(2) The cost of any medical treatment to or for any law enforcement, fire or other City emergency response personnel injured responding to, remaining at or leaving the scene of an unruly gathering; and

(3) The cost of the use of any City of San Mateo equipment or property, and the cost of repairing such equipment or property damaged, in responding to, remaining at or leaving the scene of an unruly gathering.