City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2013-1773

• File #: 2013-1773
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 7/30/2013
• In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
• Final action: 11/12/2013
• Enactment date: 11/12/2013
• Enactment #: 29
• Effective date: 11/19/2013
• Title: Ordinance Amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions; Chapter 601: Public Order, by adding Section 601.19, Social Hosts and Disorderly Gatherings and supplementing Title Six: Conduct, Article 7: Disruptive Properties: Chapter 670: Disruptive Property Abatement, by amending Section 670.02, Disruptive Property Defined, by adding the following to the list of Sections in 670.02(a)(1): 601.19 (Social Host and Underage Drinking)
• Sponsors: Bruce A. Kraus
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 01 - ADMINISTRATIVE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/19/2013	2	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
11/12/2013	2	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
11/7/2013	2	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
11/7/2013	2	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
10/16/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
10/9/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
9/19/2013	1	Post Agenda
9/4/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held for Cablecast Post Agenda	Pass
7/30/2013	1	City Council	Read and referred

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Ordinance Amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions; Chapter 601: Public Order, by adding Section 601.19, Social Hosts and Disorderly Gatherings and supplementing Title Six: Conduct, Article 7: Disruptive Properties: Chapter 670: Disruptive Property Abatement, by amending Section 670.02, Disruptive Property Defined, by adding the following to the list of Sections in 670.02(a)(1): 601.19 (Social Host and Underage Drinking)
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Whereas, Events and gatherings held on residential property where alcohol is possessed or consumed by persons under the age of twenty-one (21) years are harmful to those persons and constitute a potential threat to public health, safety, and welfare requiring prevention or abatement; and
Whereas, Holding residential property owners and residential property lessees are responsible for accommodating or conducting an event or gathering where underage possession or consumption of alcohol occurs will help deter underage consumption; and
Whereas, Social Host ordinances in communities across the country, such as Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN, Eugene, OR, Laguna Beach, CA, San Diego, CA and several others, have been found to reduce underage drinking and associated crimes or destruction of property; and
Whereas, Social Host ordinances are a means to protect residential property owners and property lessees from serious state civil liability for the actions of their guests; now therefore

Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh City Code is hereby supplemented at Title Six: Conduct, Article 1: Regulated Rights and Actions; Chapter 601: Public Order, by adding Section 601.19, Social Hosts and Disorderly Gatherings and supplementing Title Six: Conduct, Article 7: Disruptive Properties: Chapter 670: Disruptive Property Abatement, by amending Section 670.02, Disruptive Property Defined, by adding the following to the li...