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complexes. ?J • (a) It is unlawful for a host to fail: (1) To ensure that excessive noise is not produced from the host's party. gees net Y-eaeh as tifilawfill level. (2) To ensure that any alcoholic beverages provided or served at the host's party are controlled in a manner that ensures the alcoholic beverage laws are not violated; (3) To advise his guests that streets and driveways cannot be blocked by vehicles of persons attending the host's party; (4) To ensure that litter related to the host's party is properly disposed of by 10:00 a.m. of the day morning after the party started; or (5) To prevent the party from becoming an unruly gathering. (b) It is unlawful for a guest attending a 12aLty to engage in conduct that results in one or more of the following conditions or events on public or private property: rioting; the unlawful sale, furnishing, possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages; the destruction of property: obstruction of roadways, driveways, or public ways by crowds or vehicles, excessive noise, disturbances, brawls, fights, or quarrels; public urination or defecation, or indecent or obscene conduct or exposure. (c) It is unlawful for the owner or manager of an apartment complex to knowingly allow an unruly gathering to occur or continue in a common area." (d) It is not a defense to prosecution for violations of any law or ordinance that a security officer or officers who were hired for a party failed to properly fulfill the host's duties in subsection (a) of this section. (e) It is prima facie evidence that the host violated subsection (,?. LL (L if the police warn the host that vehicles of persons attending the host's party are blocking streets and driveways and that these vehicles need to be moved, and the vehicles are not moved within a reasonable time. (f) If a police officer determines that a party has become an unruly gathering, the officer may order all persons not residing at the site of the party to leave immediately. Any person who fails or refuses to abide by such an order commits an offense. ver-ifiea4iea that the hest, ewner- er- maaa,,4er- initiated eentaet with the San Nfafees Peliee (g) A violation of any provision of subsection (a), (b), (c) or (f) of this section shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine not to exceed $500.00 as provided by Section 1.015(b) of the San Marcos City Code. 0- SECTION 4. Section 34.089 of the San Marcos City Code is amended to read as follows: (deletions are shown