HomeMy WebLinkAbout419 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 419
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
COCAMDNGA, CALIFORNIA, AM~N3ING CHAPTER 8.24 OF THE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING N~q S~fIONS
8.24.040, 8.24,050, 8.24.060 AND 8.24.070, P~TA~N'/NGTO
GRAFFIT/PaMOVALANDTHE SALE OFA~OSOL PAINT
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECT/ON 1: Chapter 8.24 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code is
hereby ~3Brr]ed, by the addition of Sections 8.24.040, 8.24.050, 8.24.060 and
8.24.070 to read, in words and figures, as follows:
8.24.040 Reward for information. The City Council may,
by resolution, offer and pay a reward, the amount to be
determined by any such resolution offering such reward,
for information leading to the determination of the
identity, and the conviction, of any person who willfully
places graffiti or other inscribed material upon public
or privately owned permanent structures located on public
or privately owned real property within the City.
8.24,050. Sale of aerosol paint containers - storag.~
requirenents. Any basiness or establishment offering for
sale to the public aerosol paint containers weighing six
(6) ounces or less (net weight of contents), shall keep,
stare and maintain such containers in a place that is
locked and secure, or otherwise unavailable except by
special request.
8.24.060. Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, partnership or corporation to violate any
provision or to fail to comply with any of the require-
mente of Section 8.24,050 hereby adopted. Any person,
firm, partnership or corporation violating any provision
of said Section or failing to cureply with any of its
requirements shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by
imprisonment. Each such person, firm, partnership or
corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense
for each and every day or any portion thereof during
which any violation of any of the provisions of said
Section is committed, continued, or permitted to continue
by such person, firm, partnership or corporation and
shall be deemed punishable therefor as provided herein.
8.24,070. Civil remedies available. The violation of
any of the provisions of Section 8.24.050 hereby adopted
shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the City
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through civil process by me~_ns of a restraining order,
preliminary or permanent injunction, or in any other
manner provided by law for the abatement of such
SECTION 2: Severability. The City Council declares that, should any
provision, section, paragraph, sentence or word of the Ord/nance hereby
adopted be rendered or declared invalid by any final court action in a court
of ccmpetent jurisdiction or by reason of any preemptive legislation, the
remaining provisions, sections, paragraI~hs, sentences or words of said
Ordinance hereby adopted shall remain in full force and effect.
S~,~LTION 3: The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk
shall cause the same to be published within fifteen (15) days after its
passage at least once in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, a newspaper of
general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and
circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California.
PASSFD, ~, and ADOPIeD this 6th day of June, 1990.
AYES: Alexander, Brown, Buquet, Stout, Wright
NOES: None
"~ belnis L.~3Dut,~T'M~y~r
I, DRRRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a
regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the
16th day of May, 1990, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 6th day of June, 1990.
Executed this 7th day of June, 1990 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
a. city clerk