HomeMy WebLinkAbout700 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 700
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA AMENDING CHAPTER 9.18 OF THE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Chapter 9.18 (Miscellaneous Offenses) of Title 9 (Public Peace,
Morals and Welfare) of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code is
hereby amended to add a new section as follows:
"9.18.014 Public urination and defecation prohibited,
No person shall urinate or defecate in or upon any public street,
sidewalk, alley, park, public building or publicly maintained facility,
or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view,
except in a toilet, urinal or other receptacle provided in any
restroom, bathroom or other facility designed for the sanitary
disposal of human waste. This section shall not apply to any
person who cannot comply due to disability, age, or a medical
condition substantiated by a physician."
SECTION 2: Penalties for violations. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.18.020, "Penalties for violation of chapter."
SECTION 3: Severabilit¥. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or place, is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remainder of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares
that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each and every
section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases,
or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance.
Ordinance No. 700
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 19th day of February 2003.
AYES: Alexander, Gutierrez, Howdyshell, Kurth, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
ATFEST:
City Clerk
I, DEBRA 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 5th day of February 2003, and was
passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the
19~ day of February 2003.
Executed this 20th day of February 2003, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.