HomeMy WebLinkAbout514 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 514
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY ~ OF THE CITY OF E
~ AMt]~D~ TITLE 9 OF THE ~ (~CAM~F~A
M[h'ICIPAL CEDE BY ADDING A Nf~ ~ 9.26 ~{MRETO AND
PR~IB~ LOIT~P~ING AND SOLI~ON OF EYM~T OR
BUSINESS F~CM STREETS OR HIGHWAYS
A. Recitals.
(i) This City Council considers the p~mce of persons in
public rights of way soliciting employment ~r ccrfcributi~ls or offering
employment to constitute a hazard. In addition, petsors who okstruct the
passage of other persons along public rights of way, incl~ children going
to or frcn school, or the entrance of persc~s to facilities c~en to the public
create a situation which may instigate ~hysical altercations.
(ii) It is the City Council's intent in adopting this Ordinance
to preclude the occurrence of the situatiors described above and thereby
preserve and prcmote public peace and safety.
(iii) All legal B~_requisi~ to the adoption of this ~
B. Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
hereby ordains as follows:
Section 1. In all respects as set forth in tba Recitals, Part A, of
Section 2. A new Chapter 9.26 is hereby added to Title 9 of the
Rmld~o ~ Municipal Code to read, in words and figures, as follows:
"9.26,010 Loitering in designated public places pruhibited.
"9.26.020 Loitering in front of buildings prdlibited.
"9.26.030 Solicitation of employment or business frc~ streets
prohibited.
"9.26.01Q Loitering in desiqnated public places ~. It is
unlawful for any person to loiter or stand or sit in or upon any public
highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk so as to in any manner hinder or
okstruct the free passage therein or thereon of persons or vehicles
passing along the same.
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"9.26.020 Loitering in front of buildings prohibited. It is unlawful
for any person to loiter or to stand or sit in or at the entrance of any
church, hall, theater or place of public assemblage in any manner so as to
"9.26.030 Solicitation of employment or business from streets.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to sit or star~ in or on a street
or highway and solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment, business or
ccrfcributions from the occupants of any vehicle. For the purposes of this
section, "street or highway" means all of that area dedicated to public use
for public street purposes, including, but not limited to, roadways, parkways,
medians, alleys, sidewalks and public ways.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to stop, park or stand a motor
vehicle on a street or highway frcm which any occupant attempts to hire or
hires for employment another person or persons"
Section 3. Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
partnership or corporation to violate any provision or to fail to cceply with
any of the requi~mts of the ~apter hereby adopted. Any person, firm,
partnership or corporation violating any provision of said Cha~ or failing
to comply with any of its requirements shall be d~_~-~ed 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 sud~ 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 Chapter is c~L~itted, continued, or permitted to
continue by such person, firm, partnership or corporation and shall be deemed
pt~l~hahle therefor as provided herein.
Section 4. Civil remedies available. The violation of any of the
provisions of the Chapter hereby adopted shall constitute a nuisance and may
be abated by the City through civil process by mee___ns of a restraining order,
preliminary or permanent injunction, or in any other manner provided by law
for the abatement of such nuisance.
Section 5. Severability. The City Oouncil declares that, should
any provision, section, paragra[~, sentence or word of the Ordinance hereby
adopted be rendered or declared invalid by any fire] court action in a court
of cumpetant jurisdiction or by reason of any preemptive legislation, the
reMining provisicrs, sections, paragraphe, sentences or w~rds of said
Ordinance hereby adopted shall re~ain in full force and effect.
Section 6. 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 Da~]y Bulletin, a newspaper of
general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and
circulated in the City of Rand~ ~.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 21st day of July, 1993.
AYES: Alexander, Gutierrez, Stout, Williams
NOES: None
~ennis L. Stout, Mayor
I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY Cr.RRK 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 7th day of
July, 1993, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 21st day of July, 1993.
Executed this 22nd day of July, 1993, at Rancho Cucamonga, CaliforTLia.
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