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Health and Safety Code, or successor section or chapter thereof, such that persons participating in and/or operating such programs are exempt from criminal prosecution for acts related to the possession of needles and/or syringes. Sec. 18-654. - Syringe Exchange Programs Prohibited. The operation of any Syringe Exchange Program on public and/or private property, including but not limited to a public street, alley, sidewalk or right-of-way, is prohibited in all locations, areas, and/or zoning districts in the City of Santa Ana. No use permit, variance, building permit, or any other entitlement, license or permit, whether administrative or discretionary, shall be approved or issued for a Syringe Exchange Program. Except as otherwise provided in California Health and Safety Code section 121349.1 or any successor statute, it shall be unlawful for any person or entity to own, manage, conduct, or operate, or as a landlord or land owner (or as such landlord or land owner's agent, property manager or similar person having control over real property on behalf of its owner) to allow or permit to exist, or be established, conducted, operated, owned or managed on or within real property owned or controlled by such person, any Syringe Exchange Program, or to participate as a landlord, lessor, land owner, employee, contractor, agent or volunteer, or in any other manner or capacity, in any Syringe Exchange Program. Each day a violation of this provision of this Article is committed, or permitted to continue, shall constitute a separate offense. Sec. 18-655. - Penalty. Except as otherwise provided by California Health and Safety Code section 121349.1, or any successor statute, any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Article is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of the provisions of the Article is committed. Alternatively, any violation of this Article may be enforced by the City, the City's Police Department, or a code enforcement officer in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 1 of this Code, relating to the issuance of citations, imposition of administrative fines, right to appeal, and the right to an administrative hearing, and shall be subject to the imposition and payment of administrative fine(s). Sec. 18-656. - Conformance to Law. The provisions of this Article shall be interpreted in accordance with otherwise applicable state and federal law(s) and will not apply if determined by the City to be in violation of any such law(s). Ordinance No. NS-2996 Page 4 of 6