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FLR:jd(1) ORDINANCE NO. NS-1956 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING SECTION 2-602.1 TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE CONDUCT OF LIBRARY PATRONS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA PUBLIC LIBRARIES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1: The Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered 2-602.1, which said section reads as follows: Sec. 2-602.1. Any person who comes into any public library or onto the library's imme- diate adjacent grounds, including but not lim- ited to, the patio and parking areas, and whose presence or acts interfere with the purpose and peaceful conduct of the activities of such li- brary or disrupts the library or its facilities or its staff or its patrons or its activities is guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she remains there after being asked to leave the library by the library director or his designated represen- tative. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance 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 remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitu- tional. SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed to