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<br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 7 of 16 <br />(c) All remedies prescribed under this Article are cumulative and the election of one <br />or more remedies does not bar the City from the pursuit of any other remedy to <br />enforce this Article. <br />(d) An individual charged violation of this Article, in lieu of being taken to jail, may, <br />at the election of the citing police officer and with consent of the individual, be <br />taken to a facility providing social services related to me ntal health, housing, <br />and/or substance abuse treatment. <br />Section 4. Article X (Civic Center Regulations) of Chapter 10 is hereby amended <br />to read as follows: <br />ARTICLE X. - CIVIC CENTER REGULATION <br />Sec. 10-550. - Camping in the Civic Center. <br />(a) For the purposes of this article, "camping" or "camp" is defined as the use of the <br />public areas of the Civic Center for living accommodation purposes such as <br />sleeping activities, or making preparations to sleep (including the laying down of <br />bedding for the purpose of sleeping), or storing personal belongings, or making <br />any fire, or using any tents or shelter or other structure or vehicle for sleeping or <br />doing any digging or earth breaking or carrying on cooking activities. <br />(b) For the purposes of this article, "Civ ic Center" is defined as the area in the City <br />of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, bounded by Sycamore <br />Street on the east, Civic Center Drive West on the north, Shelton Street on the <br />west, and Santa Ana Boulevard on the south. <br />(c) The activities listed in subsection (a) above constitute camping when it <br />reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that the participants, in <br />conducting these activities, are in fact using the area as a living accommodation <br />regardless of the intent of the participants or the nature of any other activities in <br />which they may be engaging. <br />(d) No person shall camp in the Civic Center. <br />(e) Short-time, casual sleeping which does not occur in the context of using the Civic <br />Center for living accommodations will not be affected by this section. <br />Sec. 10-551. - Storage of property prohibited in civic center. <br />(a) Within the civic center, possession and/or use of the following items or <br />engagement in the following activities are prohibited: <br />(1) Placement of any item in a manner that impedes pedestrian access <br />to/through the public walkways or general right -of-way.