HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1603ORDINANCE No.N$-1603
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA
ANA REGULATING LOITERING AND OBSTRUCTING
PASSAGE OF PERSONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OPEN TO PUBLIC USE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That section 10-96 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 10-96. Loitering, obstructing passage; signs.
(a) Public Property. No person, after first being
warned by a law enforcement officer, shall loiter, stand, sit
or lie in or upon any public street, sidewalk, curb, crosswalk,
walkway area or mall so as to hinder or obstruct the free
passage of pedestrians or vehicles thereon; nor shall any
person:block,obstruct~or prevent the free access to the
entrance of any building open to the public.
(b) Private ~ro~erty o~en to the ~ublic. No person,
after first being warned by a law enforcement officer, or where
a sign or signs have been posted in accordance with this
section, shall loiter, stand, sit or lie in or upon any portion
of private property utilized for public use, so as to hinder
or obstruct the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles there-
on; nor shall any person block, obstruct, or prevent the free
access to the entrance of any building open to the public.
(c) Signs posted as provided in this section shall
conform to the following requirements:
(1) Each sign shall not be less
than twenty-two (22) inches by thirty
(30) inches;
(2) Colors of such signs shall be
optional;
(3) Ail signs shall be clearly visible
to persons in restricted locations;
(4). Signs shall have the word
"WARNING" not less than two (2) inches in
height, and all other lettering shall be at
least five-eights (5/8) inches in height;
(5) Signs shall be posted every one
hundred (100) feet; and
(6) The following wording shall appear
on each sign:
"WARNING"
"Unreasonable obstruction of
pedestrian traffic in this area
by persons loitering, standing,
sitting, or lying is prohibited
and punishable as a misdemeanor."
"SAMC Section 10-96"
ORDINANCE NO. NS-1603
PAGE TWO
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, sub-
section, sentence, clause, phrase or portions thereof, irre-
spective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections
sentences clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
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 con-
strued as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance
relating to the collecion of any such license or penalty or
the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor
to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu
thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant
to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder
appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
ADOPTED this 26th day of 0ct0ber
1981 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Bricken, Griset,
Luxembourger, Markel, McGuigan
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
COUNCILMEMBERS: Ac0sta, Serrat0
GORDON/,8~I CKEN,
EDWARD J. COO~ER
CITY ATTORNEY