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ORDINANCE NO. NS-2210 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING A~TICLE X TO CHAPTER 10 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REGULATE CAMPING IN THE CIVIC CENTER THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding an article, to be numbered X and to consist of sections numbered 10-550 and 10-551, to Chapter 10 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, which said article reads as follows: ARTICLE X. CIVIC CENTER REGULATION. Sec. 10-550. Camping In the Civic Center. (a) For purposes of this article, camping or camp is defined as the use of the public areas of the Civic Center for living accommodation purposes such as sleeping activities, or making preparations to sleep (including the laying down of bedding for the purpose of sleeping), or storing personal belongings, or making any fire, or using any tents or shelter or other structure or vehicle for sleeping or doing any digging or earth breaking or carrying on cooking activities. (b) For purposes of this article, Civic Center is defined as the area in the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, bounded by Sycamore Street on the East, Civic Center Drive West on the North, Shelton Street on the West, and Santa Ana Boulevard on the South. (c) The activities listed in subsection (a) of this section constitute camping when it reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that the participants, in conducting these activities, are in fact using the area as a living accommodation regardless of the intent of the participants or the nature of any other activities in which they may be engaging. (d) No person shall camp in the Civic Center. (e) Short-time, casual sleeping which does not occur in the context of using the Civic Center for living accommodations will not be affected by this section.