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TB 5.21.2019 <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-2965 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 10-196 TO 10-199 TO <br />CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE III OF THE SANTA ANA <br />MUNICIPAL CODE AND RE-CLASSIFYING ARTICLE III TO <br />INCLUDE A SECTION FOR THE RECOVERY OF <br />EMERGENCY RESPONSE COSTS FOR DRIVING UNDER <br />THE INFLUENCE INCIDENTS <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br />A. It is the policy of the City to encourage careful and responsible conduct by <br />persons operating motor vehicles within our city limits. <br />B. It is also the policy of the City to discourage the operation of motor vehicles <br />while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. <br />C. The City has further determined that people who negligently operate motor <br />vehicles while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs impose a burden <br />upon City services above and beyond the regular services normally required <br />for traffic law enforcement. <br />D. The City has further determined that persons who negligently operate motor <br />vehicles while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs should bear a share <br />of the extraordinary burden on the public risk they create. <br />E. In furtherance of these policies and in light of these findings, the City has <br />implemented a program for the recovery of emergency response costs for <br />driving under the influence incidents. The program is expressly authorized by <br />California Government Code Sections 53150 through 53158. Those statutory <br />sections set forth some of the procedures for the recovery of emergency <br />response costs. The sections, however, leave open for interpretation certain <br />procedures and definitions. It is the intent of the City in adopting this ordinance <br />to supplement the statutory provisions found in the Government Code and to <br />specify precise definitions and procedures for the implementation of the City's <br />emergency response cost recovery program as it applies to driving under the <br />influence incidents. <br />Section 2. Sections 10-196 through 10-199 are hereby amended to add the <br />following to the Santa Ana Municipal Code to read as follows: <br />Ordinance No. NS-2965 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />