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ORDINANCE NO. 10~? AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA A~ENDING ORDINANCE NO. 100~ ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REGULATING THE USE AND PROHIBITING THE OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC HIG~VAYS A~ SIDEWALKS. # THE COUNCIL 0F THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION l: That a new section is hereby added to Ordinance No. 100~ entitled "An Ordinance of the City of Santa Ana Regulating the use and Prohibiting the Obstruct- ion of Public Highways ~nd Sidewalks", which said new section shall be numbered Section ~-A.s_ud shall be inserted in said ordinance at the end of Section S thereof, which said new section shall read as follows, to-wit: "Section S-A: It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either aspr~Ucipal, agent, em~loyer or employee, manager, superintendent or otherwise, for the purpose of advertising any store or sale of merchandise, to invite, advertise for, or cause to collect or gather by any means whatsoever, any person or persons to be present at, or to conduct, manage or superintendent-any pro- ceedings, drawls, raffle, gift enterprise, free lottery or entertainment for the interest, benefit or advantage of or to satisfy the curiosity of, among others, any person or persons who stand or sit or loiter in or upon any public hiEhway, alley, sidewalk or cross-walk at or near the place where such proceedings,~drawing, raffle, gift, enterprise, free lottery or entertainment is being conducted so as to in any manner hinder or obstruct the free passage therein or thereon of persons or vehicles passing along the same or so as in any m~uner to annoy or molest or interfere with persons passing along the same." SECTI~ S: This ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety and an urgency has arisen for its immediate adoption. That the facts constituting such urgencz~are as follows: Numerous merchants and business establishments in the City of Santa Ana have commenced and are now conducting drawings for persons present and such drawings have caused and are now causing seriou~ interference with the public safety and peace in that such drawings have caused and are now causing large gatherings of people upon the public streets and sidewalks in this city to such an extent that the use of said streets and sidewalks for vehicular and pedestrian traffic is seriously interfered with and on some occasions such crowds and assemblages of people have prevented any use of the street and sidewalk adjacent to such drawing for pedestrian and vehicular traffic in a normal manner and such gatherings are a menace to the public health and safety upon the streets in this city. Therefore this ordinance shall ts~ke effect and be in force from and after its adoption by the affirmative vote of a four-fifths vote of the entire council of the City of Santa Ana. SECTION ~: ~e City Clerk shall certify to the pass~ge of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the GRANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in the City of Santa Aha, and hereby designated for that purpose. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the ~rd ds~v of February, 1~8. ATTEST: E.L.Vegely City Clerk Fred C. Rowland Nay or.