HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2257 - Amending Santa Ana Municipal Code by Adding Section 10-99 to Chapter 10 to Prohibit Loitering for Purposes of Engaging in Drug Related Activities557
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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2257
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANAAMENDING THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL
CODE BY ADDING SECTION 10-99 TO CHAPTER 10 TO
PROHIBIT LOITERING FOR PDRPOSES OF ENGAGING IN
DRUG RELATED ACTIVITIES.
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 a Section to Chapter 10, to be numbered Section 10-99,
which said Section reads as follows:
Section 10-99. Loitering for purposes of engaging
in drug related activities.
It is unlawful for any person to loiter in any
public place or on private property readily accessible to
the public for the purpose of engaging in any conduct
prohibited by Chapters 6 and 6.5 of Division 10 of the
California Health and Safety Code.
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, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion thereof irrespective 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 construed as
affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the
collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision
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.
ORDINANCE NS-22S7 559
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ADOPTED this 17th
ATTEST:
~Ierk of the Count&il!
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Pulido Aye
Richardson Aye
Espinoza Aye
Lutz Aye
McGuigan Aye
Mills Aye
Moreno Aye
day of July , 1995.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
State of California
County of Orange
I, JANICE C, GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance
KkS-a~ff'/ to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City
7-'/7- 9'S" ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance
of Santa Ana on
with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
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