HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-19 Amending Title 11 Relating to Drinking in PublicORDINANCE NO. 89-19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 11 OF THE
COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DRINKING
IN PUBLIC.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby finds
and declares as follows:
-vmEREAS, the City Council wishes to amend the "drinking in public"
ordinance to permit drinking in public parks, including within buildings in
such parks, where drinking has been expressly approved by the Council or
its designee.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby amends
Title 11 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as follows:
SECTION 2.
Section 11-3 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 11-3. Drinking in public.
No person shall drink or consume wine, beer, whiskey, brandy, or any
alcoholic liquors or beverages on public streets, including public alleys,
sidewalks and parkways, nor in public restrooms, parking lots, vacant lots,
parked motor vehicles, or public parks, except in any area of a public park
where drinking has been expressly approved by the City Council or its
designee and is so posted. "
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in
the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified
copy of the text of this. Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to
be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of
the City Clerk a certified copy of this. Ordinance together with the names
of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of July, 1989.
ATTEST:
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I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Ordinance No. 89-19 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 19th day of June,
1989, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of
said City Council held on the 3rd day of July, 1989, by the following roll
call vote:
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ABSENT:. COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN -•WITNESS WHEREOF, --I have hereun set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa -_this 5th day of July, 1989.
(71 y Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
- City Council of the City of Costa M a
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