HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-24 Amending Municipal Code Relating to Solicitation of EmploymentORDINANCE NO. 89-24
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
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,
does hereby find and declare as follows:
WHEREAS, persons are gathering daily in Lions Park and the
vicinity, and along Newport Avenue between 18th Street and Harbor
Boulevard, and in the vicinity of Santa Ana Avenue and 20th
Street, for the purpose of obtaining employment by approaching
potential employers who drive to those sites in motor vehicles;
and
WHEREAS, this practice is causing a variety of problems
including harassment and intimidation of persons and families who
come to Lions Park for the recreational purposes for which the
park was created, and creating a safety hazard by causing
motorists to stop in traffic and by standing in the street on the
driver's side of parked cars while accosting or talking with the
driver; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa has created a hiring hall on
Placentia Avenue in an effort to eliminate the above practice and
its attendant problems, but the practice and the problems
persist; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa has enacted legislation
prohibiting the use of public streets for the solicitation or
offering of employment when the prospective employer is in a
motor vehicle on a public street, but that legislation has not
adequately addressed the problems described above;
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does
hereby amend the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as follows:
SECTION 2. The Costa Mesa Municipal Code, Title 10,
Chapter XIX, Section 10-354 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 10-354. Solicitation from Streets,Prohibited.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to stand on a
street or highway and solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment,
business, or contributions from an occupant of any motor vehicle.
For purposes of this section, street or highway shall mean all of
the area dedicated to public use for public street purposes and
shall include, but not limited to, roadways, parkways, medians,
alleys, sidewalks, curbs, and public ways.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, park or
stand a motor vehicle on a street or highway from which any
occupant attempts to hire or hires for employment another person
or persons.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to be in Lions Park
or within 300 feet thereof, or on Newport Avenue between 18th
Street and Harbor Boulevard, or within 200 feet of the
intersection of Santa Ana Avenue and East 20th Street, with'the
intent to solicit employment from an occupant of any motor
vehicle."
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SECTION 3:
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage and, before
the expiration of fifteen (15) days after 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 day of 1989
Mayor of the Cit Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ClEy Clerk of the City of Cosy-
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Mesa City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
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 foregoing Ordinance No. 89-24 was introduced and
considered section by,,s,gction at a g lar meeting of said City
Council held on the 1day of , 1989, and
thereafter passed and adopted as a Iho atmeeting of
said City Council held on the day f regular 1989,
by the following roll call vote:
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AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:hL4A�
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto se�y hand and ffixed
the Seal of t -he _ City; of ---Costa Mesa this day of ,
1989.
y Clerk and ex -officio Cl of
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the City Council of the City f
Costa Mesa
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