HomeMy WebLinkAbout00-07 Rewards for Graffiti OffensesORDINANCE NO. 00-7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER
VII 'h OF TITLE 11 OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL
CODE REGARDING REWARDS FOR GRAFFITI OFFENSES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 11-147, Chapter VII Y2 of Title 11 of the Costa Mesa
Municipal Code,is hereby amended to read as follows:
a. Section 11-147 is amended as follows:
"Sec. 11-147. Reward provisions.
(1) Pursuant to Section 53069.5 of the Government Code, the city does
hereby offer a reward of up to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), the amount of
the award to be determined by the Police Chief, for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of any person for violation of Penal Code Section 594 or
Section 11-142 of this Code, the use of graffiti, not to exceed one reward of two
thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per violation. In the event of multiple contributors of
information for a single violation, the reward amount shall be divided by the city in
the manner deemed appropriate by the city Police Chief. For the purposes of this
section, diversion of the offending violator to a community service program, or a
plea bargain to a lesser offense, shall constitute a conviction.
(2) Claims for rewards under this section shall be filed, processed, and
paid in accordance with procedures established by the Police Chief.
(3) The person convicted of committing the graffiti offense shall be liable
for any rewards paid pursuant to this section and, if that person is an
unemancipated minor, the custodial parent of said minor shall be liable for any
rewards paid pursuant to this section.
SECTION 2 Severability.
If any chapter, article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person, 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
portion of this Ordinance or its application to other persons. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each chapter,
article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions of the application thereof to any person,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional. No portion of this Ordinance shall
supersede any local, State, or Federal law, regulation, or codes dealing with life
safety factors.
SECTION 3 Publication.
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 NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA
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 5th day of June, 2000..
ATTEST:
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Mayor of th City of Costa Mesa
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Deputy
Deputy City lerk of the City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy 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. 00-7 introduced and considered section by section at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 15th day of May, 2000, and thereafter
passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
the 5th day of June, 2000, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Monahan, Cowan, Erickson, Somers, Dixon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 6th day of June, 2000.
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Deputy"Coun
erk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City of the City of Costa Mesa
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