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HomeMy WebLinkAbout68-31 Prohibit Sleeping in Motor VehicleORDINANCE NO. L jr-3 / AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA PROHIBITING SLEEPING IN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PROVIDING FOR OPEN AND FULL VIEW WITHIN VEHICLES AT ALL TIMES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. There is hereby added to Chapter III, Article 4, of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code a Division XVIII which shall read as follows: "DIVISION XVIII Sleeping in Motor Vehicles Sec. 3418.1. Sleeping in motor vehicles prohibited. It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons to sleep in or on any motor vehicle parked any place in the City of Costa Mesa at any time. This section is not intended to prohibit the use of campers or motor coaches or motor vans for sleeping purposes where the samc are parked in an authorized trailer court or camp site within the city. Sec. 3418.2. Any motor vehicle parked on the public streets shall have curtains or window obstructions in such a position that there shall be a full view of the interior at all times." Section 2. The City Council finds and declares that the reasons for urgency in the passage of this ordinance are as follows: 1. That the season, proximity of the beach, the proximity of art colonies, fair weather and comfortable climate are attracting large bands of "hippies," "flower -children" and other youthful. vagabonds. -1- 2. That the recent popularity of youth gatherings for "happenings" and other events have caused temporary and permanent migrations of the youthful bands as heretofore described. 3. That said groups are in many cases without means for lodging and by reason of fair weather and comfortable climate are inclined to lodge at night in parked motor vehicles. 4. That the lack of lodging facilities or the means to hire the same, with the resulting lodging in parked motor vehicles has and does result in serious sanitation problems relating to restroom facilities. 5. That the imposing influx of said bands of youths migrating to the beach area is predicted, encouraged and invited by youthful leaders in the art colony communities for the summer months and permanently. 6. That said influx and the resulting lodging situation will and does constitute an impending and immediate threat to the health, safety and welfare of this city. 7. That this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety as no other ordinance has been enacted in this city prohibiting the sleeping in motor vehicles. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and shall within 15 days after its passage be published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of July, 1968. ATTEST: Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa !PZ STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council on the 15th day of July, 1968 and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at the regular meeting of said City Council held on the 15th day of July, 1968 by the following roll//call vote: AYES: W'�lihy 7 °k0R/ "ILT'C/arR� NOES: A/Bne ABSENT: NAI G IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 15th day of July, 1968. City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. 1 amihe Legal Advertising Manager of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of gen. eral circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, County of Orange, State of California, and I certify Citv Crdinunce Number 63 - of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of said newspaper on July 18, 1968 1 declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on July 18 ,1968, at Costa Mesa, California. j yF� si -`7J{j-- enetu..l STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA) I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 68-31 was introduced and considered, section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the 15th day of July , 1964 and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 15th day of Ju1V 196-8, by the following roll -call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN - WILSON, TUCKER., ST. CLAIR, JORDAN, PINKLEY NOES: COUNCILMEN - NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - 1 FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 68-31 was published in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the 18th day of July ,1968. -P� City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa LEGAL NOTICE