HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC AG PKT 2008-12-08 #PAGENDA STAFF REPORT
DATE: December 8, 2008
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
THRU: David Carmany, City Manager
FROM: Lt. Tim Olson, Operations Division Commander, Police Department
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF MUNICIPAL CODE REVISIONS
RELATING TO URINATING AND DEFECATING IN
PUBLIC
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Waive further reading and Adopt Ordinance No. 1581, An Ordinance of the City
of Seal Beach Amending the Seal Beach Municipal Code Relating to Public
Nuisances Prohibited, adding language to prohibit urinating and defecating in
public.
BACKGROUND:
The City Council considered this matter on November 10, 2008 and introduced
the subject ordinance. It is now appropriate to adopt the subject ordinance.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
RECOMMENDATION:
Waive further reading and Adopt Ordinance No. 1581, An Ordinance of the City
of Seal Beach Amending the Seal Beach Municipal Code Relating to Public
Nuisances Prohibited, adding language to prohibit urinating and defecating in
public.
NOTED AND APPROVED:
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Lt. Tim Olson
Operations Division Commander - PD
David Carman
City Manager
Attachment:
A. Ordinance No. 1581
Agenda Item P
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1581
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AMENDING
THE SEAL BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
URINATING AND DEFECATING IN PUBLIC
THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Municipal Code Chapter 7.35.010 relating to public nuisance
is amended by adding a new sub section 8 to 7.35.010 B to read as follows:
"§7.35.010 B 8 Human Waste Disposal, urinating or defecating in public
places or public view.
No person shall urinate or defecate in a public place or in view of a public place,
except in toilet facilities intended for accepting human waste. For these
purposes, "public" includes common areas located on private property.°
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal
Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 8th day of December .2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH }
I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced for first reading at a meeting held on
the 10th day of November , 2008 and was passed, approved and adopted
by the City Council at a meeting held on the 8th day of December , 2008
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
And do hereby further certify that Ordinance Number 1581 has been published
pursuant to the Seal Beach City Charter and Resolution Number 2836.
City Clerk