HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2425_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 2425
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ADDING
CHAPTER 8.44 TO THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE TO REGULATE THE SALE OF
AEROSOL PAINT CONTAINERS AND FELT-TIP MARKER PENS
WHEREAS, the City of Redlands finds that the unauthorized use of aerosol paints and
marker pens with a pen tip width in excess of three-eighths of one inch have been used in the past
to commit vandalism within the City of Redlands; and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose and intent of this ordinance to supplement those penal code
sections dealing with the improper and illegal use of aerosol paints and marker pens with a pen tip
width in excess of three-eighths of one inch; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest of the citizens of Redlands
to regulate the accessibility to the public at retail establishments selling aerosol containers or marker
pens with tips exceeding three-eighths of an inch in width;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 8.44 is hereby added to the Redlands Municipal Code to read as follows:
"Chapter 8.44
SALE OF AEROSOL PAINT CONTAINERS AND FELT-TIP MARKER PENS
Sections:
8.44.010 Inaccessibility to Public
8.44.020 Violation
Section 8.44.010 Inaccessibility to Public
Any person who owns, conducts, operates or manages a retail commercial establishment
selling aerosol paint containers, or marker pens with tips exceeding 318 of an inch in width,
containing anything other than a solution which can be removed with water after it dries, shall store
or cause such aerosol paint containers or marker pens to be stored in an area viewable by, but not
accessible to the public in the regular course of business without employee assistance,pending legal
sale or disposition of the pens or aerosol paint containers.
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8.44.020 Violation
Any person,firm,or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor."
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence,clause or phrase of this ordinance is held for
any reason to be unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction,the
remaining sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases shall not be affected
thereby. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance regardless of
the fact that one or more of the sections,subsections, paragraphs,sentences, clauses or phrases may
be determined to be unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective.
Section 3. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause it, or a summary of it, to be published once in the
Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of general circulation within the City, thereafter this ordinance
shall take effect as provided by law.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 16th day of November, 1999.
Mayor f the City dland
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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1,Lorrie Poyzer,City Clerk of the City of Redlands,hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was
duty adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of NovembeK
1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Counci-Imembers Banda, Gilbreath, George, Freedman; Mayor Cunningham
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City Cl k
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