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1 ORDINANCE NO. 818
2 AN ORDINANCE PROFIBITINIG TRESPAZ�S UPONs 9TD LOITERING 10OUTp
CERTAITN" CILASSEZ; OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF REDLANDS, CALI-BK)R1_,1A,-
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4 The City Council of the City of Redlands does ordain as
follows :
5 Section 1. Declaration of Purpose. Public safety is here-
by the uninterrupted operation of by declared to requ re
certain industries essential to national defense, such as the
7 aircraft manufacturing industry, and of companies or agencies
supplying water, gas, electric and other essential services,
8 be protected by preventing the intrusion upon the properties
thereof of idle, curious or malicious persons and of persons
9 whose presence thereon is not necessary, and by prohibiting the
loitering about such places by persons capable of inflicting
10 harm or of impeding the operation conducted thereon.
11 Section 2. Posting Manner Of, Prescribed. Any person,
firm, corporation, governmental agerjay) depa-FE—ent or instru-
12 mentality having possession or control, of any of the facili-
ties , plants or utility properties enumerated in section 3
13 hereof, may post, at each entrance to any structure devoted to
any use so enuii1eruted, at each entrance to any fenced or en-
14 closed area devoted to any such use, and at intervals of not
more than three hundred feet around any area devoted to such
15 use , substantial signs riot less than one square foot in area,
displaying prominently in addition to such other information
16 as may be deemed desirable, the words, "TRESPASSING - LOITERING
FORBIDDEN BY LAW" in legible letters not less than two inches
17 in height; provided, however, that any public waiting room,
dining room, office or other portion of any such structure or
18 premises to which general public access is required in the
normal use and operation thereof or where materials are deliver-
19 ed to or received by the public , shall not be so posted.
20 The "posted boundary" of any area shall be a line running
from sign to sign, and such line need not conform to the legal
21 boundary or legal description of any lot, parcel or acreage of
land.
22 Section 3. 'Posting - Where permitted. The places which
23 may be posted are the following:
24 (a) Every airport, and every plant , field and structure
used for the manufacture , assembling or testing of aircraft;
25 (b ) Every tank-farm$ refinery, compressor-plant or ab-
26 sorption plant , marine terminal, pipe line pumping station and
reservoir, used for bulk treatment , bulk handling or bulk
27 storage of petroleum or petroleum products;
28 (c ) Every reservoior, dam, pumping station, aqueduct,
main canal or pipe line , of a. public water system,
29 (d) Every reservoir, dam, generating plant, receiving
30 station, distributing
, station ,:,-nd transmission line of a
company or agency furnishing electrical energy;
1 and distribution of gas•,
2 (f) Every plant or vital- part thereof or ot7:er principal
3 property essential to rendering telephone or telegraph
service;
4 (g) Every radio broadcasting central plant or station;
5 (h) Every railroad bridge or tunnel-
6 (i) Every plant for the bulk storage of dynamite , giant
powder, gun powder or other explosive.
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Section 4. Trespass R - a Misdemeanor. When any such
8 premises is poste as provided in t iso sec" ion, it shall be un-
lawful for any person to go upon or to remain upon any place with-
9 in the posted boundary of any such premises, or to enter or to
remain in any such posted structure, without having upon his per-
10 son the express written consent of the person, firm, corporation ,
department or agency lawfully in possession or control thereof.
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Rection 5. Loitering - a Uisdeanor. It shall be unlawful.
12 for any person to loiter n the immediate vicinity of any premises
posted as provided in this section while having in his possession
13 any explosive, tool, or device , of whatever character capable of
doing harm or damage to any structure, machinery, equipment or
14 other property of a similar or dissimilar character, installed
or located upon such posted premises or area.
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Section 6. Exem t� ions. This ordinance does not apply to
16 any entry in the course of duty of any peace officer nor to -.ny
person traversing an established and existing public sidewalks
17 street or highway.
18 Section 7 . Damagi Stens. Every person who tears down,
defaces or destroys, or causes to be torn down, defaced or de-
19 stroyed., any sign placed or pasted under the provisions of this
ordinance without the consent of the person, firm, corporation,
20 governmental agency, department or instrumentality having pos-
ession or control of the premises on which such sign has been
21 erected is guilty of a misdemeanor.
22 6ection S. Penalty cause . Every person, as principal,
agent or otherwise , violating any of the provisions of this or-
23 dinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion thereof shall bepunishable by a fine of not to exceed Three
24 Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment in the city ail in
the City of Redlands, California, or in the County Jail of San
25 Bernardino County, California., for a period of not to exceed
three ( ) months , or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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Section 9. If any provision of this ord - nance , or the appli-
27 cation thex°eof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid,
the remainder of the ordinance and the application of such provi-
2g sion to ether persons or circumstances shall not be affected there
by.
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Section 10. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
30 after the date of its adoption and prior to the expiration of
fifteen days from the passage hereof shall be published at least
z, nY)nA in the Redlands Daily Facts, a newspaper of-general circula-
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1 1 do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
2 of Redlands held on the 21st day of August, 1940, by the follow-
3 ing vote:
4 Ayes :
5 � Noes :
Absent:
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Dated: August 21, 1940
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