HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1516 ORDINANCE NO. 1516
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY ADDING THERETO ARTICLE 734 ENTITLED, "OB-
STRUCTING PEDESTRIAN PASSAGE"
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington
nt ngton Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto Article 734 entitled, "Obstructing
Pedestrian Passage" to read as follows :
ARTICLE 734
OBSTRUCTING PEDESTRIAN PASSAGE
7341 . No person shall loiter, stand, sit or lie in or upon
any public or quasi-public sidewalk, street, curb , crosswalk, or
walkway area so as to hinder or obstruct unreasonably the free
passage of pedestrians thereon; nor shall any person block or
obstruct , or prevent the free access to the entrance to any
building open to the public .
7342 . PENALTY. Any person convicted of a violation of any
provision of this article shall be punishable by imprisonment in
jail for a period not exceeding six (6 ) months , or by fine not
exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500) , or by both such fine and
imprisonment .
7343 • SEVERABILITY. If any section, subdivision, sentence ,
clause, phrase, or portion of this article, 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 juris-
diction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the re-
maining portions of this article or its application to other
persons . The City Council hereby declares that it would have
adopted this article and each subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that }
any one or more sections, subdivisions , sentences, clauses,
phrases, or portions or the application thereof to any person,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional .
SECTION 2 . This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
from its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days of its adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a newspaper
of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach,
California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th _
day of August 1969 .
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Mayor
ATTEST:
Cit lerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attor y,,-
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Ord. No. 1516
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss :
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , PAUL C. JONES, The duly elected, qualified, and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 21st day of July
1969 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 4th day of August ,
19 69 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Bartlett, McCracken, Kaufman, Matney, Coen, Green
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Shipley
City Clerk and -officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
t, ;AUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntington Beach and ey,f`irin ('hrk of the City
Councii, i^ herehy th•s —4i—rr, has
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