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HomeMy WebLinkAbout529 - Obstruction of Police DutiesORDINANCE NO. 529 The City of Newport Beach, by and through its City Council, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: Every person who attempts, by means of any threat or violence, to deter or prevent any police officer in the City of Newport Beach from performing any duty imposed upon such of- ficer by law, or who knowingly re- sists by the use of force or vio- lence, such officer, in the perform- ance of his duty, is punishable by a fine not exceeding Three Hun- dred Dollars ($300.00) and impris- onment in the City Jail not ex- ceeding three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 2: This ordinance is hereby declared to be an urgency measure necessary for the imme- diate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and the following is a declaration of, and the facts constituting its urgency: That the City of Newport Beach is a city where many young men and women go for fun, amusement and pleasure; that particularly during Easter week many boys and girls of school age spend their vacation or a portion of their vacation at said beach; that often crowds of Young men and women congregate together and cause disturbances of various descriptions, which condi- tion constitutes a police problem in the City of Newport Beach; that officers of the law are often deterred or prevented from per- forming their official duties by reason of the fact that the pen- alty provided by the state law for resisting an official is very severe and many cases do not merit such severe punishment; that the lo- cal police court has no jurisdic- tion at this time over offenses such as are described herein; that by reason of the facts herein re- cited, public peace, health and safety are involved, and in order to properly safeguard persons and property it is necessary that this ordinance be passed immediately so as to go into effect before Eas- ter week of 1944. SECTION 3: The City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach shall certify to the separate vote on the urgency of this ordinance and its passage by the vote of five (5) members of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach and cause the same to be published once in the Newport - Balboa News - Times, a newspaper printed and published in the City of Newport Beach, and upon the passage of this ordinance the same shall be- come immediately operative and take full effect. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meet- ing of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, held on the 6th day of March, 1944, and was fi- nally passed and adopted on the 3rd day of April, 1944, by said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, and that the question of the urgency of the foregoing ordi- nance was passed and the forego- ing ordinance was adopted by a vote of five (5) members of the City Council of the City of New- port Beach at'said regular meet- ing by the following vote, to -wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Allen, Kirk, Isbell, Reed, Hall. NOES, COUNCILMEN: None, ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None. ATTEST: FRANK L. RINEHART, City Clerk. CLYAN H. HALL, Mayor of the City of Newport Beach. Pub. Apr. 6, 1944. • v ~_ �W ` -. ..