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HomeMy WebLinkAbout957 - Relating to Conduct0 ORDINANCE NO. 957 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ADDING SECTION 4242 TO THE NEW- PORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CONDUCT The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 4242 is added to the Newport Beach Municipal Code to read: "SECTION 4242. Molesting Pedestrians. No person shall willfully, intentionally or maliciously molest, annoy, obstruct or hinder any other person passing along any public sidewalk or public walkway area." SECTION 2. Emergency Ordi- nance Effective Immediately. This ordinance is declared by the City Council to be necessary as an emergency measure for pre- serving the public peace, health, and safety and shall take ef- fect and be in force upon its adoption. The reasons for the urgency of this ordinance are: Large numbers of people will gather within the City of New- port Beach within the next few %weeks and will congregate upon the sidewalks and congest the same in a manner that persons using the sidewalk for passage will be prevented from doing so. The effect of the crowds and congregation is to disrupt the reasonable and necessary use of the sidewalk area and is a threat to the public health and safety of persons who may be forced onto the areas of the roadway normally reserved for vehicular traffic. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City. This ordinance was introduced and adopted as an emergency ordinance at an adjourned regu- lar meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 20th day of March, 1961, by the following vote, to. wit: AYES, Councilmen: Kingsley, Atkinson, Cook, Stoddard, Hart, Lorenz, Somers. NOES, Councilmen: None. Absent Councilmen: None. JAMES B. STODDARD, Mayor. ATTEST: MARGERY SCHROUDER, City Clerk. Publish: March 30, 1961 In the Newport Harbor Ensign. 0 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE SS. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ----- Mar. g - ery - - -- Schrouder City Clerk of the City of Newport ------------ ....... ...... - - - Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance Y Y ---- --------- ---- - - - --- No ..... .-- 957 .................... was duly and regularly adopted. passed, and approved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, at a°regula�omeeting of said City Council held at the regular meeting place thereof, on the ----- 20th.... - --day, of- .......... March 19 .. 61 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN ....... ........ ....... ... ...... ......... Kingsley, Atkinson, Cook, Stoddard, Hart, . ....... ---- ......... Lorenz, Somers • None NOES: COUNCILMEN-------------- ----ne J ABSENT: COUNCILMEN ........ None Dated t his ------ _5� ......... day of -.. NB 130 -500 12/56 May 1961 _ ---- - - --- -- -- -- Cdy Cler k d Ex -Of fcio Clerk of fhe City Council, Cify of n ewport 1 each, State of California