HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1949-3217
ORDINANCE N0. 321'~
AN ORDINADICE OF THE CITY OF ELSINORr, MAKING
-. CERTAIN THINGS AND ACTS UNLA?dFUL AND FpR THE '
PROTECTION OF PUBLIC MORALS.
The Nlayor and Council of the City o£ Elsinore do ordain as '
follows ;
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful within the City of Elsinore 1~
for any person to be intoaticated in any public place~ or in any place open to public I
view~ and any person so found intoxicated in such place shall be arrested by the --
proper of£icers, and the Chie£ of Police and all po7icemen o£ said city are hereby '
empowered to enter such places and take thereirom any person so intoxicated. ;
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to roam about
the streets of said City, or in any public'place; rioting~ swearing, or uttering
vulgar~ profane~ or obscene langua;e, or to act in a violent or abusive manner, or
to break, injure~ or destriy any sign~ window~ door; goods, wares~ or merchandise,
or to in anywise injure or destroy real or personal property~ not his own, or to in
anywise create or cause any riot; disturbance or disorder.
SECTION 3. It shall be unlawfhl for any person~ upon the streets
or in any public place in said city to fight or offer to iight, wrangle, quarrel,
ta1k, whistle or sing in a loud or unusual manner, or to publicly use obscene or
profane language~ or to be guilty of any act whereby the peace, good order and quiet
of the communitq is disturbed.
SECTION 4. It shall be unlawful £or any person to wantonly or
wilfully and publicly insult, annoy or ridicule any person~ or to publicly and in the
presence of any woman or child, use vulgar, profane or obscene language~ or to
publicly applg vulgar; pro£ane or obscene epithets to or concerning any person.
SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful £or any person to, upon the
streets or in any public place, wantonly or wil£ully attempt to direct public
attention to or concerning any oerson in a manner intended or likely to expose them
to ridicule or unusual notice, or to cause them annoyance or morti£ication.
SEGTION 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to, in a
frequented street pursue any amusement ealculated to impede travel or frighten any
animal~ or injure or endanger any property, or injure or annoy any person, or to be
found loitering, or strolling about in a manner tending to produce disturbance~ or
to,.by loud noises or o£Fensive behavior disturb the pea~e or quiet of any person,
assembly or congregation, or to throw stones or other missiles or strike or threaten
to assault or bisturb or annoy any person.
SECTION 7. It shall be unlawful for all idle persons who, having
no visible means of support, to habitually and idaly loiter about or wander abroad
and visit and stay.about public places, or lodge in out-houses, sheds, barns, or in
the ppen air, and who are not able to give a good aecount of themselves, or to wander
abroad and beg, or to go about from door to door or in the streets or other public
places to beg or bo receive alms.
SECTIODI fi. It shall be unlaw£ul for any two or more persons to
collect upon any street, sidewalk or other public place~ £or any unlawsul purpose~
or to re£use to disperce or move away when requested so to do by the L'hie£ of Police,
or any policeman.
SECTION 9• It shall be unlawful £or any person in any theatre~
opera house, or any place or public asser,lbly, to, by any unruly or boisterous conduct
or by whistling~ stampixig, or loud talking, or by_and other act or thing tend to
disturb any such meeting or performance.
Sr,CTION 10. It shall be unlawful Por any person to cut, mark,
burn, tear down, deface~ remove, or destroy any building or any portion of any
building, walk~ bridge~ fence, tree, plant, shrub, ornamental structure or object,
post~ pipe, stone, wire~ or an~ other propertn not included herein~ belonging to
or used by the City of Elsinore, or located on, above, uncler or along its streets,
sidewalks~ parks,`ori j5ublic places or buildings, without laiaful authority.
SECTION 11. Any violation of any o£ the provisions of this
ordinance shall constitute a miedemeanor and every person found guilty of violating
any oF said provisions shall~ upon conviction thereof, be £ined in the sum of not
more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment in the City Jail o£
said City for not more than three months, or be'punished by both sueh £ine and
imprisonment.
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SECTION 12. Ordinance No. 50~ and all other ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herevrith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 13. The City Clerk shall certify to the passa~e and adoption
o£ this o~danance and shall cause the same to be published once in the ~lsinore
Zeader-l?-ress.
AT'PEST :
Signed / PAUL KUr'.NZLI
City Clerk of the City of ~lsinore
I hereby approve the foregoing ordinance this 2yth. day of August, 1949•
nUG~Vu B~ST, City Attorney
By/ Arthur M. Gediman
Deputy
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Signed ~ J. A. Tarpley
i~fayor of the City ,o£ ~,lsinore
CITY OF ELSINORE ( SS
COUIQTY OF RIVERSIDE )
I~ Paul Kuenzli, the duly elected, qualiPied and acting Cle~k of the
City o£ Elsinore, California, do hereby,certify that the foregoing ordinance was
duly and regularly introduced on the 22nd. da~ of August, 1949, and was passed
and adopted by the City Council of the said City of ~lsinore at a regular
adjourned meeting of said Council held on the 29th. day o£ August, 1949, by the
following vote : ,
AY~S : Counci]rnen Sarauel Farber, Fred Penrod, T.H.Yarborough,
Mayor J.A.Tarpley.
NOES c None ABSi!~1T : One
Signed / PAUL KU'r'NZLI
City Clerk,o£ the City of Elsinore