HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1988-844ORDINANCE N0. 844
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
REPEALING CERTAIN CODE SECTIONS
AND ENACTING CHAPTER 8.56 OF THE
LAKE ELSINORE MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO NUISANCE ABATEMENT.
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 38771 et seq., provides
that the City Council may declare what constitutes a public
nuisance and provide for procedures for the abatement thereof; and
WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 22660 et seq., provides
that the City Council may enact an ordinance for the abatement and
removal of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles
or parts thereof as a public nuisance; and
WHEREAS, Penal Code Section 370 et seq., provides that
persons maintaining a public nuisance are guilty of a misdemeanor;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Lake
Elsinore does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That existing Chapter 8.18 of the Lake
Elsinore Municipal Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. That new Chapter 8.18 of the Lake Elsinore
Municipal Code is hereby adopted as follows:
CHAPTER 8.18
NUISANCE ABATEMENT
8.18.010 Chapter Purpose.
(a) In order to further the stated goals of the City of
Lake Elsinore and to protect its citizens and their property from
conditions which are offensive or annoying to the senses detri-
mental to property values and community appearance, or injurious
to the health, safety or welfare of the general public in such
ways as to be a nuisance, the City Council has determined that an
ordinance is necessary to effectively abate or prevent the devel-
opment of such conditions in this community.
(b) It is the intention of the City Council, in adopting
the ordinance codified herein, to set forth guidelines for deter-
mining what conditions constitute a nuisance; to establish a
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method for giving notice of the conditions and an opportunity to
correct them; and finally, in the event the nuisance is not
corrected, to provide a procedure for a hearing and determination
of the facts and manner in which the conditions shall be corrected
or removed.
-- (c) It is the purpose of the provisions of this chapter
to provide a just, equitable and practical method, to be
cumulative with and in addition to any other remedy available at
law, whereby lands or buildings, structures, and fences which are
erected in violation of zoning or other Municipal Code require-
ments, or are dilapidated, unsafe, dangerous, unsanitary,
cluttered with weeds, debris, or abandoned machinery or equipment,
or are a menace to life, limb, health, morals, property, safety
and the general welfare of the people of this City or which tend
to constitute a fire hazard or a nuisance may be required to be
repaired, vacated, demolished, made safe, or cleaned up by removal
of the offensive conditions.
(d) In addition to the abatement procedures provided
herein, this ordinance declares certain conditions to be public
nuisances and provides that such conditions are unlawful and that
violations are punishable pursuant to Chapter 1.16 of the
Municipal Code.
8.18.020 Declaration of Nuisance.
(a) Each of the following conditions is hereby declared
to constitute a public nuisance, and whenever the hearing officer
or Planning Commission determines that any of such conditions
exist upon any premises they may require or provide for the
abatement thereof pursuant to this chapter and make the costs of
abatement alien upon the property:
(1) Any public nuisance known in law or in equity
jurisprudence;
(2) Buildings which are abandoned, partially
destroyed, or unsafe as .defined in the adopted Uniform Building
Code, or left in an unreasonable state of partial construction.
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An unreasonable state of partial construction is defined as any
unfinished building or structure in the course of construction
which has not requested or had conducted an inspection under a
valid building permit within the prior six months, and where the
appearance and other conditions of the unfinished building or
structure substantially detracts from the appearance of the
immediate neighborhood or reduces the property values in the
immediate neighborhood.
(3) Unpainted buildings and those having dry rot,
warping or termite infestation. Buildings on which the condition
of the paint has become so deteriorated as to permit decay,
excessive checking, cracking, peeling, chalking, dry rot, warping
or termite infestation so as to render the buildings unsightly and
in a state of disrepair.
(4) Buildings, structures or fences erected and/or
maintained in violation of the City of Lake Elsinore's Zoning
Regulations as set forth in Title 17 of this Code or Building
Regulations as set forth in Title 15 of this Code.
(5) Broken windows constituting hazardous
conditions and inviting trespassers and malicious mischief.
(6) Building exteriors, walls, fences, driveways,
sidewalks, and walkways which are maintained in such condition as
to become so defective, unsightly, or in such condition of deter-
ioration or disrepair that the same causes depreciation of the
values of surrounding property or is materially detrimental to
nearby properties and improvements.
(7) The accumulation of dirt, litter or debris in
vestibules, doorways, or the adjoining sidewalks of a building.
(8) Lumber, junk, trash, salvage materials, rubble,
broken asphalt, concrete, water containers, scrap metal or other
debris stored on a property such that they are visible from a
public street, alley or adjoining property.
(g) Attractive nuisances dangerous to children,
including abandoned, broken, or neglected equipment and machinery;
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hazardous pools, ponds, and excavations; abandoned wells, shafts
or basements; abandoned refrigerators or motor vehicles; any
structurally unsound fence or structure; or any other lumber,
trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, fence, debris, or vegetation
which may prove a hazard for inquisitive minors.
(10) Abandoned, discarded or unused furniture,
stoves, sinks, toilets, cabinets, or other household appliances or
fixtures or equipment stored so as to be visible at ground level
from a public street or alley or from adjoining property.
(11) Construction equipment, supplies, materials,
or machinery of any type or description parked or stored in any
zone other than the M-I "Manufacturing" District, except while
excavation, construction or demolition operations covered by an
active building permit are in progress on the subject property or
an adjoining property.
(12) Maintenance of signs relating to uses no
longer conducted or products no longer sold on the property.
(13) Maintenance of property so out of harmony or
conformity with the maintenance standards of adjacent properties
as to cause substantial diminution of the enjoyment, use or
property values of such adjacent properties.
(14) Vehicles parked in required front setbacks in
a residential zone except when such vehicles are operative, have
current licensing and are parked on a paved drive approach to a
required garage or other permitted driveway.
(15) Property maintained in relation to others so
as to establish a prevalence of depreciated values, impaired
investments, and social and economic maladjustments to such an
extent that the capacity to pay taxes is reduced and tax receipts
from such particular areas are inadequate for the cost of public
services rendered therein.
(16) Maintenance of property in such condition as
to be detrimental to the public health, safety, or general welfare
or in such manner as to constitute a public nuisance as defined in
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California Civil Code Section 3480, including, but not limited to,
anything dangerous to human life or detrimental to human health,
or any habitation that is overcrowded with occupants or that lacks
adequate ventilation, sanitation or plumbing facilities, or that
constitutes a fire hazard.
(I7) Dead, decayed, diseased, overgrown or
hazardous trees, weeds and vegetation, cultivated or uncultivated,
which is likely to harbor rats or vermin, or constitute an
unsightly appearance, or is detrimental to neighboring properties
or property values.
(18) Clotheslines in front yard areas and in side
yard areas of corner lots unless screened from view by a solid
fence.
(Ig) Any wall, fence, or hedge maintained in such
condition of deterioration or disrepair as to constitute a hazard
to persons or property or to cause depreciation in the value of
any adjacent or neighboring property.
(20) Any property with pooled oil accumulation, oil
or other hazardous material flowing onto public rights-of-way, or
excessive accumulations of grease, oil or other hazardous material
on paved or unpaved surfaces, buildings, walls or fences, or on
any public street or property.
(21) Any landscaped setback areas which lack
appropriate turf or plant material so as to cause excessive dust,
allow the accumulation of debris, or to cause depreciated values
of adjacent or neighborhood properties.
(22) Any condition of vegetation overgrowth which
encroaches into, over or upon any public right-of-way including,
but not limited to, streets, alleys, or sidewalks, so as to
constitute either a danger to the public safety or property or an
impediment to public travel.
(23) The outside storage of camper shells in any
required front yard other than on an operable and licensed pick-up
truck parked in a lawful manner.
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(24) The outside storage of boats, catamarans,
dinghys, vessels, or other watercraft in any required front in
other than a parking space which conforms to City Standards or in
a side or rear yard not screened from view by a six foot high
solid fence on a validity licensed trailer parked in a lawful
manner.
(25) A swimming pool, pond or other body of water
which is unfiltered, or not otherwise maintained, resulting in the
water becoming polluted. Polluted water means water which
contains bacterial growth, algae, remains of insects, remains of
deceased animal life, rubbish, refuse, dirt, debris, papers,
chemicals or other matter or material which, because of the
magnitude, nature or location, constitutes an unhealthy or unsafe
condition.
(26) Camper shells, boats, watercraft or trailers,
abandoned or inoperable vehicles stored in a side or rear yard not
screened from view by a six foot high solid fence.
8.18.030 Unlawful Property Nuisances. It shall be
unlawful for any person owning, leasing, occupying or having
charge or possession of any property in the City to maintain such
property in such manner that any of the conditions set forth in
Section 8.56.020 shall exist. The procedures for abatement set
forth in this chapter shall not be exclusive means by which such
conditions may be abated and shall not in any manner limit or
restrict the City from enforcing other City ordinances or
provisions of the Municipal Code or from abating public nuisances
in any other manner provided by law.
8.18.040 "Abandoned" Defined. For purposes of this
chapter the term "abandoned" shall, in addition to such other
definitions that may be provided by law, mean and refer to any
-- item which has ceased to be used for its designed and intended
purpose. The following factors, among others, will be considered
in determining whether or not an item has been abandoned:
(1) Present operability and functional utility;
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(2) The date of last effective use;
(3) The condition of disrepair or damage;
(4) The last time an effort was made to repair or
rehabilitate the item;
(5) The status of registration or licensing of the
item;
(6) The age of the item and degree of obsolescence;
(7) The cost of rehabilitation or repair of the item
versus its market value.
(8) The nature of the area and location of the item.
8.18.050 "Owner" Defined. The terms "owner" and Property
owner", as used in this chapter, and unless otherwise required
by the context, shall be deemed to include any person owning,
leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any property
in the City.
8.18.060 Initiation of Proceedings. Whenever the City
Manager determines, based on the recommendation of City staff,
that any premises within the City may be maintained in such a
manner as to constitute a public nuisance, then the City Manager
may direct that a public hearing be conducted to ascertain whether
the same constitute a public nuisance. The notice shall describe
the premises involved by street address, legal description or
assessor's parcel number, shall give a brief description of the
conditions constituting the nuisance, and a brief statement of the
proposed methods of abatement. The City Manager may also appoint
a hearing officer to conduct the nuisance abatement hearing who
may be the Assistant City Manager, Director of Public Works,
Director of Community Development, or any other person deemed
appropriate. The notice shall advise the owner what corrections
need to be done to avoid a public hearing, may suggest methods for
correction, and shall provide a reasonable period to make those
corrections.
8.18.070 Notice of Hearing. The City Clerk shall cause
the notice of the hearing to be served upon the owner of the
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affected premises by providing a certified copy of the notice of
the time, date and place of the hearing and of the appointment of
the hearing officer.
Such service shall be made by registered or certified
mail, addressed to the owner at the owner's last known address as
shown upon City records or the last equalized taxroll, whichever
appears to be the more reliable address. The City Clerk may also
cause the property to be conspicuously posted with the notice, and
such posting shall constitute adequate service in the event that
mailed notice is not delivered for any reason.
The notice shall be mailed or posted so as to give at
least ten days notice of the hearing.
8.18.080 Form of Notice. The notice given shall be
provided in substantially the following format:
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE
A hearing will be held at on at
City Hall, 130 South Main Street, Lake Elsinore, before the,
acting as hearing officer, to
determine if the premises at constitutes a
public nuisance.
The conditions constituting the public nuisance include the
following:
A public hearing may be avoided if the following corrections
are made at least two days before the date set for the hearing:
If it is determined that the property constitutes a public
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nuisance, the following abatement action may be taken by the City
if the owner has not taken corrective action:
If abatement action is taken by the City the costs of the
abatement will be assessed against the property and will attach as
a lien until paid. All persons having an interest in this matter
may attend the hearing and give testimony and evidence which will
be given due consideration.
8.18.090 Hearing. At the time stated in the notice, the
hearing officer shall hear and consider all relevant evidence
relating to the condition of the property. The hearing may be
continued from time to time.
Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing officer
shall determine whether the premises constitutes a public
nuisance. If the hearing officer determines that a public
nuisance exists, the hearing officer shall declare such premises
to be a public nuisance and order the abatement of the same by the
property owner within a specified time. Such declaration shall
contain a detailed list of needed corrections or abatement
methods.
A copy of the declaration shall be served upon the owner
in the same manner as the notice of hearing.
8.56.100. Appeal. Any person entitled to notice 'of the
hearing who has participated in that hearing and who is
dissatisfied by the determinations of the hearing officer, may
appeal those determinations to the Planning Commission or a
hearing officer appointed thereby by filing an appeal with the
City Clerk within ten day of the date of being first apprised of
those determinations and by paying the appeal fee set by
resolution. The appeal shall specify:
(a) A description of the property.
(b) The abatement proceedings appealed.
(c) The owner's legal or equitable interest in the
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property.
(d) A statement of disputed and undisputed facts.
(e) A statement specifying that portion of the
proceedings that are being appealed, together with any evidentiary
or supporting materials that would support the appeal.
(f) A verification of the truth of all matters asserted.
The Planning Commission may limit the issues on appeal, may
consider the record produced before the hearing officer, and may
allow additional evidence to be produced. Notice shall be
provided to the appellant utilizing substantially the same
procedure as required for the hearing before the hearing officer.
In said notice the appellant will be apprised of the scope of the
appeal. The decision of the Planning Commission shall be the
final and binding action and the property owner shall be so
notified of its determinations.
8.18.110 Abatement of Nuisance by City. If the nuisance
is not completely abated by the date specified in the hearing
officer's declaration, or in the Planning Commission's
determination, as appropriate, the City Manager may immediately
cause the same to be abated by City personnel or under private
contract. The hearing officer or Planning Commission are also
authorized to grant reasonable extensions on the time period for
abatement based on a proper showing by the property owner of
extenuating circumstances made before the date of City abatement.
The owner of the premises shall be liable to the City for all
costs of such abatement, including administrative costs.
8.18.120 Cost Accounting: Notification. City personnel,
or any private contractor authorized to abate the nuisance, shall
keep an account of the cost, including incidental expenses, of
abating the nuisances on each separate lot or parcel of land where
the work is done and shall render an itemized report in writing to
the City Council by showing the cost of abatement by rehabilita-
tion, demolition, or repair of the property, buildings or
structure, including any salvage value relating thereto. A copy.
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of the report shall be posted at City Hall or other official
location for posting City notices for at least five days before it
is considered by the City Council. Proof of posting shall be made
by affidavit of the City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk. The term
"incidental expenses" shall included, but not be limited to, the
actual expenses and costs of the City in the preparation of
notices, specifications and contracts, and in inspecting the work
and the costs of printing and mailing required hereunder.
8.18.130 Assessment Lien. The total cost for abating the
nuisance, as confirmed by the City Council, shall constitute a
special assessment against the lot or parcel of land to which it
relates and, upon recordation in the office of the County Recorder
of a Notice of Lien, hall constitute alien on the property for the
amount of the assessment.
After confirmation and recordation, a copy of the Notice
of Lien may be turned over to the tax collector to be added to the
amounts of the assessments of the next regular tax bills levied
against the respective lots and parcels of land. Thereafter the
assessment amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the
same manner as ordinary property taxes are collected and shall be
subject to the same penalties and the same procedure for
foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for
ordinary property taxes. After recordation, the lien may be
foreclosed by judicial or other sale in the manner and means
provided by law. The Notice of Lien for recordation shall be in a
form substantially as follows:
NOTICE OF LIEN
Claim of the City of Lake Elsinore
"Pursuant to the authority vested by the provisions of Chapter
8.18.050 of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code, the City of Lake
Elsinore did on or about the
day of
19_, cause the property hereinafter described to be rehabilitated
or the building, structure or fence on the property to be repaired
or demolished in order to abate a public nuisance on the real
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property. The City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore did on
the day of 19 assess the cost of
such abatement upon the property and the same has not been paid
nor any part thereof. The City of Lake Elsinore does hereby claim
a lien for such rehabilitation, repair, or demolition in the
amount of the assessment, to wit the sum of $
the same shall be a lien upon the real property until paid in full
and discharged of record.
The real property hereinabove mentioned, and upon which a lien
is claimed, is that certain parcel of land lying and being in the
City of Lake Elsinore, County of Riverside, State of California,
particularly described as follows:
(Legal Description)
Dated this
day of
19
City Manager, City of Lake Elsinore"
8.18.140 Alternative Actions Available. Noting in this
chapter shall be deemed to prevent the City from commencing a
civil or criminal proceeding to abate a public nuisance or from
pursuing any other means available to it under provisions of
applicable ordinances or State law to correct hazards or
deficiencies in real property in addition to or as alternatives
to the proceedings herein set forth.
8.18.150 Owner's Responsibility. The owner of any
premises within the City has the primary responsibility of keeping
his premises free of public nuisances. Tenants and occupants of
the premises, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be deemed
to be the agents of the owner.
~ 8.18.160 Abandoned and Stored Vehicles. The following
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procedures are adopted from the California Vehicle Code, Section
22660 et seq. and are established as the procedures for the
abatement and removal as public nuisances of abandoned, wrecked,
dismantled or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof from private
.property or public property not including highways and for the
recovery or assumption by the city, of costs of administration
and removal thereof. The following procedures are to be used
compatibly and in conjunction with the foregoing sections of this
chapter, but shall take precedence wherever a conflict occurs.
(1) In addition to the notice provided in Section
8.18.060, at least ten days notice shall also be sent to the last
registered and legal owner of record, by registered or certified
mail, unless the vehicle is in such condition that identification
numbers are not available to determine ownership.
(2) The notice of determination and declaration set
forth in Section 8.18.070 and 8.18.080 shall include a description
of the vehicle, the correct identification number and license
number of the vehicle insofar as they are available. The notice
of determination and ruling shall be served on both the owner of
the premises and the registered and legal owners of the vehicle,
if know, as provided above.
(3) The owner of the land on which the vehicle is
located may appear in person at the hearing or present a written
statement in time for consideration at the hearing, and deny
responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on the land along
with his reasons for such denial. If it is determined at the
hearing that the vehicle was placed on the land without the
consent of the land owner and that he has not subsequently
acquiesced in its presence, then the City shall not assess costs
of administration or removal of the vehicle against the property
upon which the vehicle is located or otherwise attempt to collect
such costs from the owner.
Vehicles or parts thereof may be disposed of by
removal to a scrap yard, automobile dismantler's year or any
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suitable site operated by the City for processing scrap or by any
other final disposition consistent with these provisions.
Any person authorized by the City to administer this
chapter may enter upon private property for the purposes specified
in the ordinance to examine vehicles or parts thereof, obtain
information as to the identity of the vehicle and to remove or
cause the removal of any vehicle or part thereof declared to be a
nuisance pursuant to this chapter.
A certified copy of the order of disposition of the
vehicle or parts thereof shall be given to an retained by any
person or commercial organization making a final disposition of
the vehicle or parts thereof and said order shall be retained by
them in their business records.
(4) After a vehicle has been removed as a public
nuisance, it shall be destroyed and under no circumstances shall
the vehicle be reconstructed or made operable.
(5J This chapter shall not apply to a vehicle or
other personal property mentioned herein which is completely
enclosed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not
visible from the street or other public or private property, or a
vehicle or other personal property which is stored or parked in a
lawful manner on private property in connection with the business
of a licensed dismantler, licensed vehicle dealer or a junk yard;
provided, however, that this exception shall not authorize the
maintenance of a public or private nuisance as defined under the
provisions of this chapter or any other law.
(6) This chapter shall be administered by regularly
salaried, full-time employees of the city except that actual
abatement of the nuisance and removal of any and all items
constituting a nuisance hereunder may be by any other duly
authorized person.
(7) Within five days after removal of any motor
vehicle under this chapter, notice shall be given to the Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles of the date of removal, disposition thereof
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and identity of the vehicle or parts
In addition, all evidence
of registration available including registration certificate,
license plates and certificates of title shall be forwarded to the
department of motor vehicles as soon as possible.
8.18.170 Violations. The owner or other person having
charge or control of any buildings or property who maintains any
public nuisance defined in this chapter is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Any unauthorized person who removes any notice or order
posted as required in this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
No person shall obstruct, impede or interfere with any
representative of the City or with any person who owns or holds
any estate or interest in the property which has been ordered to be
vacated, repaired, rehabilitated, or demolished and removed
whenever any such representative of the City or person having any
estate or interest in such property is engaged in vacating,
repairing, rehabilitating or demolishing and removing any such
property pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or in
performing any necessary act preliminary to or incidental to
such work as authorized or directed pursuant hereto.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the
provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one. thousand dollars,
or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. A criminal prosecution may be initiated without
a nuisance hearing, as provided in this chapter, or upon a
violation of any order resulting from such a hearing. Each such
person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every
day during any portion of which any violation of the provisions of
this chapter is committed."
8.18.180 Authority to Arrest. The following designated
officers and employees shall have the power to arrest persons for
the misdemeanor violations of this chapter whenever the officer or
employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person has
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committed the offense in his presence:
(a) The Director of Community Development;
(b) The Zoning Enforcement Officer;
(c) Code Enforcement Officers.
8.18.190 Citation Procedure.
(a) If any person is arrested for a misdemeanor
violation of this chapter, and such person is not taken before a
magistrate as is more fully set forth in the California Penal
Code, the arresting officer shall prepare in duplicate a written
notice to appear in court containing the name and address of such
person, the offense charged, and the time and place where and when
such person shall appear in court.
(b) The time specified in the notice to appear shall
be not less than ten days after such arrest.
(c) The place specified in the notice to appear
shall be either:
(1) Before a judge of the municipal court in
the judicial district in which the offense is alleged to have been
committed; or
(2) Before an officer authorized to receive a
deposit of bail.
(d) The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice
to appear to the arrested person, and the arrested person, in
order to secure release, must give his written promise so to
appear in court by signing the duplicate notice, which shall be
retained by the officer. Thereupon, the arresting officer shall
forthwith release the arrested person from custody.
(e) The officer shall, as soon as practicable, file
a duplicate notice with the magistrate specified in such notice.
The defendant may, prior to the date upon which he promised to
appear in court, deposit with the magistrate the amount of bail
set by such magistrate. Thereafter, at the time when the case is
called for arraignment before the magistrate, if the defendant
does not appear, either in person or by counsel, the magistrate
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may declare the bail forfeited and may at his discretion order
that no further proceedings shall be had in such case. Upon the
making of such order that no further proceedings be had, sums
deposited as bail shall forthwith be paid in the county treasury
for distribution as provided by Section 1463 of the California
Penal Code.
(f) A warrant shall not issue on such charge for the
arrest of a person who pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
has given such written promise to appear in court unless and until
he has violated such promise, or has failed to deposit bail, to
appear for arraignment, trial or judgment, as required by law.
(g) Every person willfully violating his written
promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless
of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally
arrested.
(h) When a person signs a written promise to appear
at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear
and has not posted bail as provided in subsection (c) of this
section, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for
execution a warrant for his arrest within 20 days after his
failure to appear as promised. If a person promises to appear
before an officer authorized to accept bail other than a
magistrate and fails to do so on or before the date which he
promised to appear, then within 20 days after the delivery of
such written promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate
having jurisdiction over the offense, such magistrate shall issue
and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest. When
such person violates his promise to appear before an officer
authorized to receive bail other than a magistrate, the officer
shall immediately deliver to the magistrate having jurisdiction
over the offense charged the written promise to appear and the
complaint, if any, filed by the arresting officer"
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby declares that the
provisions of this chapter are severable and if for any reason a
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court of competent jurisdiction shall hold any sentence,
paragraph, or section of this ordinance to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of
this ordinance.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and cause it to be posted as required by law.
This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after the
date of its adoption.
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED UPON FIRST READING this 27th day of
September, 1988, upon the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BUCK, DOMINGUEZ, STARKEY, WASFIBURN,
WINKLER
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED UPON SECOND READING this 11th
day of October, 1988 upon the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BUCK, DOMINGUEZ, STARKEY, WASHBURN,
WINKLER
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
JIM WINKLER, MAYOR
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
TTEST:
ICKI LYNN KASAD, CITY CLERK
CITY Jr LA E ELSINORE
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
0 N R. HARPER, TY ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, Vicki Lynne Kasad, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore,
- DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance had its first reading
on September 27, 1988, and had its secona reading on October 11,
1988 and was passed by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BUCK, DOMINGUEZ, STARKEY,
WASHBURN, WINKLER
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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VICKI LYA~,D:E KASAD, CITY CLERK
CITY OF LAK ELSINORE
(SEAL)
STATE OF .CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS:
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE)
I, Vicki Lynne Kasad, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and
correct copy of Ordinance No. 844, of said Council, and that the same
has not been amended or repealed.
DATED: October 11, 1988
ICKI LYN SA , C TY CLERK
CITY OF KE ELSINORE
(SEAL)