AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS
MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO DAMAGE OR DESTROY CITY PROPERTY, PROVIDING A REWARD FOR
INFORMATION LEADING TO THE CONVICTION OF PERSONS DAMAGING OR DESTROYING
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY AND AMENDING THE SAN DIMAS MUNICIPAL CODE
The
City Council of the City of San Dimas does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION
1. Title 9 of the San Dimas Municipal
Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Chapter 9.38 to read as follows:
Chapter
9.38
Reward
for conviction of persons damaging or destroying property within the City.
SECTION:
9.38.010. Reward for conviction of
persons damaging or destroying property within the City.
9.38.010
Reward for conviction of persons damaging or destroying property within the
City.
(a)
The
City Council hereby finds and declares that there has been a substantial
increase in vandalism and the damage or destruction of property within the
City. This has materially increased the
cost to the public of maintaining both
City and private property, and has discouraged public contributions of time and
property for the development and improvement of property within the City.
(b)
It
is unlawful for any person to deface, destroy, damage or vandalize, with paint
or other liquid, any real or personal property not his or her own within the
City.
(c)
A
reward in an amount which the City Council shall from time to time determine,
is hereby offered and shall be paid to any person who furnishes to the
Sheriff’s Department information leading to the apprehension and conviction or
confession of any person who willfully defaces, destroys, damages or vandalizes
property within the City, or to an organization within this City, which
provides activities or programs for youths in this City.
(d)
Claims
for rewards under this section shall be filed with the City Clerk as are other
claims against the City. Each claim
shall:
(1)
Specifically
identify the date, location and kind of property damaged or destroyed.
(2)
Identify
by name the person who was convicted or confessed to the damage or destruction
of the property.
(3)
Identify
the court and the date upon which the conviction occurred or the place and the
date of the confession.
(e)
No
claim shall be allowed by the City Council unless the City Manager investigates
and verifies the accuracy of the claim and recommends that it be allowed.
(f)
The
City Manager is authorized and directed to cause signs containing the offer of
reward to be posted at appropriate locations in the City.”
SECTION
2. The City Council hereby declares it
would have passed this ordinance sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph,
this ordinance are severable and, if for any reason any sentence, paragraph, or
section of this ordinance shall be held invalid, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining parts of this ordinance.
SECTION
3. Publication. This Ordinance shall
take effect thirty (30) days after its final passage, and within fifteen (15)
days after its passage, the City Clerk shall cause it to be published in the
Daily Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of San Dimas
hereby designated for that purpose.
PASSED,
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 13th DAY OF APRIL, 1993
ORDINANCE NO 992
AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS
RELATING TO THE STORAGE, USE AND POSSESSION OF AEROSOL PAINT CANS, DYE
CONTAINERS, ANY TYPE MARKERS WITH A TIP LARGER THAN ¼ INCH IN WIDTH, AND TOOLS
OR INSTRUMENTS DESIGNED TO INSCRIBE OR ETCH ON GLASS OR METAL SURFACES AND
AMENDING THE SAN DIMAS MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS,
the proliferation of graffiti in this City and throughout the County of Los
Angeles is a great burden on the resources of this community in terms of the
costs of clean-up materials and labor to remove evidence of graffiti from
public rights-of-way, public vehicle traffic control signage as well as private
property, and
WHEREAS,
it is imperative that reasonable steps be taken to restrict the area with which
unsupervised juveniles may acquire aerosol paint cans, dye containers, markers
with tips larger than a ¼ inch in width and tools or instruments designed to
inscribe on glass or metal; and
WHEREAS,
it is believed that the storage or aerosol paint cans, dye containers, markers
and inscribers in a locked or secured area of the business offering them for
sale, accessible only by employees of such businesses, may result in a reduction of the incidence of
graffiti vandalism;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Dimas, California, does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION
1. Chapter 9.45 of the San Dimas
Municipal Code is hereby repealed and a new Chapter 9.45 is adopted to read as
follows:
Chapter
9.45
REGULATIONS
APPLICABLE TO THE SALE, USE AND POSSESSION OF AEROSOL PAINT CANS, DYE
CONTAINERS, MARKING PENS AND CERTAIN TOOLS OR INSTRUMENTS.
Sections:
9.45.10
Sale
of aerosol paint cans, dye containers, and certain marking pens and tools or
instruments.
9.45.20
Display
of aerosol paint cans, dye containers, and certain marking pens and tools or
instruments.
9.45.30
Possession
prohibited by minors
9.45.010 Sale of aerosol paint cans, dye
containers, and certain marking pens and tools or instruments. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell
exchange, give, or loan, or cause or permit to be sold, exchanged, given, or
loaned, any pressurized can or other container commonly known as an aerosol
paint can, dye container, or any marker with a tip larger than ¼ inch and tool
or instrument designed to inscribe on glass or metal to anyone under the age of
eighteen (18) years, unless such juvenile I sin the presence of his or her
parent or guardian. It shall be
unlawful for anyone under the age of eighteen (18) years to purchase or
otherwise obtain any aerosol paint can, dye container, markers with a tip
larger than ¼ inch and tools or instruments designed to inscribe on glass or
metal unless such juvenile is in the presence of his or her parent or
guardian.