HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1444 (2014)The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION I: Section 5952 — "Definitions" of the Tustin City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows (deletions shown in strikethFough text):
5952 — DEFINITIONS
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have meanings as set
forth below.
"Child" or "children" shall mean any person(s) under the age of eighteen
(18) years of age.
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"Day care center" shall mean any facility licensed by the State of
California, Department of Social Services that provides nonmedical care, on a
less than twenty- four -hour basis, to children in need of personal services,
supervision or assistance that is essential for sustaining the daily living activities,
or protecting any such child. "Day care center" does not include any "family day
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"Day care center" shall mean any facility licensed by the State of
California, Department of Social Services that provides nonmedical care, on a
less than twenty- four -hour basis, to children in need of personal services,
supervision or assistance that is essential for sustaining the daily living activities,
or protecting any such child. "Day care center" does not include any "family day
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care home" as that term is defined in California Health and Safety Code Section
1596.78.
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"Dwelling" shall mean a single - family dwelling or a multi - family dwelling.
For purposes of this chapter, dwelling shall not include any state - licensed
residential facility which serves six (6) or fewer persons and is exempted under
California Penal Code section 3003.5.
"Hotel" shall mean a commercial establishment that rents guest rooms or
suites to the public on a nightly, weekly, or monthly basis, and shall include a
motel, a bed and breakfast and an inn that operates in such capacity.
"Multifamily dwelling" shall mean a residential structure designed for the
permanent residency of two or more individuals, groups of individuals, or families
living independently. This definition shall include a duplex, apartment complex,
mobile home park, and a condominium complex, but shall not include a hotel.
"Owner's authorized agent" shall mean any natural person, firm,
association, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, organization, club,
company, limited liability company, corporation, business trust, manager, lessee,
servant, officer, or employee, authorized to act for the property owner.
"Park" shall include any indoor or outdoor area owned, leased, controlled,
maintained, or managed by a public entity, or open to the public, where children
regularly gather, and which provides recreational, cultural, and /or community
service activities including, but not limited to, playgrounds, playfields, and athletic
courts.
"Permanent resident" shall mean any person who, on a given date, has
obtained a legal right to occupy or reside in, or has already, as of that date,
occupied or resided in, a single - family or multifamily dwelling or a hotel, for more
than thirty (30) consecutive days.
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"Property owner" shall include the owner of record of real property, as
recorded in the office of the county registrar- recorder /county clerk, as well as any
partial owner, joint owner, tenant, tenant -in- common, or joint tenant, of such real
property.
"Residential exclusion zone" shall mean any area located within two
thousand (2,000) feet from the nearest property line of the subject property to the
nearest property line of a day care center, public or private school, or park. A
Ghild safety zone, but the two (2) types ef zones aFe addre6sed seE)aFately by this
Distance
from a residential exclusion zone shall be measured in a straight line, without
regard to intervening structures, from the outer boundaries of the properties on
which the residential exclusion zone is situated.
"Responsible party" shall mean a property owner and /or a property
owner's authorized agent.
"Public or private school" shall mean any place of learning including the
following: institutions of learning for minors, whether public or private, offering
instruction in those courses of study required by the California Education Code
and maintained pursuant to standards set by the State Board of Education;
nursery schools, kindergartens, Sunday schools, elementary schools, middle or
junior high schools, and senior high schools.
"Sex offender" shall mean any person who must register in accord with
California's "Sex Offender Registration Act," codified at California Penal Code
section 290 et seq., as a result of a conviction, whether upon trial or by plea of
guilty or nolo contendere, regardless of whether or not that person is on parole or
probation.
"Single- family dwelling" shall mean one (1) permanent residential dwelling
located on a single lot.
"Temporary resident" shall mean any person who, on a given date, has
obtained a legal right to occupy or reside in, or has already, as of that date,
occupied or resided in, a single - family or multifamily dwelling or a hotel, for a
period of thirty (30) consecutive days or less.
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SECTION II: Section 5953 — "Sex Offender Loitering Prohibition, Child Safety Zone;
Notice Re Community Events" of the Tustin City Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION III: Section 5961 — "Applicability of Loitering Prohibition" of the Tustin City
Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION IV: This Ordinance shall become effective on the 31St day after its adoption
on second reading.
SECTION V: If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or
phrase in this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason, held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have
passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, and
phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
subdivisions, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
for the City of Tustin on this 17th day of June, 2014.
EL YN A. MURRAY,
Mayor
ATTEST:
JEFFREY�lPARKER,
City Clerk
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I, JEFFREY C. PARKER, City Clerk and ex- officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City
Council of the City of Tustin is 5; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1441 was
duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the
3rd day of June, 2014 and was given its second reading, passed, and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 17th day of June, 2014 by the following
vote:
COUNCILPERSONS AYES:
Puckett Gomez Bernstein
(3)
COUNCILPERSONS NOES:
Murray. Nielsen
(2)
COUNCILPERSONS ABSTAINED:
None
(0)
COUNCILPERSONS ABSENT:
None
(0)
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