HomeMy Public PortalAbout07-1382ORDINANCE NO. 07 -1382
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON,
CALIFORNIA, PROHIBITING CRUISING ON CITY STREETS
WHEREAS, the City Council for the city of Carson is concerned with the occurrence of
cruising by residents of and visitors to the city; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that vehicles cruising the city's streets create
unnecessary traffic congestion and has the secondary effect of causing additional pollution within
the city; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that enacting regulations to regulate cruising will
discourage cruising within the city.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. A new Section 3245, et seq., is hereby added to the Carson Municipal Code
to read as follows:
§ 3245 Cruising Regulations.
Sections:
§ 3245.1 Cruising Prohibited.
§ 3245.2 Definitions.
§ 3245.3 Establishment of Traffic Control Points.
§ 3245.4 Exceptions.
§ 3245.5 Penalty for Cruising & Successive Violations.
§ 3245.1 Cruising Prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to engage in cruising, as
defined in Section 3245.2, upon any of the streets or highways
within the city of Carson.
§ 3245.2 Definitions.
(a) "Cruising" means (i) the driving of a motor
vehicle two or more times within a six -hour
period past a traffic control point in traffic that
is congested at or near a traffic control point,
as determined by the ranking Los Angeles
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County Sheriff's Deputy on duty within, or
near, the area affected by traffic congestion, or
his or her designee, (ii) after the vehicle's
operator has been given an adequate written
notice that further driving past the traffic control
point will be in violation of Section 3245, et
seq., and (iii) when the vehicle is being driven
on a portion of a street identified as being
subject to cruising controls by signs posted at
the beginning and end of the controlled portion
of the roadway, which signs clearly state the
appropriate provisions of Section 3245, et seq.,
and California Vehicle Code § 21100(k).
(b) A "traffic control point" means a location
utilized as an observation point by the Los
Angeles County Sheriff's Department to
monitor traffic for potential violations of Section
3245, et seq.
§ 3245.3 Establishment of Traffic Control Points.
The ranking Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy,
having determined that an area is affected by traffic
congestion, may establish one or more traffic control
points at or near such area to regulate cruising.
Every traffic control point shall be evidenced by the
placement of signs prohibiting cruising and briefly
stating the appropriate provisions of Section 3245, et
seq., and California Vehicle Code § 21100(k) at the
beginning and at the end of the street or highway or
portion of street or highway subject to cruising
controls. The ranking Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Deputy within, or near, the area affected by traffic
congestion, or his or her designee, shall be empowered
to post any signs required to implement the provisions
of Section 3245, et seq.
§ 3245.4 Exceptions.
Section 3245, et seq. shall not apply to:
(a) Any authorized emergency vehicle as defined in
Section 165 of the California Vehicle Code;
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Section 2.
(b) Any publicly -owned vehicle of any city, county,
district, state or federal agency;
(c) Any vehicle licensed for public transportation or
vehicles which are normally used for business
purposes and are engaged in such business use;
or
(d) Any person operating a motor vehicle or
passenger therein whose residence or place of
employment is either located upon property
immediately contiguous to or is directly
accessed from any street or highway subject to
cruising controls if such person displays
satisfactory proof of such residence or place of
employment at the traffic control point.
§ 3245.5 Penalty for Cruising & Successive Violations.
Any person convicted of cruising, as defined in Section
3245.2, shall be guilty of an infraction, punishable
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1200 of the
Carson Municipal Code.
Each successive time, within a six -hour period, that a
vehicle is driven past a traffic control point following
receipt of the written notice described in Section
3245.2(a) shall constitute a separate violation of Section
3245, et seq., and no additional notice to the driver of
such vehicle shall be required prior to the issuance of a
subsequent citation, or arrest.
If any provision(s) of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any other
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be severable. The City Council hereby declares that they would
have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, part or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, parts or portions thereof be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and shall cause
the same to be posted and published in the manner required by law.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days following its adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 19th day of June, 2007.
Mayor Jim Dear
ATTEST:
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City Clerk Helen . Kawag oe
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 07-
1382 passed first reading on June 5, 2007, was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at
a regular meeting of said Council, held on the 19th day of June, 2007, and that the same was passed and
adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
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Mayor Dear, Santarina, Williams, Gipson, and Davis - Holmes
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