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ORDINANCE NO. 95 -778
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY AMENDING THE TEMPLE
CITY MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING ARTICLE W,
CHAPTER 10 TO THE TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATIVE TO CAMPING AND STORAGE OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article IV, Chapter 10 of the Temple City Municipal Code is hereby added to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 1V - LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 10 - CAMPING AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
5000. PURPOSE.
The public streets and areas within the City of Temple City should be readily accessible
and available to residents and the public at large. The use of these areas for camping
purposes or storage of personal property interferes with the rights of others to use the
areas for which they were intended. The purpose of this Chapter is to maintain public
streets and areas within the City of Temple City in a clean and accessible condition.
5001. DEFINITIONS.
Unless the particular provisions or the context otherwise requires, the defmitions
contained in this section shall govern construction, meaning and application of words and
phrases used in this Chapter.
A. Camp means to pitch or occupy camp facilities; to live temporarily in a camp
facility or outdoors; to use camp paraphernalia.
B. Camp facilities include, but are not limited to, tents, huts or temporary shelters.
C. Camp paraphernalia includes, but is not limited to, tarpaulins, cots, beds,
sleeping bags, hammocks or non -city designated cooking facilities and similar
equipment.
D. Park means the same as defmed in Section 3500 of this Code.
E. Store means to put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put for
safekeeping, to place or leave in a location.
F. Street means the same as defmed in Section 3400 of this Code.
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5001. UNLAWFUL CAMPING.
It shall be unlawful for any person to camp, occupy camp facilities or use camp
paraphernalia in the following areas, except as otherwise provided:
A. any park;
B. any street;
C. any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved.
5002. STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN PUBLIC PLACES.
It shall be unlawful for any person to store personal property, including camp facilities and
camp paraphernalia, in the following areas, except as otherwise provided by resolution of
the City Council:
A. any park;
B. any street;
C. any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk of the City of Temple City shall certify to the passage and adoption
of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in the Pasadena Star News, a newspaper
circulated in the City of Temple City.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of June, 1995.
ATTEST:
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MAYOR
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 95 -778, was introduced at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple City held on the 16th day of May, 1995 and was
duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council, approved and signed by the Mayor and attested by the
City Clerk at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of June, 1995, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilman - Budds, Gillanders, Souder, Wilson, Breazeal
NOES: Councilman -None
ABSENT: Councilman-None
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