Ordinance No. 755 - Camping and Storage on Streets and Public AreasORDINANCE NO. 755
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD REGARDING CAMPING AND STORAGE
OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ON STREETS AND PUBLIC AREAS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD HEREBY
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council finds, determines and declares:
(A) The public streets and areas within the city should be readily accessible
and available to residents and the public at large; and
(B) 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; and
(C) The purpose of this Ordinance is to maintain public streets and
areas within the city in a clean and accessible condition.
• Section 2. Article IV, Chapter 1 of the Rosemead Municipal Code is hereby amended to
include the following new sections:
4175. Camping and Storage of Personal Prol2em.
(a) Definitions. Unless the particular provisions or the context otherwise requires, the
definitions contained in this section shall govern the construction, meaning and application of words
and phrases used in this article.
(1) Camp means to pitch or occupy camp facilities; to use camp paraphernalia;
(2) Camp facilities include, but are not limited to, tents, huts or temporary
shelters;
(3) Camp paraphernalia includes, but is not limited to, tarpaulins, cots, beds,
sleeping bags, hammocks or non-city designated cooking facilities and similar
equipment;
(4) Park means the same as defined in section 10000 of this Code, adopting by
reference the Los Angeles County Parks Ordinance;
(5) 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 defined in section 1320 of this Code.
It shall be unlawful for any person to camp, occupy camp facilities or use camp paraphernalia
in the following areas, except as otherwise provided:
L121 Unlawful Camp~ns.
(1) Any street;
It shall be unlawful for any person to store personal property, including camp facilities and
camp paraphernalia, in the following area, except as otherwise provided by ordinance of the city
council:
Lcj Storage of personal property in public places.
(1) Any park;
(2) Any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved;
(2) Any street;
(3) Any public parking lot or public areas, improved or unimproved.
Section . Urgency Clause. Pursuant to the authority contained in the Government Code,
this is an urgency ordinance, which shall take effect immediately on passage. The facts constituting
the current and immediate threat to the public welfare necessitating an urgency ordinance are as
follows:
The City Council finds and determines that the camping and storage
of personal property by individuals interferes with the rights of others
to use the parks and streets and other public areas for the purposes for
which they are intended and constitutes a current and immediate
threat to the public welfare
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 23rd day of May, 1995.
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I he e certify that the foregoing Urg6ficy Ordinance
No. 7-55 was duly and regularly adopted by the Rosemead
ATTEST: City Council at a regular meeting held on the 23rd
day of May, 1995 by the following vote:
Yes : Clark, Vasquez, Bruesch, Imperial
CITY ERK No: None; Absent: Taylor; Abstain: None
CITY CLERK