Ordinance No. 756 - Camping and Storage on Streets and Public AreasORDINANCE NO. 756
AN 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 Property.
(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.
LW 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:
(1) Any street;
(2) Any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved;
W 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 area, except as otherwise provided by ordinance of the city
council:
(1) Any park;
40 (2) Any street;
(3) Any public parking lot or public areas, improved or unimproved.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this / 3,v/ day of June, 1995.
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES } SS:
CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
I, Nancy Valderrama, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No.756 being:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD REGARDING
CAMPING AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ON STREETS AND PUBLIC
AREAS
was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council
on the 23rd day of May, 1995, and that thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and
passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 13th day of June, 1995, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: CLARK, TAYLOR, BRUESCH, VASQUEZ
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS IMPERIAL
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS NONE
• NANCY VALDERRAMA, City Clerk
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