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CA:RMM:rmd984c/hpca
city Council Meeting 1-9-90
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER lS09(CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA
MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 4203J TO EXPAND THE
DEFINITION OF MODEL AIRCRAFT WHICH CANNOT BE USED IN
PUBLIC PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, BEACHES, OR PUBLIC
RECREATION AREAS IN THE CITY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 4203j is
amended to read as follows:
SECTION
4203j.
Remote
Control
Models.
No person shall land, take off,
release, or fly any model in any park,
playground, beach, or public recreation
area.
For purposes of this Section, model
shall mean:
(1) Any device that flies,
whether uncontrolled or controlled by
radio, wire, or string, and is powered by
internal
combustion,
electricity,
gasoline, or any other type of fuel.
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(2) Any device that flies by
whatever means weighing more than eight
ounces.
This section shall not apply to
models in any area designated by the city
for the use of such models if the person
using the model is in compliance with
posted rules governing the use of the
designated area.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of
this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no
further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to affect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether
any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall
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cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 9th day of January, 1990.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1509 (CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the city
Council on the 12th day of December 1989; that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on
the 9th day of January 1990 by the following council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Finkel, Genser, Jennings,
Katz, Reed, Mayor Zane
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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