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City Council Meeting 3-22-05 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2155 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA ADDING SECTION 4.08.285 TO THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL
CODE TO ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES FOR USE OF PUBLIC
RESTROOMS
WHEREAS, the City provides public restrooms for the health and benefit of all
members of the general public and these restrooms must function as shared resources;
and
WHEREAS, misuse of these public facilities makes it impossible for the facilities
to serve their intended purposes; and
WHEREAS, rules intended to ensure that public restrooms remain clean, safe
and available to all serve the general welfare; and
WHEREAS, such rules must be formulated and administered fairly and
reasonably so as to preserve and protect individual rights,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. Section 4.08.285 is hereby added to the Santa Monica Municipal
Code to read as follows:
4.08.285 Rules for use of public restrooms.
(a) The City Manager, or his or her designee, may
establish rules for the use of public restrooms which shall be
formulated to promote cleanliness, safety, access and
availability to all for the restrooms' intended purpose.
(b) Rules for the use of public restroom facilities shall
be conspicuously posted on the premises.
(c) Any person who fails or refuses to comply with the
rules shall be guilty of an infraction, which shall be
punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars,
or a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars per violation, or by
imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding
six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
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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 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 cause the same to be published once in the
official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Approved and adopted this 22nd day of March, 2005.
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Pam O'Connor, Mayor
State of Califomia )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2155 (CCS) had its introduction on March 8,2005, and was
adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on March 22, 2005, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Mayor O'Connor, Mayor Pro Tem Katz, Bloom,
Genser, Holbrook, McKeown, Shriver
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: None
ATTEST:
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Maria M. Stewart, Cit
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