HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 288 2002 1002ORDINANCE NO. 288
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 12.16.050 OF
CHAPTER 12. 16, PARKS, OF TITLE 12, STREETS,
SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES, OF THE MOORPARK
MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, Chapter 12.16, Title 12 of the Moorpark Municipal
Coae sets forth the requirements for City Parks; and
WHEREAS, the City Council determined that Section 12.16.050
(Excessive Noise Prohibited) of the Moorpark Municipal Code should
be amended to clarify the Municipal Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Moorpark Municipal Code, Section.
12.16.050, Chapter 12.16, Parks, of Title 12, Streets, Sidewalks
and Public Places, shall be hereby amended in its entirety to read
as follows:
12.16.050 Excessive noise prohibited.
No person shall make excessive noise through the use
of amplifying equipment, or any other means in any public
park, public open space or public recreation grounds that
tends to distract or disturb patrons or nearby residents.
No person shall use amplified sound without an amplified
sound permit issued by the city. Persons with a city
issued permit, using sound amplification equipment shall
keep the sound volume of such equipment at a level that
avoids disturbing other people using the park or nearby
residents.
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, part or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
;urisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares
that it woula have adopted this Ordinance and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections,
sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30)
days after its passage and adoption.
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SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of
original ordinances of said city; shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of
the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and
shall, within (fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption
thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark Star,
a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in section 6008 of
the Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and is hereby
designated for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
ATTEST :
Deborah S. Traffensted ity Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA )
CITY OF MOORPARK )
I, Deborah S.
Moorpark, California
that the foregoing
Council of the City
2nd day of October,
iollowinc vote:
ss.
Traffenstedt, City Clerk of the City of
3, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury
Ordinance No. 288 was adopted by the City
of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the
2002, and that the same was adopted by the
AYES: Councilmembers Harper,
and Mayor Hunter
NOES: None
ABSENT- None
ABSTAIN: None
Mikos, Millhouse, Wozniak,
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 22nd
day of October, 2002.
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
(seal)