6590ORDINANCE NO. 6 5 9 0
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ADDING
CHAPTER 11.13 (PROHIBITION ON REPAIR AND SALES OF
BICYCLES AND BICYCLE PARTS IN PUBLIC AREAS) TO
TITLE 11 (PUBLIC PROPERTY) OF THE ANAHEIM
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT BIKE SALES AND BIKE
REPAIRS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim is a leader in Orange County in providing bicycle
infrastructure, with miles of bicycle trails and pathways throughout the City;
WHEREAS, between June 17, 2023 and September 29, 2024, approximately 477 incidents
of bicycle and bicycle part recovery in public areas, including in public parks, were documented
throughout the City of Anaheim ("City");
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Police Department frequently encounters bicycle chop shops in
and around City of Anaheim parks and public spaces, where bicycles and parts are traded for illegal
drugs and other items, contributing to the attraction of additional criminal activities in these areas;
WHEREAS, between 2019 and 2023, reported bicycle thefts in the City of Anaheim
averaged 255 per year, for a total of 1,276 stolen bicycles. The actual number of thefts are believed
to be much higher because many thefts go unreported;
WHEREAS, many of these bicycles are also dismantled in public areas and sold within
days of being stolen, and thus there is a narrow window for bicycles to be recovered while they
are being taken apart in public spaces before being sold;
WHEREAS, prohibiting such activity and allowing removal of bicycles and/ or bicycle
parts from the public right-of-way and public property will help clear the public right-of-way and
public property, prevent unauthorized commercial activity in these areas, and, if any items are lost
or stolen, restore those items to their lawful owners and deter future bicycle thefts;
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that this ordinance is not subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and
15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it will not result in a direct or reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment as there is no possibility it will have a
significant effect on the environment and it is not a "project', as defined in Section 15378 of the
CEQA Guidelines.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That Chapter 11.13 is hereby added to Title 11 of the Anaheim Municipal Code to read in
full as follows:
"CHAPTER 11.13 PROHIBITION ON REPAIR AND SALES OF BICYCLES AND
BICYCLE PARTS IN PUBLIC AREAS
11.13.010 Purpose and Intent
.010 The purpose and intent of this Chapter is to prohibit the repair or sale of bicycles
or bicycle parts in Public Areas in the City of Anaheim in order to protect the public from
obstruction of Public Areas occurring as a result of persons utilizing public property, public
sidewalks, public parks, and other Public Areas for the repair, dismantling, and sale of bicycles
and bicycle parts. Further, the purpose and intent of this Chapter also includes a desire to decrease
bicycle thefts and illegal or black market sales of bicycles and bicycle parts.
11.13.020 Repair and sales of bicycles and bicycle parts in Public Areas prohibited
.010 Except where otherwise stated in this article, no person shall assemble,
disassemble, sell, offer to sell, distribute, offer to distribute or store the following items in any
Public Area within the City:
(a) Three (3) or more bicycles;
(b) A bicycle frame with the gear cables or brake cables that are inoperable,
cut, or missing;
(c) Two (2) or more bicycles with missing parts; or
(d) Five (5) or more bicycle parts.
.020 For purposes of this Chapter, "parts" shall mean handlebars, wheels, forks, pedals,
cranks, seats, chains, or any other items or components that are attached to a bicycle that are
necessary for its operation.
.030 For purposes of this Chapter, "Public Area" means a public place, including, but
not limited to, any public streets, alleys, public parking lots, public parks, public rights -of -way,
parkways, public sidewalks, recreational areas or other publicly -owned or controlled property
.040 For purposes of this Chapter, "bicycle" shall include bicycle as defined in California
Vehicle Code section 231 and electric bicycle as defined in California Vehicle Code section 312.5,
as these sections are periodically amended.
.050 For purposes of this Chapter a person who was riding his or her bicycle and who
has dismounted the bicycle in the Public Area for the purpose of repairing a tire or chain or other
mechanism to render the bicycle operative shall not be in violation of this Chapter.
11.13.030 Exemptions
.010 The prohibition contained in Section 11.13.020 shall not apply when:
(a) An individual is operating under a valid City of Anaheim license or permit
authorizing such activities; or
(b) The owner of a bicycle or bicycle part is present during the repair of the
owner's single bicycle or bicycle part. Supporting evidence for a claim of lawful ownership may
include, but is not limited to, video or photographic evidence, a bill of sale or receipt, the correct
serial number or other identifying information unique to the bicycle, bicycle registration, or a
bicycle license.
11.13.040 Enforcement provisions
.010 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Code, each violation of the provisions
of this Chapter may be enforced alternatively as follows:
(a) A violation of this Chapter may be punishable as a misdemeanor or an infraction at
the discretion of the City Attorney; or
(b) The City Attorney may institute an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to
restrain, enjoin or abate the condition(s) found to be in violation of the provisions of this Chapter,
as provided by law."
SECTION 2. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION.
The City Council finds the introduction and adoption of this Ordinance is not subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity
will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment)
and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines,
California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential to cause
a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly).
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares that should any section,
paragraph, sentence, phrase, term or word of this Ordinance be declared for any reason to be
invalid, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have adopted all other portions of this
ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid.
If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, 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 section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause and phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one (or more) section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. CERTIFICATION.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
printed once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper of
general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Anaheim.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after its final
passage.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Anaheim held on the g day of October , 2024, and thereafter passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 2c) day of October , 2024,
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Aitken and Council Members Kurtz, Diaz,
Leon, Rubalcava, Faessel and Meeks
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
CITY OF ANAHEIM
By:
MAYOR OF CITY OF ANAHEIM
Y CLE K OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, THERESA BASS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the
original Ordinance No. 6590 introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Anaheim, held on the 8th day of October, 2024, and that the same was duly passed and adopted
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 29th day of October. 2024, by the following
vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Aitken and Council Members Kurtz, Diaz, Leon, Rubalcava,
Faessel and Meeks
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 301 of October. 2024.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
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clerk of the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper that has been
adjudged to be a newspaper of general circulation by the
Superior Court of the County of Orange County, State of
California, on December 28, 1951, Case No. A-21021 in and
for the City of Anaheim, County of Orange County, State of
California; that the notice, of which the annexed is a true
printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire
issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on
the following dates, to wit:
1110712024
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laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and
correct:
Executed at Anaheim, Orange County, California, on
Date: Nov 7, 2024.
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SUMMARY PUBLICATION
CITY OF ANAHEIM
ORDINANCE NO. 6590
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ADDING CHAPTER 11.13 (PROHIBITION ON
REPAIR AND SALES OF BICYCLES AND BICYCLE
PARTS IN PUBLIC AREAS) TOTITLE 11 (PUBLIC
PROPERTY) OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL
CODE TO PROHIBIT BIKE
SALESAND BIKE REPAIRSON PUBLIC PROPERTY
This ordinance adds a new Chapter 11.13 ('Prohibition on Repair and Sale of Bicycles and Bicycle Parts In Public Areas)
of Title 11 ("Public Property") of the Anaheim Municipal Code (the °Code°) with respect to prohibiting the assembling,
disassembling, selling or dlstrlbuting: 1) three or more bikes, 11) a blKe frame without gear cables, Ili) two or more bikes
with missing parts, or IV) five or more bike parts, on City property.
1, Theresa Bass, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Is a summary of Ordinance No.
6590, which ordinance was Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim on the 8th day of
October, 2024 and was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Council on the 29th day of October, 2024 by the
following roll cal I vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Aitken and Council Members Kurtz, Diaz, Leon, Rubalcava, Foessel and Meeks
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
The above summary is a brief descrlptlon of the sublect matter contained In the text of Ordinance No. 6590 which has been
prepared pursuant to Section 512 of the Charter of the City of Anaheim. This summary does not Include or describe every
provision of the ordinance and should not be relied on as a substitute for the full text of the ordinance.
To obtain a copy of the full text of the ordinance, please contact the Office of the City Clerk, (714) 765-5166, between 8:00
AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. There is no charge for the copy.
Anaheim Bulletin
Published: 1117/24
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, THERESA BASS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is the original Ordinance No. 6590 and was published in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 7tn
day of November, 2024, pursuant to Section 512 of the City Charter of the City of
Anaheim.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)