5591ORDINANCE NO. 5591
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AMENDING
CHAPTER 13.08 OF TITLE 13 OF THE ANAHEIM
MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 13.080.110
DESIGNATING ALL PUBLIC PARKS WITHIN ANAHEIM AS
DRUG FREE ZONES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM HEREBY ORDAINS
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby finds and
declares as follows:
A) The sale of drugs to children is particularly deplorable
in that it is illegal, increases violent crime, fosters prejudice,
destroys young lives, and has disastrous effects on families, on
communities and, ultimately, on the future of our nation.
B) California Health & Safety Code Section 11380.5
authorizes the imposition of enhanced sentences in the state prison
for any person who is convicted of the possession for sale or the
sale of heroin, cocaine, cocaine base, methamphetamine, or
phencyclidine (PCP), if the violation occurred upon the grounds of a
public park, including adjacent public parking lots and sidewalks,
provided (1) the city council having jurisdiction over the public
park adopts an ordinance designating the public park as a "drug-free
zone" pursuant to that code section, and (2) notice of the law is
posted at the public park.
C) "Drug-free zones" not only result in enhanced punishment
for persons arrested and convicted of selling drugs upon the grounds
of a public park, but also symbolize the City's commitment to
eliminating the use and sale of illegal drugs within the City.
SECTION 2.
That Chapter 13.08 of Title 13 of the Anaheim Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding Section 13.08.110,
which section shall read as follows:
"13.08.110 DESIGNATION OF PUBLIC PARKS AS DRUG-FREE
ZONES
.010 All public parks within and under the
jurisdiction of the City of Anaheim, including
adjacent public parking lots and sidewalks, are hereby
designated "drug-free zones" within the meaning of
California Health & Safety Code Section 11380.5."
SECTION 3.
The Director of the Department of Community Services shall
cause signs to be posted at all public parks hereby designated "drug-
free zones" providing notice of the enhanced penalties authorized by
California Health & Safety Code Section 11380.5 as result of the
designation of the public parks as "drug-free zones."
SECTION 4.
The Orange County Office of the District Attorney shall be
advised of the City's adoption of this Ordinance as part of its
continuing war against drugs, and encouraged to seek enhanced prison
sentences for those persons convicted of the crime of possession for
sale or the sale of the illegal drugs enumerated in California Health
& Safety Code Section 11380.5.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares
that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this
ordinance of the Code, hereby adopted, be declared for any reason to
be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that it would have passed
all other portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination
herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid.
SECTION 6. SAVINGS CLAUSE
Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal of
any other ordinance of this City shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a
waiver of any license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable
to any violation thereof. The provisions of this ordinance, insofar
as they are substantially the same as ordinance provisions previously
adopted by the City relating to the same subject matter, shall be
construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new
enactments.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Anaheim this 11th aX 0 Aarch 1997.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 5591 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Anaheim, held on the 25th day of February, 1997, and that the same was duly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 11 th day of March, 1997, by the
following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: McCracken, Tait, Zemel, Lopez, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Ordinance No.
5591 on the 11th day of March, 1997.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of Anaheim this 11 th day of March, 1997.
CITY CLERK Of THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is the original of Ordinance No. 5591 and was published once in the North County News on
the 20th day of March, 1997.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM