HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1998-2739-AORDINANCE NO. 2739-A
AN ORDINANCE ADDING, AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, SECTIONS
5.40.050 AND 5.40.060 TO THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITING AND PEDDLING
IN CERTAIN AREAS AND PROHIBITING THE SELLING OF TICKETS OP
ADMISSION TO PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLAGE IN PUBLIC PLACES
AND PLACES DPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
SECTION h Section 5.40.050 and Section 5.40.060 are hereby added to Chapter 5.40
of the Chula Vista Municipal Code to read as follows:
5.40.050 Soliciting, Peddling Prohibited in Certain Areas
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Chapter, it shall be unlawful for any
person, either as principal or agent, to solicit, peddle, hawk or sell or vend any goods,
wares, or merchandise, services, magazines, periodicals or other publications, or
subscriptions for the same, regularly published newspapers excepted, or offer to, or
distribute to any person any coupon, certificate, ticket or card which is redeemable in
goods, wares, merchandise, or services upon any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza or in
any park or public place with the following limits of the City of Chula Vista:
Any public area within a three (3) mile radius of the intersections of Heritage Road and
Otay Valley Road in the City of Chula Vista.
5.40.060. Selling of Tickets of Admission to Places of Public Assemblage in Public Places
and Places Open to the Public Prohibited - Exceptions
It is the purpose and intent of this ordinance to
for profit of admission tickets to places of
including, but not limited to, stadiums,
amphitheaters.
prohibit the unauthorized sale or resale
public amusement or entertainment
auditoriums, theaters, arenas and
No person shall sell or resell for profit or offer to sell or resell for profit any ticket of
admission to a place of public assemblage in or upon any public street sidewalk, park,
or other public place or in or upon any place which is open to the public, except as
otherwise provided herein.
The provisions of paragraph B of this section shall not include or apply to the sale of
such tickets at or from any ticket office, booth, or other similar place regularly and
permanently established and maintain therefor with the express permission and
authorization of the person or governmental agency in charge, care, or control or the
property where such office, booth or place is located.
D. For purposes of this section the following words and phrases are defined as follows:
"Place of Public Assemblage" shall mean every place of public amusement or
entertainment, stadium, auditorium, theater, athletic field, concert hall, arena
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or amphitheater which is open to the public upon compliance with requirements
for admission thereto.
"Place Open to the Public" shall mean every place of public amusement or
entertainment, stadium, auditorium, theater, athletic field, concert hall, arena
or amphitheater and the property upon which such place is located or any other
property contiguous thereto which is under the same care, management, or
control.
3. "For Profit" shall mean for a price higher than the face value of the ticket.
SECTION Ih Urgency Findings:
The City Council does hereby declare that this ordinance is necessary as an emergency
measure in order to preserve the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare. The
reasons for such urgency are as follows: the Universal Amphitheater will open with a concert
on July 21,1998 for which tickets of admission will be sold. Prohibiting the sales of tickets
of admission for profit and peddling or vending in the three (3) mile radius of the intersections
of Heritage Road and Otay Valley Road will ensure that traffic stoppages and congestion are
minimal to protect the public safety. The immediate enactment of the ordinance will provide
police officers with the ability to enforce the ordinance commencing with the amphitheater's
first public event on July 21,1998.
SECTION Ill: Effective Date.
Pursuant to the provisions of Charter Section 311 (d) and 312(d)(4), this ordinance shall
take effect and be in full force immediately upon the introduction and adoption hereof if
passed by at least four (4) affirmative votes of the City Council as an urgency measure.
Presented by )
Chief of Police
Approved as to form by
ny,
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 14th day of July, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES:
NAYES:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Councilmembers:
Moot, Padilia, Rindone, Salas and Horton
None
None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
~uthelet, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY QF CHULA VISTA
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2739-A was introduced and approved as an urgency measure at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 14th of July, 1998.
Executed this 14th day of July, 1998.