The city council of the City of Roseville finds and determines that:
A. 
The City of Roseville has a diverse public transportation network, consisting of various forms of alternative transportation within the Roseville Transit system. Roseville Transit includes, but is not limited to, dial-a-ride, paratransit ADA service, local fixed route buses, commuter buses, and express bus service.
B. 
Additionally, the City of Roseville partners with regional partners such as Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA), Western Placer Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (WPCTSA), Placer County Transit (PCT), Amtrak, Capital Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA), and Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) to provide a larger network of alternative transportation services to those who live, work, and leisure in Roseville.
C. 
Due to the increasing size of the City of Roseville and the increase in available alternative transportation options, it is necessary for public health and safety to establish uniform standards for conduct on and around the various alternative transportation facilities and vehicles within the City of Roseville.
D. 
This chapter shall provide a uniform standard for conduct on all Roseville Transit public transportation vehicles, as well as in and around all Roseville Transit Facilities and Partner Transit Operator Transit Facilities located within the City of Roseville.
(Ord. 6116 § 1, 2019)
For the purposes of this chapter, the words and phrases shall have the same meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Disorderly conduct.
Any of the following: consumption of alcoholic beverages on public property, public drunkenness, obstructing the free passage of pedestrians over public property, the obstruction of free passage of vehicles within the public right-of-way, littering, fighting, loud speaking or shouting, drug trafficking, lewd conduct, disturbance of the peace, brandishing a weapon pursuant to Penal Code § 417, as may be amended from time to time, conduct that violates any provision of the Roseville Municipal Code, including, but not limited to, Chapter 9.24, 10.30, 10.34, 10.37, 10.38, 10.52, 10.53, 10.56, 13.12, and such other conduct that constitutes a public nuisance or a violation of law.
Partner transit operator.
A non-Roseville Transit transportation agency or authority, including but not limited to Western Placer Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (WPCTSA), Placer County Transit (PCT), Capital Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA), Amtrak, and Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT). This does not include private transportation services such as limos, taxis, etc.
Person.
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, association, joint stock company, corporation, limited liability company, or combination of the above in whatever form or character.
Public transportation vehicle.
Any vehicle, including a bus, designed, used or maintained for carrying 10 or more persons, including the driver; or a passenger vehicle designed for carrying fewer than 10 persons, including the driver, and used to carry passengers for hire.
Roseville transit.
The City of Roseville's transit operator.
Roseville transit service policies.
The policies and procedures of Roseville Transit, as may be amended from time to time, including, but not limited to, Roseville Transit's Code of Conduct.
"Transit facilities"
shall include all Roseville Transit and Partner Transit Operator facilities, including, but not limited to, all kiosks, transit transfer points, bus shelters, bus stops, bus loading zones (as defined by Section 11.02.020), bus depots (as provided for in Chapter 19.36), passenger loading zones (as defined by Section 11.02.130), train stations, transit shelters, transit stops, transit depots, any location where transit tickets are sold or distributed, and any other physical location where public transportation vehicles or trains load or unload passengers.
(Ord. 6116 § 1, 2019)
It shall be a violation of this chapter and a public nuisance for any person to do, or cause to be done, any of the following:
A. 
Any act prohibited under Penal Code 640, as may be amended from time to time.
B. 
Any act prohibited under Penal Code Section 640.5, as may be amended from time to time.
C. 
Any act in violation of the Code of Conduct of the Roseville Transit Service Policies, as amended from time to time.
D. 
Any act in violation of a rule, policy, or procedure of a Partner Transit Operator.
E. 
Parking a vehicle in violation of any state or local law, including, but not limited to, parking a vehicle at designated bus loading zones and/or near transit facilities which are posted as a no-parking area.
F. 
Any disorderly conduct within 20 feet of any transit facility and/or public transportation vehicle.
G. 
Any act that blocks, prevents, or otherwise interferes with any public transportation vehicle or the use of any transit facilities.
(Ord. 6116 § 1, 2019)
A. 
It is unlawful and a public nuisance to violate any of the provisions of this chapter and city shall have the authority to enforce any violation of this code.
B. 
Violation of this chapter may be charged as an infraction, misdemeanor, or administrative citation in the discretion of the city attorney.
C. 
The violation of any provision of this chapter shall be and is hereby declared to be contrary to the public interest and shall, at the discretion of city, create a cause of action for injunctive relief.
D. 
In addition to the civil remedies and criminal penalties set forth herein, any person that violates the provisions of this chapter may be subject to administrative remedies, as set forth by city ordinance.
E. 
Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies, procedures and penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to any others available under state law or other city ordinances.
(Ord. 6116 § 1, 2019)
The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable. If any section, sentence, clause, phrase, word, portion or provision of the ordinance codified in this chapter is held invalid, or unconstitutional, or unenforceable, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect, impair, or invalidate any other section, sentence, clause, phrase, word, portion, or provision of said ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid portion. In adopting said ordinance, the city council affirmatively declares that it would have approved and adopted said ordinance even without any portion which may be held invalid or unenforceable.
(Ord. 6116 § 1, 2019)