Public streets and other public areas within the city should be readily accessible and available to residents and the public at large. The use of these areas for camping purposes or storage of personal property interferes with the rights of others to use the areas in the manner they were intended. The purpose of this chapter is to maintain public streets and other public areas within the city in a clean and accessible condition.
(Ord. 1327 § 1, 1996)
Unless the particular provisions or the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this section shall govern the construction, meaning and application of words and phrases used in this chapter.
"Camp"
means to pitch or occupy camp facilities; to live temporarily in a camp facility or outdoors; to use camp paraphernalia.
"Camp facilities"
include, but are not limited to, tents, huts, or temporary shelters.
"Camp paraphernalia"
includes, but is not limited to, tarpaulins, cots, beds, sleeping bags, hammocks or non-city-designated cooking facilities and similar equipment.
"Park"
means the same as defined in Section 12.04.010 of this code, or any successor provision thereto.
"Store"
means to put aside or accumulate for use when needed, to put for safekeeping, to place or leave in a location.
"Street"
means the same as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 590, or any successor provision thereto.
(Ord. 1327 § 1, 1996)
It is unlawful for any person to camp, occupy camp facilities or use camp paraphernalia in or on any street, any public parking lot or public area, improved or unimproved, except as otherwise provided by law.
(Ord. 1327 § 1, 1996)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sleep in any vehicle on any publicly owned property in the city at any time between dusk and dawn the next day, except as hereinafter provided. This section shall not apply to any person who, while driving, stops on public property, including any street, to sleep due to becoming too tired to drive safely. In such event, however, it shall be unlawful for any such driver to sleep in his or her vehicle on such public property for more than two consecutive hours.
(Ord. 1349 § 1, 1997)