A. 
For purposes of this section, the word "highway" shall be defined by the California Streets and Highways Code Section 660 and California Vehicle Code Section 590 and 591.
B. 
Any vehicle or structure parked or placed wholly or partly within any county highway, for the purpose of selling such vehicle or structure or selling wares in or from such vehicle or structure constitutes a public nuisance and the county sheriff may immediately have such vehicle or structure removed from within any such highway.
C. 
Any person parking any such vehicle or placing any such structure wholly or partly within any such highway for the purpose of selling such vehicle or structure and any person selling, displaying for sale, or offering for sale any wares either in or from any such vehicle or structure so parked or placed is guilty of a misdemeanor.
D. 
The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a seller from taking orders or delivering any commodity from a vehicle on that part of any county highway immediately adjacent to the premises of the purchases.
E. 
This section is enacted because the board finds that the actions described cause assemblages on the highway that endanger lives and property.
(Prior code § 5.700)
A. 
For purposes of this section, "advertising materials" means all signs, posters, pictures, maps, pamphlets, and other advertising devices of any kind, except election materials exclusively related to issues or candidates in any district, city, county, state or federal election.
B. 
Names and Addresses Required. It is required that for any person to distribute, deposit or hand out any commercial or noncommercial handbill in any place, under any circumstances, must have printed on the cover, front or back thereof, the name and address of the following:
1. 
The person who printed, wrote, compiled or manufactured the handbill;
2. 
The person who caused the handbill to be distributed provided, however, that in the case of a fictitious person or club, in addition to such fictitious name, the true names and addresses of the owners, managers or agents of the person sponsoring the handbill shall also appear thereon.
C. 
Distribution Upon Streets or Other Public Areas to Pedestrians or Vehicles. It is unlawful for any person to post, stick, stamp, paint, or otherwise affix, or cause same to be done by any person, any notice, placard bill, card, poster, advertisement or other paper or device calculated to attract attention of the public, to or upon any vehicle, sidewalk, crosswalk, curb or curbstone, or any other portion or part of any public way or public place, or any lamp post, electric light, telephone pole, hydrant, or like structures. This section shall not apply when distribution is to one willing to receive such advertising materials or when the owner or occupant of a vehicle shall consent.
D. 
Distribution Upon Residences. It is unlawful to leave advertising matter on a personal residence or in an apartment complex; provided, that this section shall not apply when distribution is to an owner or occupant willing to receive such advertising materials.
E. 
Distribution in Mailboxes. It is unlawful to place in or upon any private mailbox, which is so marked or designated as to show that it is intended as a place of deposit for U.S. mail, any advertising materials which has not been regularly sent through the U.S. mail.
(Prior code § 5.705)
A. 
Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Blinder racks"
means any opaque item or device which rests on or in front of harmful matter in such a way to protect minors from such viewing.
"Business establishment"
means any indoor or outdoor commercial enterprise which distributes or exhibits harmful matter in such a way that these materials can be viewed by patrons inside the enterprise or the general public from public property.
"Harmful matter"
shall be the same meaning as that term is defined in California Penal Code, Section 313(a), and as that section may hereafter be amended.
"Minor"
means any person who is under the age of 21 years.
"Newsrack" or "vending device"
means a privately owned mechanism which is located upon public property or located on private property within a business establishment in such a manner that the contents can be viewed by patrons or members of the general public, and contains harmful matter which can be seen by the general public.
"Public property"
means any sidewalk, pathway or street which is open to and traveled or utilized by members of the general public, whether legal title to such property is privately held or vested in a public agency including, but not limited to, common areas in shopping malls frequented by patrons to gain access to retail enterprises, and parks land, or buildings operated by or in which a public agency possesses a property interest, which are open to members of the general public.
B. 
Purpose. This section is enacted pursuant to the authority conferred by the California Penal Code, Section 313 and pursuant to police powers vested in the county by Article XI of Section 7 of the California Constitution. The board of supervisors finds that the display or exhibition to minors of harmful matter as defined by California Penal Code, Section 313 threatens the morals and character of the youth of this county. It is the intent of this section to require business establishments open to members of the general public to either prevent minors from entering certain areas or shield harmful matter, which minors may see, with blinder racks in the manner prescribed in this section. It is also the purpose of this section to require blinder racks shielding harmful matter which may be viewed by minors from public property.
C. 
Display in Business Establishments. It is unlawful for any person to own, operate or maintain any business establishment within the unincorporated area of the county to which members of the general public are admitted, unless at the time any minor is within the establishment, blinder racks are placed in front of all harmful matter subject to view by patrons.
D. 
Display in Newsracks or Vending Devices. It is unlawful for any person to own, operate or maintain a newsrack or vending device within the unincorporated area of the county, unless blinder racks are placed in front of the harmful matter thereon or contained therein.
E. 
Exhibition in Display Windows. It is unlawful for any person who owns, operates or maintains a business establishment within the unincorporated area of the county to place harmful matter in a display window within the establishment in such a manner that the harmful matter can be viewed by members of the general public from public property, unless blinder racks are placed in front of the harmful matter.
(Prior code § 5.710)
A. 
It is the declared policy of the county of Placer to preserve, protect and encourage the development and improvement of its agricultural land for the production of food and other agricultural products. When nonagricultural land uses extend into the agricultural areas, agricultural operations often become the subject of nuisance suits. As a result, agricultural operations are sometimes forced to cease or are substantially curtailed. Others may be discourages from making investments in agricultural improvements. It is the purpose of this section to reduce the loss to the county of its commercial agricultural resources by limiting the circumstances under which agricultural operations may be deemed to constitute a nuisance.
B. 
No agricultural activity, operation, or facility, or appurtenances thereof, conducted or maintained for commercial purposes, and in a manner consistent with proper and accepted customs and standards, as established and followed by similar agricultural operations, shall be or become a nuisance, private or public, due to any changed condition in or about the locality, after the same has been in operation for more than one year if it was not a nuisance at the time it began.
C. 
For purpose of this section, the term "agricultural activity, operation, or facility, or appurtenances thereof" shall include, but not be limited to, the cultivation and tillage of soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any agricultural commodity including timber, Christmas trees, viticulture, apiculture, nursery stock, or horticulture, the raising of livestock, fur bearing animals, fish, or poultry, and game birds, and any practices performed by a farmer or on a farm as incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, including preparation for market, delivery to storage, or to market, or to carriers for transportation to market.
D. 
For the purpose of this section, commercial "agriculture" means those agricultural lands in designated areas, or those lands that are within the California Land Conservation Act, or within a timber preserve zone or those lands that produce a gross annual income of $4,500 from the sale of agricultural products.
E. 
Each prospective buyer of property in unincorporated Placer County shall be informed by the seller or his/her authorized agent of the right-to-farm ordinance. The seller or his/her authorized agent will keep on file a disclosure statement signed by the buyer with the escrow process.
F. 
Whenever a building designated for residential occupancy is to be located on property in the unincorporated area of Placer County, the owners of the property, or their authorized agent, shall acknowledge receipt of the right-to-farm ordinance.
(Prior code § 5.715; Ord. 4983-B, 1999)
A. 
Except as otherwise provided herein, it shall be unlawful for any person to solicit donations, orders, sales, subscriptions, or business of any kind in any county building.
B. 
Except with the approval of the county executive or the county purchasing agent, it is unlawful for any person to solicit orders, sales, subscriptions, or business of any kind from any county department.
C. 
Nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent a vendor from soliciting orders from the county purchasing department.
(Prior code § 12.31)
A. 
Private Patrol Operator Defined. A private patrol operator of a private patrol service is a person as defined in subsection (a) of Section 4582.1 of the California Business and Professions Code.
B. 
Restrictions on Uniforms and Vehicles. No uniform or insignia shall be used in connection with a private patrol service unless and until the uniform or insignia shall have received the written approval of the sheriff of the county of Placer as being clearly distinguishable from the uniform and insignia used by law enforcement officers in Placer County.
C. 
Restrictions on Vehicles. No vehicle bearing any markings, color, or insignia shall be used in connection with any private patrol service unless it shall have received the written approval of the sheriff of the county of Placer as being clearly distinguishable from the vehicles used by law enforcement officers in Placer County.
D. 
Violation. Any person violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 12.80; Ord. 5006-B, 1999)
A. 
Purpose and Intent. The board of supervisors recognizes that the establishment and operation of a syringe services program will increase improperly disposed needles which pose a serious risk to the public health, safety and welfare, given the potential for personal bodily injury, property damage, and contaminated waterways. It is the purpose and intent of this section to prohibit the establishment, operation, use, and/or participation in a syringe services program within the unincorporated areas of the county to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare of its residents.
B. 
Definition. "Syringe services program" means a program authorized by the County of Placer or the California Department of Public Health and operating within the County of Placer that acts as a point of access to health education and care for people who inject drugs, where hypodermic needles and/or syringes are dispensed, or where used syringes are collected pursuant to the authority of Chapter 18 of Part 4 of Division 105 of the California Health and Safety Code, or successor section or chapter thereof, such that persons participating in and/or operating such programs are exempt from criminal prosecution for acts related to the possession of needles and/or syringes.
C. 
Prohibition. It is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to create, establish, operate, conduct, or participate in a syringe services program within the unincorporated areas of the county of Placer.
D. 
Conformance to Law. The provisions of this section shall be interpreted in accordance with otherwise applicable state and federal law(s) and will not apply if determined by the county to be in violation of any such law(s).
(Ord. 6226-B, 10/17/2023)