The city council finds and declares that the use of marijuana,
hashish, PCP, and other illegal drugs and substances among minors
is a serious problem to the health and welfare of the city; that the
sale of devices and paraphernalia in the city for the purposes of
facilitating such use is a substantial contributing factor regarding
such problem; and that restriction of the sale of such devices to
minors and related regulations would alleviate the problem.
(Prior code § 16-7.1; Ord. 1354 § 1, 1980)
No owner, manager, proprietor, or other person in charge of
any room in any place of business shall sell, give, furnish, or permit
to be sold, given or furnished to any minor any drug paraphernalia.
(Prior code § 16-7.2; Ord. 1354 § 1, 1980)
No owner, manager, proprietor or other person in charge of any
retail establishment or portion thereof selling or displaying for
purpose of sale any drug paraphernalia shall allow or permit any minor
to be in, remain in, enter, or visit such establishment or portion
thereof.
(Prior code § 16-7.3; Ord. 1354 § 1, 1980)
No minor shall be in, enter, or visit any room or portion of
any retail establishment used for the sale or for the display of drug
paraphernalia.
(Prior code § 16-7.4; Ord. 1354 § 1, 1980)
No person shall maintain in any retail establishment to which
the public is invited the display for sale of drug paraphernalia unless
such paraphernalia is kept within a separate room or enclosure from
which minors are excluded. Each entrance to such a room shall be sign
posted in reasonably visible and legible words to the effect that
minors are prohibited.
(Prior code § 16-7.5; Ord. 1354 § 1, 1980)
No persons shall sell, give, furnish, or offer to sell, give,
or furnish any drug paraphernalia to any minor in any place open to
the public.
(Prior code § 16-7.6; Ord. 1354 § 1, 1980)
In determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia, a court
or other authority may consider, in addition to all logically relevant
factors, the following:
A. Statements
by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use;
B. Prior
convictions, if any, of any owner, or of anyone in control of the
object, under any state or federal law relating to any controlled
substance (as listed in the
Health and Safety Code);
C. Direct
or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone
in control of the object, to deliver it to persons whom he or she
knows, or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate
a violation of this chapter. The innocence of an owner, or of anyone
in control of the object, as to a direct violation of this chapter
shall not prevent a finding that the object is intended for use, or
designed for use, as drug paraphernalia;
D. Instructions,
oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use;
E. Descriptive
materials, accompanying the object which explain or depict its use;
F. National
and local advertising concerning its use;
G. The
manner in which the object is displayed for sale;
H. Whether
the owner, or anyone in control of the object, is a legitimate supplier
of like items to the community, such as a licensed distributor or
dealer of tobacco products;
I. The
existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community;
J. Expert
testimony concerning its use.
(Prior code § 16-7.7; Ord. 1354 § 1, 1980)
This chapter does not apply to:
A. Any
pharmacist or other authorized person who sells or furnishes drug
paraphernalia described in Section 6.04.050 upon the prescription
of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian;
B. Any
physician, dentist, podiatrist or veterinarian who furnishes or prescribes
drug paraphernalia described in Section 6.04.050 to his or her patients;
C. Any
manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer licensed by the California State
Board of Pharmacy to sell or transfer drug paraphernalia described
in Section 6.04.050.
(Prior code § 16-7.8; Ord. 1354 § 1, 1980)
The distribution or possession of drug paraphernalia for the
purpose of sale, exhibition, or display in any retail business from
which minors are not excluded as set forth in this chapter is declared
to be a public nuisance and may be abated pursuant to Section 731
of the
Code of Civil Procedure.
(Prior code § 16-7.9; Ord. 1354 § 1, 1980)