The sale of drugs and narcotics paraphernalia in business establishments,
open to the public and frequented by minors, tends to induce acquisition
and use by minors for smoking, injecting or consumption of controlled
substances. Possession and use of controlled substances are prohibited
or limited, by the Controlled Substances Act, California Health and
Safety Code Sections 11000, et seq. It is the intent and purpose of
this chapter to prohibit the sale of such devices to minors, and,
thereby, curb the use of illicit and harmful drugs and narcotics by
minors in the interests of their mental and physical health.
(Ord. 1169 § 1, (1980))
No owner, manager, proprietor or other person in charge of any
room in any place of business selling, or displaying for the purpose
of sale, any opium pipe, device, contrivance, instrument or paraphernalia
for smoking, injecting or consuming any controlled substance, as specified
in the California Health and Safety Code, other than prescription
drugs and devices to ingest or inject prescription drugs, shall offer
to sell or give to any person under the age of 18 years such paraphernalia.
(Ord. 1169 § 1, (1980))
A person under the age of 18 years shall not buy, offer to buy
or accept as a gift any opium pipe, device, contrivance, instrument
or paraphernalia for unlawfully smoking or injecting or consuming
any controlled substance, prohibited under the Controlled Substances
Act, other than devices to ingest or inject prescription drugs.
(Ord. 1169 § 1, (1980))
Each owner, manager, proprietor or other person in charge of
any room in any place of business selling, or displaying for the purpose
of sale, any opium pipe, device, contrivance, instrument or paraphernalia
for smoking, injecting or consuming any controlled substance as specified
in the California Health and Safety Code, shall prominently display
a sign therein, in letters not less than two inches in height, words
to the effect that offering to sell or give to any person under the
age of 18 years any such paraphernalia, or offering to buy, buying
or accepting as a gift by a person under the age of 18 years of any
such paraphernalia, is prohibited. Such sign shall cite this chapter
of the code as the basis for the prohibition.
(Ord. 1169 § 1, (1980))
A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is declared
to be a public nuisance, and may be abated pursuant to the provisions
of Section 731 of the California Code of Civil Procedure. This remedy
is in addition to any other remedy provided by law, including the
criminal penalty provisions applicable for violation of the terms
and provisions of this code.
(Ord. 1169 § 1, (1980))
