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Oxnard, California Code of Ordinances
OXNARD, CALIFORNIA CODIFIED ORDINANCES
PREFACE
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL
CHAPTER 2: ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3: EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
CHAPTER 4: PUBLIC PROJECTS; PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING
CHAPTER 5: ANIMALS AND FOWL
CHAPTER 6: EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS, AND UNFAIR PRICING
CHAPTER 7: NUISANCES
ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE II. ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES
ARTICLE III. CIVIL FINES
ARTICLE IV. CURFEW
ARTICLE V. GRAFFITI
ARTICLE VI. LARGE PARTIES, GATHERINGS OR ASSEMBLAGES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY
ARTICLE VII. NEWSRACKS
ARTICLE VIII. OFFENSES
SEC. 7-125. CONSUMPTION AND POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL.
SEC. 7-126. COMMUNITY EVENTS EXCEPTION.
SEC. 7-127. TERMINAL SALE; DEFINED.
SEC. 7-128. PERMIT REQUIRED; EXCEPTIONS.
SEC. 7-129. PROHIBITED CONDUCT.
SEC. 7-130. GOLF CLUBS IN PUBLIC PARKS.
SEC. 7-131. WARNING OF APPROACH OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROHIBITED.
SEC. 7-132. OBSTRUCTION OF MOVEMENT ON PUBLIC WAYS.
SEC. 7-133. BEGGING PROHIBITED.
SEC. 7-134. PROPRIETOR RESPONSIBLE.
SEC. 7-135. PARADES PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMIT.
SEC. 7-136. PARKS TO BE CLOSED AT DUSK; VIOLATION.
SEC. 7-137. APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO BE IN A PARK OR RECREATION AREA.
SEC. 7-138. SALE OF CONFECTION, CANDY, LIQUID OR OTHER REFRESHMENT IN WAX CONTAINERS PROHIBITED.
SEC. 7-139. UNCAPPED WELL PROHIBITED.
SEC. 7-140. ABATEMENT BY CITY.
SEC. 7-141. DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS.
SEC. 7-141.1. REPORTING LOST OR STOLEN FIREARMS.
SEC. 7-142. INTERFERENCE WITH POLICE SERVICE DOGS PROHIBITED.
SEC. 7-143. URINATION AND DEFECATION PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC.
SEC. 7-144. SKATEBOARDING, BICYCLING, ROLLER SKATING, INLINE SKATING OR RAZOR SCOOTING IN PUBLIC PARKING LOTS AND ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SEC. 7-145. USE OF OFF-STREET PARKING.
SEC. 7-146. TRESPASSING ON RIVER RIDGE GOLF COURSE.
SEC. 7-147. TAKING OFF OR LANDING OF ULTRALIGHT VEHICLES.
SEC. 7-147.1. FIREWORKS.
SEC. 7-148. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION BY MINORS PROHIBITED - PURPOSE AND INTENT.
SEC. 7-148.1. DEFINITIONS.
SEC. 7-148.2. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BY MINOR PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC PLACE, PLACE OPEN TO PUBLIC, OR PLACE NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC.
SEC. 7-148.3. HOSTING, PERMITTING, OR ALLOWING A PARTY, GATHERING, OR EVENT WHERE MINORS CONSUMING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PROHIBITED.
SEC. 7-148.4. PROTECTED ACTIVITIES.
SEC. 7-148.5. FINES.
SEC. 7-148.6. CIVIL LIABILITY FOR ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
SEC. 7-148.7. REIMBURSEMENT FOR COST OF ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
SEC. 7-148.8. RESERVATION OF LEGAL OPTIONS.
SEC. 7-148.9. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
SEC. 7-148.10. HEARING PROCEDURES.
SEC. 7-148.11. DECISION.
SEC. 7-148.12. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
SEC. 7-148.13. COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT FINES.
SEC. 7-149. RESIDENTIAL YARD SALES.
ARTICLE IX. PROPERTY CONSERVATION
ARTICLE X. SHOPPING CARTS
ARTICLE XI. SOUND REGULATION
ARTICLE XII. INLAND WATERWAYS
ARTICLE XIII. GRANDFATHERED ESTABLISHMENTS SELLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
ARTICLE XIV. REGULATION OF PRIVATE PATROL OPERATORS, PROPRIETARY PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICERS, AND SECURITY OFFICERS
ARTICLE XV. PUBLIC LIBRARY RULES OF CONDUCT AND EXCLUSION PROCESS
ARTICLE XVI. RESERVED
ARTICLE XVII. REGULATION OF SMOKING
ARTICLE XVIII. ORMOND BEACH REGULATIONS
ARTICLE XIX. RECORDING NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS
ARTICLE XX. REGULATIONS ON CAMPING
ARTICLE XXI. PARK AND PARK FACILITY EXCLUSION
ARTICLE XXII. PROHIBITION ON AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING AND SOLICITATION
ARTICLE XXIII. BRIDGE JUMPING PROHIBITED
ARTICLE XXIV. SINGLE-USE FOODWARE ACCESSORIES AND STANDARD CONDIMENTS
ARTICLE XXVI. ELECTION SIGNS
CHAPTER 8: VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 9: ADVERTISING
CHAPTER 10: BINGO GAMES
CHAPTER 11: PERMITS
CHAPTER 12: GAMBLING
CHAPTER 13: ASSESSMENTS, FEES AND TAXES
CHAPTER 14: BUILDING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 15: SUBDIVISIONS
CHAPTER 16: ZONING CODE
CHAPTER 17: COASTAL ZONING
CHAPTER 18: FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 19: PUBLIC WORKS
CHAPTER 20: TREES; SHRUBS
CHAPTER 21: UNDERGROUND UTILITIES
CHAPTER 22: WATER
CHAPTER 23: CABLE, VIDEO, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS
CHAPTER 24: MOBILE HOME PARKS
CHAPTER 25: SURFACE MINING
CHAPTER 26: OXNARD PERMIT SIMPLICITY ACT
CHAPTER 27: TENANT PROTECTION AND RENT STABILIZATION
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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SEC. 7-138. SALE OF CONFECTION, CANDY, LIQUID OR OTHER REFRESHMENT IN WAX CONTAINERS PROHIBITED.
   No person in the city shall give away, sell or offer to sell any confection, candy, liquid or other refreshment in wax or paraffin containers, or other containers which when discarded upon a sidewalk or street will create a waxy, oily or greasy condition. This section shall not be construed to prohibit merchandising of products in paper or cardboard containers which are coated with paraffin or wax.
(`64 Code, Sec. 20-18) (Ord. No. 2452)
SEC. 7-139. UNCAPPED WELL PROHIBITED.
   No person shall maintain or permit to be maintained or for any reason to own or control any real property on which there is maintained or permitted to be maintained any uncapped or unguarded well, cistern, oil sump or other earthen sump, excavation or hole likely to produce bodily injury to persons as a result of a fall therein.
(`64 Code, Sec. 20-19) (Ord. No. 2452)
SEC. 7-140. ABATEMENT BY CITY.
   The existence of any condition described in section 7-139 is hereby declared to be and is made a public nuisance. All such nuisances reported to or discovered by the city shall be abated in the manner provided by law.
(`64 Code, Sec. 20-20) (Ord. No. 2452)
SEC. 7-141. DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS.
   (A)   No person shall fire, shoot or discharge within the limits of the city any gun, rifle, pistol or other firearm, or any air gun, air rifle or air pistol, or any spring gun, spring rifle or spring pistol, or any carbon dioxide or other gas-operated gun, rifle or pistol.
   (B)   The provisions of this section shall not apply to a peace officer in the performance of his/her duty, nor to any person:
      (1)   While shooting in a municipally licensed or municipally owned or operated shooting gallery, pistol or target range;
      (2)   While shooting an air gun, air rifle or air pistol, or any spring gun, spring rifle or spring pistol, or any carbon dioxide or other gas operated gun, rifle or pistol in any private place or location constructed such that it is not possible for the ammunition, projectiles or other objects expelled by such guns, rifles or pistols to escape the place or location;
      (3)   While shooting in the course of the lawful protection of crops grown for sale on property consisting of five or more acres devoted to agricultural uses;
      (4)   While shooting in and as a part of an adult supervised training program or curriculum of any public or private school or club or association organized for instruction in the use of firearms in any place or location specified in and regulated by this chapter or from which the ammunition, projectile or other objects expelled by the weapons used cannot escape; or
      (5)   While lawfully defending life or property.
   (C)   If the person shooting under this chapter is a minor then he/she shall be supervised by an adult person who is present when the minor is shooting.
   (D)   Any adult person who has care, custody or control of a minor and who suffers or permits the minor to discharge a weapon in violation of this section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   (E)   In any prosecution charging an adult with suffering or permitting a minor to discharge a weapon in violation of this section, proof of the people of the State that an adult had care, custody or control of the minor discharging the weapon shall constitute prima facie evidence that the adult suffered or permitted the minor to discharge the weapon and that the adult had the duty and power to prevent the discharge of the weapon.
(`64 Code, Sec. 20-21) (Ord. No. 2401, 2452)
SEC. 7-141.1. REPORTING LOST OR STOLEN FIREARMS.
   (A)   Any person residing or doing business in the city who owns or possesses a firearm, as defined in the California Penal Code, shall report the theft or loss of the firearm to the police department within 72 hours after his or her discovery or knowledge of the theft or loss.
   (B)   Any person residing or doing business in the city who has experienced the loss or theft of a firearm, as defined in the California Penal Code, in the city within the five years prior to November 23, 2007, without the firearm having been recovered during such time, shall report the theft or loss to the police department within 90 days of November 23, 2007.
(Ord. No. 2757)
SEC. 7-142. INTERFERENCE WITH POLICE SERVICE DOGS PROHIBITED.
   (A)   No person shall willfully interfere with any police service dog while such dog is being utilized by any peace officer or employee of the city in the performance of any functions of the city.
   (B)   Interfere, as used in this section, shall include teasing, taunting, striking, shooting at or near, distracting, restraining, injuring, directing or urging any other animal to attack, or in any other manner hindering such dog or delaying or preventing it from performing its functions.
(`64 Code, Sec. 20-22) (Ord. No. 2452)
SEC. 7-143. URINATION AND DEFECATION PROHIBITED IN PUBLIC.
   No person shall urinate or defecate upon any street, sidewalk, parkway, alley or other place exposed to public view within the city.
(`64 Code, Sec. 20-23) (Ord. No. 2452)
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