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Ord 1443 - REGULATING TRAFFIC IN THE DOWNTOWN AREAORDINANCE NO. 1443 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS REGULATING TRAFFIC IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS.GATOS ORDAINS: SECTION 1 Article X is added to Chapter 16 of the Los Gatos Town Code to read: Article X Cruisin Section 16 -100 D efinitions The .following definitions apply in this Article X: (a) Central Business District means East Main Street and the area bounded by and including Blossom Hill Road from North Santa Cruz Avenue to State Highway 17, State Highway 17 to South Santa Cruz Avenue, South Santa Cruz Avenue to Broadway, Broadway to Lingley, Lingley to West Main Street, West Main Street to Bayview Avenue, Bayview Avenue to Bean Avenue, Bean Avenue to Massol Avenue, Massol Avenue.. to Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga Avenue to San Benito Avenue, San Benito Avenue to Mariposa Avenue, Mariposa Avenue to North Santa Cruz Avenue, and North Santa Cruz Avenue to Blossom Hill Road. (b) Cruising in driving a motor vehicle on a highway (1) for the sake of driving, without immediate destination, (2) at random, but on the lookout for possible developments, or (3) with the purposes of (a) sightseeing repeatedly in the same area, and (b) while driving with the purpose of socializing 9- 11 -79m J with other motorists or pedestrians. Driving emergency vehicles on patrol, taxicabs for hire, and other business vehicles for business purposes is not cruising. (c) Highway and motor vehicles are defined in Section 360 and 415, respectively, of the Vehicle Code. Section 16 -105 Crui sing Prohib Cruising is prohibited in the central business district. Section 16 -110 Penalty for Cr uising The minimum penalty for a first conviction of cruising is a $25.00 fine; for a second or subsequent conviction within one year, a $50.00 fine. SECTION 2. This ordinance takes effect 30 days after the date it is adopted. Within 15 days after this ordinance is adopted the Town Clerk shall cause it to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the Town. This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town. Council of the Town of Los Gatos on Sept. 4,1979 and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos at a regulix meeting of the Town Council on - 2 - 9- 11 -79j September 1-7 , 1979. AYES Ruth Cannon, Mardi Gualtieri, Peter W. Siemens, and John. B. Lochner NOES Thomas J. Ferrito ABSTAIN None ABSENT None SIGNED: mayor' "tliie town of Los - Gatos ATTEST: Clerk' of the Town of LOP,-Ilatos -3- 9-11-79j