Ord 1935 - Adding Article VIII, Section 18.80.010 and 18.80.020 to Chapter 18 of the Town Code Prohibiting Public Urination or DefecationORDINANCE 1935
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ADDING ARTICLE VIII, SECTIONS 18.80.010 AND
18.80.020 TO CHAPTER 18 OF THE TOWN CODE
PROHIBITING PUBLIC URINATION OR DEFECATION
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
Chapter 18, Article VIII of the Town of Los Gatos is hereby enacted to read as
follows:
Sec 18.80.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this Section, the following words and terms shall have the
meaning ascribed to them.
(a) "Town" means the Town of Los Gatos.
(b) "Defecate" means to void excrement from the bowels.
(c) 'Public Place" means any road or street, or public school, or place of
public assemblage, or real property, building, or other space or area
which is open'to public access, and
(i) which is under public control, or
(ii) which is maintained at public expense, or
(iii) in which the Town or the County of Santa Clara, or the State
of California, or the United States, as the case may be, owns
some or all interest or which it leases.
(d) "Urinate" means to pass or discharge waste matter excreted by the
kidneys.
Sec 18.80.020 Prohibited Acts.
It shall be unlawful to urinate or to defecate in, upon, or about any public
place within the Town.
Any person violating any provision of this Section shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine according
to Section 1.10.040 of the Town Code.
SECTION II
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the
Town of Los Gatos on March 15, 1993 and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance
of the Town of Los Gatos at a meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on
April 5, 1993. This ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS
AYES: Randy Attaway, Steven Blanton, Linda Lubeck,
Mayor Joanne Benjamin
NOES: None
ABSENT: Patri Qk O'Laughlin
ABSTAIN: None
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SIGNED:
OOS OR OF THE T WN OF LOS GATOS
G ATOS, CALI ORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA