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ORDINANCE NO. 84 -28
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 12.08 OF
THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
THE REGULATION OF CRUISING
SECTION 1. Chapter 12.08 is hereby amended to add
Section 135, which shall read as follows:
Section 12.08. 135 — Cruising Prohibited.
(a) The ranking peace officer within any area affected
by traffic congestion may establish traffic control points to
regulate cruising. Cruising is defined to mean the driving of a
motor vehicle past a traffic control point established on a
portion of any street identified as subject to cruising controls
by signs posted at the beginning and end of the controlled
roadway that briefly and clearly state the appropriate provisions
of this Ordinance and Section 21100 (k) of the Vehicle Code, and
after the operator of the vehicle has been given the notice
specified in this Ordinance. The ranking peace officer on duty
within the area affected by traffic congestion, or his designee,
shall be empowered to post the signs required by this Ordinance.
(b) Any person who drives a motor vehicle past any
traffic control point established by the ranking peace officer on
duty within the affected area, on a portion of any street
identified as subject to cruising controls as specified in
subsection (a), may be given written notice that further driving
past the control point will be a violation of this ordinance.
(c) No person, having driven a motor vehicle past a
traffic control point established pursuant to this section within
any 6 —hour period, and having received written notice that
further driving past the traffic control point will constitute a
violation of this section, shall again drive past that control
point while cruising controls are in effect. Each successive
trip past the traffic control point shall constitute a separate
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violation of this section, and no additional notice shall be
required prior to issuance of second or subsequent citations.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be published once in
the official newspaper of the City and the same shall be
effective 30 days after the date of its adoption. This Ordinance
was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Newport Beach held on the 26th day
of November , 1984, and was adopted on the 10th day
Of December , 1984, by the following vote, to wit:
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City Clerk
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AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS
Cox, Plummer, Maurer, Hart, Heather, Agee
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS
Strauss
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS
Mayor