HomeMy WebLinkAbout94-1 - Regarding Regulation of Security Guard UniformsORDINANCE NO. 94 -1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH REGARDING REGULATION OF
• SECURITY GUARD UNIFORMS.
The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby
ordain that Section 10.12.020 shall be added to the Newport Beach
Municipal Code to read as follows:
10.12.020 Regulation of Security Guard Uniforms.
A. No person acting in the capacity of a private security
guard, private patrol officer, or private law enforcement officer,
shall wear any uniform which has not been certified by the Chief of
Police of the City of Newport Beach to be clearly distinguishable
from the uniforms worn by personnel of the Newport Beach Police
0 Department.
B. Any person acting in the capacity of, or operating the
business of, private security, private law enforcement, or private
patrol, shall submit uniforms to the Chief of Police for a
determination whether they are clearly distinguishable from
uniforms worn by personnel of the Newport Beach Police Department.
The Chief of Police shall render a written decision within ten (10)
days of submittal. The person or entity submitting the uniforms
shall have the right to appeal any adverse decision to the City
Manager. The appeal shall be in writing and submitted to the City
Clerk within ten (10) days of notice of the decision.
SECTION 2: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper of
the City, and it shall be effective thirty (30) days after its
adoption.
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SECTION 3: This ordinance was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, held on
the 10th day of January, 1994, and adopted on the 241h day of
January 1994, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS SANSONE, WATT,
TURNER HART COX, DEBAY
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS NONE
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS HEDGES
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ATTEST:
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