City Council

11B. APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 1156 - ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 12.38\n(OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND FACILITIES) TO TITLE 12\n(STREETS AND SIDEWALKS) PROHIBITING INTERFERENCE WITH THE PUBLIC’S\nRIGHT OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC STREETS, SIDEWALKS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND\nFACILITIES\nAt its November 26, 2024 meeting, the City Council introduced proposed Ordinance No.\n1156 to create regulations prohibiting sleeping, sitting, and laying and/or storing personal\nproperty in a manner that interferes with the public’s access to public streets, sidewalks,\nrights-of-way, and facilities. As part of the Ordinance’s first reading, the Council\nincorporated additional regulations prohibiting sleeping, sitting, laying, and/or storing\npersonal property in a manner that interferes with (1) critical infrastructure such as power\nplants, energy plants, or similar facilities, utility poles, and storm drains, and (2) the\npublic’s access to, and safe ingress and egress from, senior residential projects and\nresidential care facilities for the elderly. The Council will consider conducting second\nreading of Ordinance No. 1156.\nDecember 10, 2024\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\n1. City Clerk read the title of Ordinance No. 1156, entitled:\n“AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STANTON,\nCALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE STANTON MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING\nCHAPTER 12.38 (OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND\nFACILITIES) TO TITLE 12 (STREETS AND SIDEWALKS) PROHIBITING\nINTERFERENCE WITH THE PUBLIC’S RIGHT OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC\nSTREETS, SIDEWALKS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND FACILITIES”; and\n2. City Council adopt Ordinance No. 1156.