[Code 1980 §16-241; CC 1990 §16-355]
It shall be unlawful for any person to stick, post, place or
maintain upon any traffic or street sign, pole, tree, post, bridge
or structure located on any street, alley, parkway, park or public
place any bill, sign, poster, notice, placard, advertisement or printed
or written matter of any kind. Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to apply to notices required by law to be posted or to official notices
given by public authority.
[Code 1980 §16-243; CC 1990 §16-357; Ord. No. 6508, 3-5-2001]
A.
Prohibited During Certain Hours. It shall be unlawful for
any person to sell, expose for sale, offer for sale at retail, give
away or otherwise dispense or distribute in the City any ice cream,
popcorn, candy, soda, snow cones, hot dogs, hamburgers, hot tamales
or other food confections in any quantity from a mobile vehicle of
any type whatsoever between the period of time from one-half (½)
hour before sunset to 10:30 A.M. the following day.
B.
Prohibited In Public Parks. Except for persons who receive
a permit to operate as a park vendor in Koch Park, it shall be unlawful
for any person to sell, expose for sale, offer for sale or otherwise
dispense or distribute any food or beverage in any quantity from a
mobile vehicle of any type whatsoever in any public park within the
City or owned by the City. However, mobile park vendors who receive
a permit shall not be permitted to operate within two hundred (200)
feet of the JFK Community Center or the Family Aquatic Center and
the mobile park vendors may be restricted from operating by the Director
of Parks and Recreation when certain events are being held at Koch
Park.
[Code 1980 §16-247; CC 1990 §16-361; Ord. No. 6397, 4-24-2000]
A.
ALARM SYSTEM
ALARM USER
AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE
DIRECT SIGNAL ALARM SYSTEM
FALSE ALARM
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following
definitions shall apply:
Any mechanical or electrical device which is designed to
be actuated manually or automatically upon the detection of an unauthorized
entry, intrusion or other emergency in or on any building, structure,
facility or premises through the emission of a sound or transmission
of a signal or message.
A person who uses an alarm system to protect any building,
structure, facility or premises.
An alarm system that automatically dials a specific telephone
number and transmits an emergency message by a recording over regular
telephone lines when actuated.
An alarm system which provides for a special telephone line
that is directly connected to the Police Department and has an outlet
at the Police Department which emits a sound or transmits a signal
or both when activated.
Any activation of an alarm system intentionally or by inadvertence,
negligence or unintentional act to which the City Police Department
responds, including activation caused by the malfunction of the alarm
system; except that the following shall not be considered false alarms:
When the Chief of Police determines that an alarm has been caused
by the malfunction of the indicator at the Police Department;
When the Chief of Police determines that an alarm has been caused
by damage, testing or repair of telephone equipment or lines by the
telephone company, provided that such incidents are promptly reported
to the telephone company;
When an alarm is caused by an attempted and unauthorized or
illegal entry, of which there is visible evidence;
When an alarm is followed by a call to the Police Department
canceling the alarm by giving proper information, prior to the arrival
of the Police Department at the source of the alarm user;
When the Chief of Police determines that an alarm has been caused
by a malfunction of electrical power beyond the control of the alarm
user.
B.
Charges For False Alarms.
2.
Upon determination by the Police Department that a false alarm has
occurred, the Police Department shall send a notice to the alarm user
notifying the alarm user of the determination and directing payment
within ten (10) days of any service charge that may be due.
3.
The Police Department shall cancel any notice or service charge upon satisfactory proof by the alarm user that a particular alarm falls within the exceptions enumerated in Subsection (A) hereof.
4.
Refusal to pay any such service charge within ten (10) days of such
notice shall constitute a violation of this Section.
C.
Automatic Dialing Of Police Department Number. No person
shall install or use an automatic dialing device which is programmed
to dial the Police Department's telephone number. Within ninety (90)
days from April 18, 1980, all automatic dialing devices programmed
to dial the Police Department's telephone number shall be reprogrammed
to dial any consenting person who may relay the emergency message
to the Police Department by live voice. The alarm user of such device
shall be responsible for having his/her alarm system reprogrammed
within the ninety (90) day time period.
D.
Fifteen Minute Timer Required. No person shall install or
use an audible alarm which is equipped with an exterior sound-producing
device such as a gong, buzzer, siren, bell or horn unless the same
shall be equipped with a fifteen (15) minute timer.
E.
License For Installation Required. Any person who installs,
maintains, sells, leases, services, repairs, alters, replaces, moves
or installs any alarm system or causes the same to be sold, leased,
maintained, serviced, repaired, altered, replaced, moved or installed
in or on any building, structure, facility or premises shall be properly
licensed under County ordinances as they pertain to the licensing
and regulation for the installation of and use of alarm systems.
F.
Registration. Any alarm user shall register such alarm system
with the Police Department of the City within one (1) week after installation.
No charge for any false alarm shall be made during the first (1st)
two (2) weeks after the registration of the alarm.
[CC 1990 §16-363; Ord. No. 5949, 3-24-1997]
A.
No
person shall, with the purpose to defraud, manufacture, make, alter,
possess, use, sell, give away, barter or trade any identification
which misrepresents the age or identity of a person under twenty-one
(21) years of age who is the intended subject of the identification.
[CC 1990 §16-364; Ord. No. 5594, 2-28-1994]
The owner, proprietor, manager or other person in charge of
any hotel, motel, lodging house, rooming house or other place where
transients are accommodated shall at all times keep a register in
which shall be ascribed the names of all of the guests or persons
renting or occupying rooms in such house, which register shall be
signed by the person renting a room or by someone under his/her direction.
The register shall include the full name of the person, their home
or business address, driver's license number, a complete description
of their vehicle including the license plate number of the vehicle
and the State issuing the license plate. Such registration shall be
made and after the names and information is ascribed in the register,
the manager or other person in charge or his/her agent shall write
the number of the room such guests or person is to occupy, together
with the time when such room is rented so as to identify the room
occupied by the person registering. All of the foregoing shall be
done before any guest is permitted to occupy a room. Such register
shall at all times be open to inspection by any Police Officer of
the City, County, State or Federal Government.
[CC 1990 §16-365; Ord. No. 5594, 2-28-1994]
No person shall write or cause to be written or knowingly permit
to be written, in any register in any hotel, motel, lodging house,
rooming house or other place whatsoever where transients are accommodated
in the City, any other or different name or designation than the true
name of the person so registered therein or the name by which the
person is generally known.
[Ord. No. 8704, 7-12-2021]
It shall be unlawful for the owner, operator or proprietor of
any business having a window opening to the exterior of the building
to install or have installed any metal bars, or grilles over the window
opening on either the exterior or interior of the building.
[CC 1990 §16-366; Ord. No. 6159, 9-28-1998; Ord. No. 7197 §1, 8-27-2005; Ord.
No. 7277 §1, 3-14-2006]
A.
For
purposes of this Section, the term "convenience business" means any place of business that is primarily engaged in the retail
sale of groceries or both groceries and gasoline. The term "convenience business" does not include:
B.
For
the protection of employees and the consumer public at late-night
convenience businesses, every operator of a convenience business shall
ensure that such operator's convenience business is equipped with
the following:
1.
A fully operational security camera system capable of recording images
at high quality so that the tapes will produce an image that will
allow law enforcement officials to identify and apprehend criminal
offenders. Such system shall have at least one (1) camera focused
on the cash register and shall maintain enough tapes or digital storage
capacity so that there is a recording for at least thirty (30) days;
2.
A drop safe or cash-management device for restricted access to cash
receipts;
3.
Lighting for parking areas and entrances at an intensity to provide
clear visibility under normal conditions which can be satisfied by
canopy lighting within ten (10) feet of the building;
4.
A conspicuous notice at the entrance which states that the cash register
contains limited funds;
5.
Height markers at the entrance of the convenience business which
display height measures;
6.
A cash management policy to limit the cash on hand at all times;
7.
A silent alarm system which shall be connected to a security company;
or a telephone, other than a pay telephone, accessible to employees
at all times;
8.
No more than ten percent (10%) of window can be obstructed with signs
that would interfere with visibility into the business;
9.
No window tinting that significantly reduces exterior or interior
view in a normal line of sight.
C.
The
operator of a convenience business shall provide each employee with
training in proper robbery deterrence and safety within sixty (60)
days of an employee's date of employment.
D.
For
purposes of this Section, "operator" means any individual
proprietor or business entity responsible for the daily operation
of the convenience business.
E.
Any
person, firm or corporation violating any provision, Section or paragraph
of this Section shall be guilty of an infraction and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) or be imprisoned for not more than ninety (90) days. Each
day a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 7420 §1, 6-13-2007]
Delivery trucks shall be prohibited from arriving, idling or
engaging in any deliveries at any shopping center or business between
certain hours, as posted on signs located on the property reflecting
that deliveries are restricted or prohibited, in accordance with any
restrictions or prohibitions that are included in any business license
or permit for the shopping center or business.
[Ord. No. 7994 §1, 9-23-2013]
No person shall engage in sporting or recreational activities,
except jogging, walking or biking, in any street or public right-of-way,
and no person shall place or permit to be placed on their property
any sport or recreational equipment in the street or a public right-of-way,
or within 12 feet of any street or public right-of-way.
