HomeMy WebLinkAbout3063 Amending 10.46 Prohibited Camping ORDINANCE NO. 3�
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AMC CHAPTER 10.46
PROHIBITED CAMPING, CLARIFYING
SECTION 10.46.010 DEFINITIONS
Annotated to show deletions and additions to the code sections being modified. Deletions are
bold lined through and additions are bold underlined.
WHEREAS, Article 2. Section 1 of the Ashland City Charter provides:
Powers of the City. The City shall have all powers which the constitutions, statutes, and
common law of the United States and of this State expressly or impliedly grant or allow
municipalities, as fully as though this Charter specifically enumerated each of those
powers, as well as all powers not inconsistent with the foregoing; and, in addition thereto,
shall possess all powers hereinafter specifically granted. All the authority thereof shall
have perpetual succession.
WHEREAS, the City of Ashland wishes to amend Section 10.46.010 Definitions of Chapter
10.46 Prohibited Camping for greater clarity.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10.46 Prohibited Camping, Section 10.46.010 Definitions is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10. 46 Prohibited Camping
10.46.010 Definitions
Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
A. "To Camp" means to set up or to remain in or at a campsite.
B. "Campsite" means any place where bedding, sleeping bag, or other material used
for bedding purposes, or any stove, fire, or cooking apparatus, other than in a
designated picnic area, is placed, established, or maintained for the purpose of
so as to exclude the use of public
property by the general public, whether or not such place incorporates the use
of any tent, lean-to, shack, or any other structure, or any vehicle or part thereof.
SECTION 2. Savings. Notwithstanding this amendment, the City ordinances in existence at the
time any criminal or civil enforcement actions were commenced, shall remain valid and in full
force and effect for purposes of all cases filed or commenced during the times said ordinances(s)
or portions thereof were operative. This section simply clarifies the existing situation that
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nothing in this Ordinance affects the validity of prosecutions commenced and continued under
the laws in effect at the time the matters were originally filed.
SECTION 3. Severability. The sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses of this ordinance
are severable. The invalidity of one section, subsection, paragraph, or clause shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections, subsections, paragraphs and clauses.
SECTION 4. Codification. Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City Code
and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "code", "article", "section', "chapter" or another
word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-lettered, provided however
that any Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions (i.e. Sections 2-4) need not be codified and
the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-references and any typographical errors.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accordance with Article X,
Section 2(C) of the City Charter on the day of 12012,
and du PASSED and ADOPTED this day of 2012.
Barbara M. Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this day of 12012.
AY Stromberg, Mayor
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David H. ohman, City Attorney
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