Ordinance - 2128ORDINANCE NO. 2128
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 1-37.1, CHAPTER 22-
199 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, CLARIFYING
VERBIAGE THEREIN
• WHEREAS, the West Covina Municipal Code may be amended by ordinance only; and
WHEREAS, Section 1-37.1, Chapter 22-199 contains an improper definition of
"juvenile," and flawed qualifying descriptions; and
WHEREAS, this verbiage should be corrected to expedite efficient traffic enforcement
and court actions.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does hereby ordain as
follows:
SECTION NO. 1: West Covina Municipal Code, Section 1-37.1 is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 22-199. Loading and unloading of juvenile passengers.
(a) No operator of a motor vehicle shall stop or park to load or unload juvenile passengers
where such loading or unloading is in a location which would cause the juvenile to use any
portion of the roadway:
(1) Where such loading or unloading is prohibited by signage;
(2) In an intersection, private driveway, or traffic lane;
(3) In a manner that places passengers in a hazardous situation, including but not
limited to beckoning a juvenile to cross the street other than in a crosswalk.
(b) Notwithstanding, subsection (a) shall not apply when the operator is directed to stop or
park and passengers to unload at the direction of a peace officer.
(c) As used in this section, "juvenile" means children seventeen (17) years of age or younger.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 151h day of��Febbrruary, 2000055..
ATTEST: c� M er
Mayor Mich el L. iller
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City Clerk Laurie Carrico
I, LAURIE CARRICO, CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the I" day of February 2005. That thereafter said
Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 151h day
of February 2005, by the following vote:
AYES: Herfert, Hernandez, Sanderson, Wong, Miller
. NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City Clerk Laurie Carrico
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Cit Attomey Arnd Alvarez-Glasman