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AGENDA STATEMENT
C~TY COUNCIL MIEEr~NG IDA'TIE Febn.naU1f ~ 9, 2008
SUBJlECT
AdoptIOn of OrdInance Repeahng Dubhn MUnIcIpal Code Chapter
432 (Pnvate Patrols)
Report Prepared by Elzzabeth H Sliver, City Attorney and
Stephen MUZIO, Assoczate Attorney
ATTACHMENTS 1
OrdInance Repeahng Chapter 432 of the DublIn MUnICIpal
Code RelatIng to Pnvate Patrols
RECOMMENDA TlfON 1
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WaIve the readmg and ADOPT the Ordmance repeahng
Chapter 432 of the Dubhn MuruCIpal Code
lFlfNANClfAL STATEMENT None
DESCRIPTlfON
At Its March 22, 2006 Goals and ObjectIves meetmg, the CIty Councll revIewed and approved With mgh
pnonty the comprehensIve update to certaIn chapters of the Dublm MunIcIpal Code (DMC) One chapter
proposed for reVIew IS DMC Chapter 4 32, whIch reqmres pnvate patrol operators to comply WIth
CalIforma BUSIness and ProfessIOns Code Section 7582 et seq, and to adopt charactenstIc unIforms
whIch all then employees engaged m street patrol activItIes must wear whIle engaged m the performance
of then duties
Staff and DublIn Pohce ServIces have revIewed the chapter and recommend that It be repealed Pnvate
patrol operators are regulated by the State, whIch, In addItIon to ItS hcensIng program, regulates the
uruforms and InSIgnIa pnvate patrollers may wear ThIS chapter does not Impose any addItIOnal or
substantIvely dIfferent reqmrements on pnvate patrols Moreover, DublIn Pohce ServIces has IndIcated
that, because of the State regulatIOn scheme, It has not actively enforced thIS chapter
On February 5, 2008, the CIty CounCIl held a pubhc heanng regardIng the proposed ordInance Followmg
the pubhc hearIng the CIty Councll waIved the readIng and Introduced the ordmance
RECOMMENDATlfON
Staff recommends that the CIty Councll 1) Waive the readIng and ADOPT the OrdInance repealIng
Chapter 432 of the Dubhn MunICIpal Code
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OlIDlfNANCE NO -08
AN OlIDIINANCE OlF THE ClfTY OIF DUBlLlfN
REPEALlfNG CHAlPTER 432 OlF THE DUBlLlfN MUNlfClflP AL CODE
RElLA TlfNG TO PRlIV A TE lP A TROlLS
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Tille City Councd of the City of Dublm does hereby ordam as follows
WHEREAS, the Cahforma LegIslature has enacted Busmess and ProfessIOns Code
SectIOns 7580 et seq willch IS a comprehenSIve framework regulatIng operators ofpnvate
patrols, and
WHEREAS, the CIty of Dubhn MunICIpal Code Chapter 432 regulates Pnvate Patrols
In a manner that IS largely duphcatIve of State law, and
WHEREAS, the CIty CounCIl desnes to repeal tills Chapter to reduce redundancy
between the DublIn MunICIpal Code and State law
NOW, THERElFORE, the CIty CounCIl of the City of Dublm does hereby ordaIn as follows
SectIon 1
Chapter 432 of the DublIn MurucIpal Code IS hereby repealed
Section 2 EffectIve Date ThIS OrdInance shall take effect and be enforced tillrty
(30) days follOWing ItS adoptIOn
Section 3 Postmg The CIty Clerk of the CIty of Dubhn shall cause tills Ordmance
to be posted In at least three (3) pubhc places m the CIty of Dubhn In accordance WIth SectIOn
36933 of the Government Code of the State of CalIfornIa
lP ASSED, APPROVED AN]) ADOPTED thIS _ day of
,2008
AYES
NOES
ABSENT
ABSTAIN
Janet Lockhart, Mayor
ATTEST
Carolyn ParkInson, Intenm CIty Clerk
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