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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 4.03 Muni Code Private Patrol c~rY Cl[ER~ FD~e # D~~[Q]a~[QJ 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 a/ 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m the performance of then duties Staff and DublIn Pohce ServIces have revIewed the chapter and recommend that It be repealed Pnvate patrol operators are regulated by the State, whIch, In addItIon to ItS hcensIng program, regulates the uruforms and InSIgnIa pnvate patrollers may wear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 COPY TO Page 1 of 1 lITEM NO '13 '1 ) 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 ************ 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 :fiem 1(: 4 3 ;;2/1 'J / ~ :iJ- A 1]"1]" A <C lHIlM][E 1Nl1r jl.