AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 11/20/2018
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Police Department and Legal & Risk Management Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of Ordinance No. 3289, first reading of an Ordinance amending Section 9.31.140 of the Corona Municipal Code to clarify parental responsibilities and administrative penalties related to graffiti and City Council consideration of Resolution No. 2018-119 amending the Administrative Penalties Schedule for violations of the Corona Municipal Code.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
1. Introduce by title only and waive full reading of Ordinance No. 3289, first reading of an Ordinance amending Section 9.31.140 of the Corona Municipal Code to clarify parental responsibilities and administrative penalties related to graffiti.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2018-119 amending the administrative penalties schedule for violations of the Corona Municipal Code.
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ANALYSIS:
Chapter 9.31 (Graffiti Prevention) of the Corona Municipal Code ("CMC") governs the process by which the City can hold minors and adults responsible, both civilly and criminally, for damage caused by graffiti. While Chapter 9.31 provides that parents can be held civilly responsible for damages to public or private property incurred as a result of their minor child's violation of the graffiti prohibitions, and while such civil proceedings include the City's administrative penalties ordinance found in Chapter 1.08 of the CMC, staff would like to clarify the wording to make them both abundantly clear. Thus, we are recommending those changes to CMC Section 9.31.140 (Violation - Penalties) noted in the redline copy of the ordinance attached hereto. These are simply clarifying changes and do not change existing parental responsibility.
In addition, California Government Code Section 53069.4 authorizes cities to impose and collect administrative fines and...
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