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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager
Item to be pre;
November 12, 2002
SUBJECT: SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTERS 11.57.010 AND 11.57.020 OF TITLE 11 OF THE
SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING
TRUANCY
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Council adopt an ordinance entitled An Ordinance Of The City Council Of Santa
Clarita, California, Amending Chapters 11.57.010 and 11.57.020 of Title 11 of The
Santa Clarita Municipal Code Concerning Daytime Loitering.
BACKGROUND
Current language in Title 11 of the City of Santa Clarita Municipal Code defines
truants as those minors loitering during compulsory school hours between 8:30 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m. This time frame is no longer practical as many schools have changed
their bell schedules. Now, it is not uncommon for schools to be in session prior to
8:30 a.m. and after 1:30 p.m. As a result, the current language limits the code
section's enforceability by COBRA and truancy officers.
The proposed ordinance will remove the 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. timeframe and
replace it with language that will allow officers to enforce the code depending on the
specific bell schedule of the truant in question.
The ordinance is supported by COBRA officers of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs
Department, and by the School Districts within the City of Santa Clarita.
The ordinance was introduced and passed to a second reading at the October 22,
2002 City Council meeting.
Agenda Item : 3
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
None by this action.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 12, 2002, the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita adopted Ordinance No. 02-11 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTERS 11.57.010 AND 11.57.020 OF TITLE 11 OF
THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING DAYTIME LOITERING
by the following vote:
AYES:
Smyth, Weste, McLean, Kellar, Ferry
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
A certified copy of the complete text of the ordinance is posted and may be read in the City
Clerk's Office, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 304, Santa Clarita, and/or a copy may be
obtained from that office.
Dated this 13th day of November, 2002.
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk
City of Santa Clarita
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that she is the duly
appointed and qualified City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita and that by Thursday,
November 14, 2002, she caused a certified copy of the subject ordinance to be posted and made
available for public review in the City Clerk's office and a copy of the ordinance summary to be
published as required by law.
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Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk
City of Santa Clarita