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Chapter 16 — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND OFFENSES

Fontana Municipal Code Art. II Drug Paraphernalia

Fontana Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Fontana

Cite as: Fontana Municipal Code Article II · Text as of 2026-10-04

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Cross reference— Health, ch. 13; nuisances, ch. 18.

Sec. 16-41. - Sale or display to minors.

No owner, manager, proprietor or other person in charge of any place of business selling or displaying for the purpose of sale any device, contrivance, instrument or paraphernalia for smoking, injecting or consuming cannabis, hashish, PCP or any controlled substance as defined in the state Health and Safety Code, other than prescription drugs and devices to ingest or inject prescription drugs, as well as roach clips and cigarette papers and rollers designed for the smoking of such substances, shall allow or permit any person under the age of 18 years to be, remain in, enter or visit such room unless such minor person is accompanied by one of his parents or by his legal guardian.

(Code 1968, § 18-37; Ord. No. 1899, § 3, 7-26-22)

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Sec. 16-42. - Minors excluded from sale and display rooms.

A person under the age of 18 years shall not be in, remain in, enter or visit any room in any place used for the sale or displaying for sale of devices, contrivances, instruments or paraphernalia for smoking or injecting cannabis, hashish, PCP or any controlled substance, other than prescription drugs and devices to ingest or inject prescription drugs, including roach clips and cigarette papers and rollers designed and used for smoking such substances, unless such person is accompanied by one of his parents or his legal guardian.

(Code 1968, § 18-37.1; Ord. No. 1899, § 3, 7-26-22)

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Sec. 16-43. - Separation of sale and display rooms from other rooms.

A person shall not maintain in any place of business to which the public is invited the display for sale, or the offering to sell, of devices, contrivances, instruments or paraphernalia for smoking or injecting cannabis, hashish, PCP or any controlled substance, other than prescription drugs and devices to ingest or inject prescription drugs, including roach clips and cigarette papers and rollers designed and used for smoking such substances, unless within a separate room or enclosure to which minors not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian are excluded. Each entrance to such a room shall be signposted in reasonably visible and legible words to the effect that narcotics paraphernalia are being offered for sale in such a room, and that minors, unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, are excluded.

(Code 1968, § 18-37.2; Ord. No. 1899, § 3, 7-26-22)

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Sec. 16-44. - Violations declared nuisance.

The distribution, or possession for the purpose of sale, exhibition or display, in any place of business from which minors are not excluded as set forth in this article, and where devices, contrivances, instruments or paraphernalia for smoking or injecting cannabis, hashish, PCP or any controlled substance, other than prescription drugs, including roach clips and cigarette papers and rollers designed and used for smoking such substances, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and may be abated pursuant to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure § 731. This remedy is in addition to any other remedy provided by law, including the penalty provisions applicable for violation of the terms and provisions of this Code.

(Code 1968, § 18-37.3; Ord. No. 1899, § 3, 7-26-22)

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Secs. 16-45—16-70. - Reserved.

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