Grass Valley Municipal Code Ch. 9.08 Offenses Against Public Peace and Decency

No person shall broadcast from a radio, phonograph or similar instrument using voice or other sound amplifier on any truck, automobile or other vehicle for the purpose of advertising, announcing or otherwise calling attention to any goods, wares or merchandise, or for the purpose of advertising, announcing or calling attention to any show, entertainment or event on, upon or along any street in the city without first having obtained a written permit from the police department.

(Prior code § 14-3)

A. No person shall urinate or defecate in a public place or in a place which is open to public view in the City of Grass Valley.

B. Violation of this section constitutes a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed ninety days.

(Prior code § 14-6)

A. Definitions. Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the following definitions shall govern the construction of the words and phrases used in this section:

"Alcoholic beverage" means alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, and every liquid or solid containing alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, and which contains one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume and which is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed, or combined with other substances.

"Consumption of alcoholic beverages" and/or the phrase "consume an alcoholic beverage" means the drinking or other ingestion of an alcoholic beverage.

"Open container of alcoholic beverages" means a bottle, can, or other receptacle which contains alcoholic beverages and has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents partially removed.

B. Prohibition on the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess an open container of an alcoholic beverage or to consume an alcoholic beverage upon any of the following properties within the city:

1. Upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, parking lot, or other property which is owned by or leased to the city and open to the members of the general public, except for:

a. Any city park or playground in which the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages is regulated by the park and recreational are regulations in Chapter 12.32 or this code; and

b. Any city property which is leased to a third party in which the lease agreement prohibits the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages; and

2. Upon any private parking lot which is located on property used for commercial purposes, except where the owner or other person entitled to the possession of the parking lot has given his or her prior consent to the possession of an open container of an alcoholic beverage or the consumption of an alcoholic beverage with such private parking lot.

C. Exceptions. Notwithstanding subsections a and b above, the consumption of alcoholic beverages may be permitted on a public property and public places when the property or place is specifically designated for such use by resolution by the city council. Prior to consumption on the site so designated notice of the exception must be posted on the property. The consumption of alcoholic beverages on public school property is regulated by the provisions of California Business and Professions Code Section 25608 rather than by this section.

D. Consumption of alcoholic beverages—Minors. It is unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one to drink, consume, transport, convey or possess an alcoholic beverage on private property open to public view.

E. Violation of this section constitutes an infraction.

(Prior code § 14-7; Ord. 522, § 1, 1995; Ord. 602, § 1, 2002; Ord. 617 § 1, 2003; Ord. No. 817, § 1, 7-26-2022)

A. The presence of persons who are nude and exposed to public view in or upon any place or establishment or location frequented by members of the general public is offensive to the members of the general public who are unwittingly subject to such nudity. The provisions of this section are enacted for the purpose of securing and promoting the public health, morals and general welfare of all persons in the city.

B. Whenever in this section the word "nude" is used, it shall mean devoid of an opaque covering which covers the genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anus or anal region of any persons, or any portion of the breast at or below the areola thereof, of any female person. Whenever in this section the term "public right-of-way" is used, it shall mean any place of any nature which is dedicated to use of the public for pedestrian and vehicular travel and includes, but is not limited to, a street, sidewalk, curb, gutter, crossing, intersection, parkway, highway, alley, lane, hall, court, way, avenue, boulevard, road, roadway, viaduct, tunnel, bridge, thoroughfare, square and any other similar public way.

C. No person over the age of ten years shall be nude and exposed to public view in or on any public right-of-way, public park, public beach or waters adjacent thereto, or other public lands, or in or on any private property open to the public, or open to public view from any public right-of-way on public property.

D. Any violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum of ninety days, or a maximum fine of two hundred fifty dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment.

(Prior code § 14-8)