Irvine Municipal Code Ch. 1 In General

It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit patronage for or on behalf of any person engaged in the business of transporting or transferring persons, baggage or property, or to solicit patronage for or on behalf of any hotel, lodging house or boardinghouse, cafe or restaurant, upon or along any public highway within the City.

(Code 1976, § IV.L-101; Ord. No. 27, § 53.111, 4-17-72)

Cross reference— Vehicular traffic and parking regulations, § 6-3-501 et seq.

It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a market commonly called or known as a "roadside market," or other business within or upon the right-of-way of any public highway, street or road within the City, or within or upon the intersections of the rights-of-way of any public highways within the City, or in such a place and manner so as to interfere with the safe flow of normal traffic on such highway or road.

(Code 1976, § IV.L-102; Ord. No. 27, § 53.112, 4-17-72)

A. Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than peace officers and members of the armed forces and National Guard acting in their official line of duty, to shoot, fire or discharge, or for any person to cause or permit to be shot, fired or discharged, within the City, any rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver or firearm, or BB gun, pellet gun and air rifle of any kind, except when it may be necessary to do so in order to protect life or property or to destroy or kill any predatory or dangerous animal.

B. Firing ranges exempted. The provisions of Section 4-13-103A shall not be deemed nor construed to prohibit the establishment or maintenance of any pistol, rifle, or target range, nor to prohibit the discharge at any target thereon, by any person using such range, of any rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver or firearm or BB gun, pellet gun and air rifle of any kind in or on such range, provided that such range is so installed, constructed, safeguarded, equipped, maintained, and used so as to adequately prevent any bullet, shot or missile from being projected beyond the confines of such range.

C. Hunting clubs exempted. The provisions of Section 4-13-103A shall not be deemed nor construed to prohibit the establishment or maintenance of any hunting club, nor to prohibit the discharge, by any member or guest of such club, of any rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver or firearm or BB gun, pellet gun and air rifle of any kind upon the premises thereof; provided, however, that said premises have first been approved for such use by the Planning Commission, and provided further that the premises shall be so operated and maintained as to adequately prevent any bullet, shot or missile from being projected beyond the confines thereof.

(Code 1976, §§ IV.L-103—IV.L-105; Ord. No. 45, §§ 32.011—32.013, 9-26-72)

It shall be unlawful for any person to form, or to aid in forming, or to ride, in any parade, or procession of two or more motor vehicles or other vehicles, or means of transportation, formed or moving along any highway for the purpose of inducing any person, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, or fear, from entering into, or carrying on his or her employment, upon or about any farm, ranch, packing shed, or any other place of employment.

(Code 1976, § IV.L-106; Ord. No. 27, § 34.021, 4-17-72)

It is unlawful for any person to loiter, stand or sit in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk so as to in any manner hinder or obstruct the free passage therein or thereon of persons or vehicles passing or attempting to pass along the same, or so as to in any manner accost or molest persons passing along the same.

(Code 1976, § IV.L-107; Ord. No. 27, § 34.022, 4-17-72)

It is unlawful for any person to beset or picket the premises of another, or any approach thereto, where any person is employed or seeks employment, or any place or approach thereto where such employee or person seeking employment lodges or resides, for the purpose of inducing such employee or person seeking employment, by means of compulsion, coercion, intimidation, threats, acts of violence, or fear, to quit his or her employment or to refrain from seeking or freely entering into employment.

(Code 1976, § IV.L-108; Ord. No. 27, § 34.023, 4-17-72)

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter or to stand or sit in or at the entrance of any church, hall, theatre or place of public assemblage so as in any manner to obstruct such entrance.

(Code 1976, § IV.L-109; Ord. No. 27, § 34.025, 4-17-72)

It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully make to the Police Department or to the City Attorney or any of his or her deputies any false, misleading, or unfounded report for the purpose of inducing or causing to be issued a complaint or indictment against any person.

(Code 1976, § IV.L-110; Ord. No. 27, § 34.031, 4-17-72)

Whoever, in any manner within the jurisdiction of any office or department or agency of the City, knowingly falsifies, conceals, withholds or suppresses by any trick, scheme, verbal statement, writing, or device, any fact, or makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation, or makes or uses or causes to be made or used any false writing or document when he or she knows the same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1976, § IV.L-111; Ord. No. 27, § 34.032, 4-17-72)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate, defecate or otherwise discard or dispose of human wastes or excretion on private property in an area exposed to the public view, or on any public street, sidewalk, alley, park, parkway, parking lot or other public place, except in a toilet receptacle provided for such purpose within the structure of a restroom, bathroom or other enclosure.

B. Any person who, by reason of illness, infection, disease or other physical infirmity, is unable to control his or her excretory functions shall be exempt from the provisions of Subsection A unless such loss of control is due to the voluntary ingestion of alcohol, illegal drugs or other intoxicants, depressants or hallucinogens.

(Code 1976, § IV.L-113; Ord. No. 91-19, § 1, 11-12-91)

A. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

1. Alcoholic beverage shall mean any beverage defined as an alcoholic beverage by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of the State of California.

2. A public parking lot or area shall include any municipal parking lot, any publicly owned parking lot, or any private parking lot which is open to the general public regardless of whether a fee is charged to use such facility.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession any bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or where the seal has been broken, or where the contents of such container have been partially removed, while upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, or public parking lot or area within the City of Irvine.

C. In order to enforce this section in a parking lot immediately adjacent to any retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee licensed pursuant to Business and Professional Code § 23000 of the State of California, or any public sidewalk immediately adjacent to such licensed and posted premises, such parking lot must be posted with clearly visible notices which indicate that such possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages are illegal and punishable under the law.

D. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of an infraction.

(Code 1976, § IV.A-101; Ord. No. 91-1, § 1, 1-8-91)

A. Alcoholic beverage includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, and every liquid or solid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, or 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.

B. Except as provided in Subsection C below, no person shall drink, ingest or otherwise consume any alcoholic beverage on any street, alley, highway, court, park, beach, place or public square, or in any automobile in any public place.

C. Subsection B above shall not apply where a permit to serve and consume alcoholic beverages has been granted by the City of Irvine. The section shall not be construed to prohibit the properly authorized sale of alcoholic beverages in a City park by persons possessing appropriate permits and licenses.

(Code 1976, § IV.L-114; Ord. No. 91-18, § 1, 11-12-91)

A. It shall be unlawful to possess any catalytic converter that is not attached to a vehicle unless the possessor has valid documentation or other proof to verify they are in lawful possession of the catalytic converter.

B. For purposes of this section, "lawful possession" includes being the lawful owner of the catalytic converter or in possession of the catalytic converter with the lawful owner's written consent. It is not required to prove the catalytic converter was stolen to establish the possession is not a "lawful possession."

C. For purposes of this section, "documentation or other proof" means written document(s) that clearly identify the vehicle from which the catalytic converter originated and includes but is not limited to the following document types: bill of sale from the original owner with photographs, documentation from an auto-body shop proving the owner relinquished the catalytic converter to the auto-body shop, verifiable electronic communication from the previous owner to the possessor relinquishing ownership of the catalytic converter, photographs of the vehicle from which the catalytic converter originated, vehicle registration associated with the catalytic converter containing an etched associated license plate number or vehicle identification number. The validity of "documentation or other proof" is based on the totality of the circumstances.

D. Each and every violation of this section shall constitute a separate violation and shall be subject to all remedies and enforcement measures authorized by the Irvine Municipal Code. Each and every catalytic converter unlawfully possessed is a separate violation of this section.

E. Each and every violation of this section may in the discretion of the District Attorney be prosecuted as a misdemeanor and upon conviction be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.00 or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 12 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

F. The remedies provided herein are not to be construed as exclusive remedies. The City is authorized to pursue any proceedings or remedies provided by law.

(Ord. No. 21-13, § 2, 11-9-21)