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Title 14 — RECREATION AND PUBLIC LANDS

Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 14.16 County Buildings and Grounds

Mendocino County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Mendocino County

Cite as: Mendocino County Municipal Code Chapter 14.16 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Sec. 14.16.010 - Trespassing.

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to trespass or to permit their dogs to trespass upon any grass plot or plots or flower beds surrounding any County buildings and standing, walking, running, sitting or reclining thereon.

(Ord. No. 142, Sec. 1, adopted 1905; Ord. No. 3663, Sec. 2, adopted 1987.)

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Sec. 14.16.020 - Noise.

It shall be unlawful for any person, except personnel of law enforcement or governmental agencies acting in furtherance of a law enforcement or governmental objective, to wilfully make, continue to make, or cause to be made, or continued, any loud, unnecessary, unusually penetrating or boisterous noise, disturbance or commotion which unreasonably interferes with County governmental operations and personnel, provided such noise is generated upon property owned or occupied by the County of Mendocino.

(Ord. No. 142, Sec. 2, adopted 1905; Ord. No. 3663, Sec. 3, adopted 1987.)

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Sec. 14.16.030 - Repealed by Ord. No. 4086, adopted 2002.

Sec. 14.16.040 - Handrails and Parapet Walls.

It shall be unlawful for any person to climb upon, stand, sit or slide upon any hand railing or parapet wall adjacent to stairway and stair landings located in the interior or on the exterior of all County buildings.

(Ord. No. 142, Sec. 4, adopted 1905; Ord. No. 3663, Sec. 5, adopted 1987.)

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Sec. 14.16.050 - Penalty.

Any person who comes into any County building or onto any County grounds, street, sidewalk or public way adjacent thereto whose presence or acts interfere with the peaceful conduct of the activities of the County and members of the public conducting lawful business and who are in violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter are guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she:

(1) Remains there after being asked to leave by the Chief Administrative Officer of the County or his or her designated representative or by a city police officer, sheriff or deputy sheriff, bailiff, constable or California Highway Patrol Officer; or

(2) Reenters or comes upon such place within seventy-two (72) hours of being asked to leave by a person specified in subsection (1) of this section; or

(3) Has otherwise established a continued pattern of unauthorized entry;

(4) Punishment of violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.

(5) As used in this section: "Continued pattern of unauthorized entry" means that on at least two prior occasions within a calendar year the same person violated any of the provisions of this chapter and the unauthorized person is asked to leave by any of the persons identified in subsection (1) of this section.

(Ord. No. 142, Sec. 5, adopted 1905; Ord. No. 3663, Sec. 6, adopted 1987.)

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Sec. 14.16.060 - Repealed by Ord. No. 3663, adopted 1987.

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