Pasadena Municipal Code Ch. 9.70 Sale and Display of Narcotic Paraphernalia

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 or injecting, or consuming marijuana, hashish, PCP, or any controlled substance, as defined in the Health and Safety Code of the state, 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 the foregoing, 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 his or her parent, or legal guardian.

(Ord. 5504 § 2 (part), 1981)

No person under the age of 18 years shall be or remain in, or 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 marijuana, 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 the foregoing, unless such person is accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian.

(Ord. 5504 § 2 (part), 1981)

No person shall 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 marijuana, 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 the foregoing, 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 normally used or intended to be used for public admittance shall have a sign posted which shall read:

NOTICE, DRUG AND NARCOTIC PARAPHERNALIA IS DISPLAYED IN THIS AREA. ADMISSION TO MINORS IS PROHIBITED BY LAW UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 9.70.

The sign shall not be less than 1 square foot in area and the letters shall be not less than 2 inches in height.

(Ord. 5504 § 2 (part), 1981)

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 chapter, and where devices, contrivances, instruments or paraphernalia for smoking or injecting marijuana, hashish, PCP, or any controlled substance, other than prescription drugs or devices to ingest or inject prescription drugs, including roach clips, and cigarette papers and rollers designed and used for smoking the foregoing, is a public nuisance, and may be abated pursuant to the provisions of Section 731 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State. 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.

(Ord. 5504 § 2 (part), 1981)

This chapter shall apply to existing as well as new businesses.

(Ord. 5504 § 2 (part), 1981)