Rancho Santa Margarita Municipal Code Ch. 6.07 Public Safety and Order

It is unlawful for any person, other than a peace officer acting in the official line of duty, to shoot, fire, or discharge, or for any person to cause or permit to be shot, fired or discharged, any rifle, shotgun, pistol, revolver, or firearm, except when it may be necessary so to do to protect life or property, or to destroy or kill any predatory or dangerous animal.

(OCC § 3-2-1)

Every person who willfully and maliciously obstructs the free movement of any person on any street, sidewalk, other public place, or on or in any place open to the public is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(OCC § 3-4-14; Ord. No. 98-15, § 26, 12-8-1998)

State Law reference— Obstruction of public place, Penal Code § 647c.

It is unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle in such a manner as is reasonably likely to disturb the peace or quiet of any neighborhood or person by reason of noise, dust, smoke or fumes.

(OCC § 3-8-48)

(a) Definitions. The following terms as used in this section shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the respective meanings herein set forth:

Abandoned oil or water well shall include any such well not actually and continuously used and any well, whether being used or not, the mouth or entrance of which is left open.

Cistern means an artificial reservoir or tank or wells for storing water.

(b) Responsibility for capping or covering well. A person who digs, drills, excavates, constructs, owns, or controls any water well, oil well, or cistern and abandons such well or cistern, and any person who owns, possesses or controls any premises on which an abandoned water well, oil well, or cistern exists, shall cap or otherwise securely cover the mouth or entrance to the well or cistern. The capping or covering shall be so constructed and installed as will prevent any human being from falling into the well or cistern or from suffering any bodily injury, through accident or inadvertence, by reason of the existence of the well or cistern.

State Law reference— Protection of excavations, wells, open pits, etc., Health and Safety Code § 115700 et seq.

(OCC § 3-9-34; Ord. No. 3646, § 3, 7-21-1987)

(a) The City Council finds and determines as follows:

(1) It is the policy of the City that the public beaches, parks and places hereof shall be available for the use and enjoyment of the public to the maximum extent possible.

(2) It is further the policy of the City that members of the public are entitled to use the public beaches, parks and places hereof without being subjected to offensive conduct by other members of the public.

(3) The presence of persons who are nude and exposed to public view in or on public rights-of-way, public parks, public beaches, or any other public land, or in or on any private property open to public view from any public right-of-way, public beach, public park, or other public land, tends to discourage the use and enjoyment of the public beaches, parks, and places of the City, creates a nuisance, and is offensive to members of the public who wish to use and enjoy said public beaches, parks, and places, and who are unwillingly exposed to such persons.

(4) The prohibition of nude persons from public places, places open to the public, and places open to public view, is necessary to preserve and maintain the public order and the general welfare of the citizens of the City.

(5) It is the intent of this Council to prohibit nudity in public places, places open to the public, and places open to public view even when such nudity is not sexually motivated or otherwise lewd.

(b) The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Nude shall mean devoid of an opaque covering over any one of the following parts of the human anatomy: genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, natal cleft, perineum, anal region, pubic hair region, or any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola.

Public right-of-way shall mean any place of any nature that is dedicated to use by the public for pedestrian and vehicular travel, including but not limited to a street, sidewalk, curb, gutter, crossing, intersection, parkway, highway, alley, lane, mall, court, way, avenue, boulevard, road, roadway, viaduct, subway, tunnel, bridge, thoroughfare, square, and any other similar public way or place.

(c) It is unlawful for any person over the age of ten years to be nude and exposed to public view in or on any public right-of-way, public park, public beach or waters adjacent thereto, other public land, or in or on any private property open to public view from any public right-of-way, public beach, public park, or other public land.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any acts which take place wholly within a fully enclosed building or any portion thereof; and nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit any act or acts which are expressly authorized or not prohibited by the Penal Code.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a theater, concert hall or similar establishment which is primarily devoted to theatrical performances.

(OCC §§ 3-12-1—3-12-3, 3-12-14; Ord. No. 2842, § 1, 5-27-1975)