Redwood City Municipal Code Art. II Display of Drug Paraphernalia

It is a public nuisance for any place of business to which the public is invited, to exhibit, display, or offer for sale any device, contrivance, instrument or paraphernalia designed, modified, or altered for the purposes of smoking, ingesting or consuming marijuana, hashish, PCP, or any controlled substance as defined in division 10 of the California Health and Safety Code, as said division may from time to time be amended, supplemented, or replaced, other than prescription drugs, unless so exhibited, displayed, or offered within a separated room or room-like enclosure from which minors under the age of eighteen (18) years are excluded. Said room shall be designed so that its contents are not visible to persons outside it, and shall have posted at every entrance thereto a sign stating in reasonably visible and legible words that minors under the age of eighteen (18) years, unless accompanied by their parent or legal guardian, shall not be admitted.

It is an act of public nuisance for any owner, manager, proprietor, or other person in charge of any place of business to invite, allow, or permit any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years to enter, visit, or remain in such a separate room as described in this Section, or in any other place where the paraphernalia described in this Section is exhibited unless such minor is accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian.

The provisions of this Section shall be enforceable pursuant to the provisions of section 731 et seq., of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California. 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. No. 2135, § 3, 11-17-1997)