Rosemead Municipal Code Ch. 9.08 Offenses Against Public Peace and Decency

It is unlawful for any person to register at any rooming house, lodging house, hotel, inn or other place in the city under the name of any other person or of a fictitious name, or any name other than the true and correct name of the person so registering, or so giving or signing or causing his or her name to be signed.

(Prior code § 4120.3)

No person shall drink any malt, spirituous or vinous liquor containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume upon any public street, alleyway, sidewalk or parkway, or in any public buildings, public lavatories, auto park, or lobby or entrance way to any building within the city.

(Prior code § 4200)

No person shall serve "set ups" between two a.m. and six a.m., if they are to be used with distilled spirits.

(Prior code § 4203)

No person shall consume any alcoholic beverage on the grounds of any public school or any stadium or athletic field while being used by a public school.

(Prior code § 4204)

No person shall enter or remain in a vehicle while any other occupant is consuming any alcoholic beverage while such vehicle is on a public street, alleyway or public highway.

(Prior code § 4205)

A. Every person who goes upon or remains upon any part of a public highway, while he or she is consuming any alcoholic beverage is guilty of a misdemeanor.

B. Every person who enters or remains in any vehicle while such vehicle is on any part of any public highway when such person or any other occupant of such vehicle is consuming any alcoholic beverage is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Prior code §§ 4207, 4208)

A. No person who has in his or her possession any bottle, can or other receptacle containing any alcoholic beverage which has been opened, or a seal broken, or the contents of which have been partially removed, shall enter, be or remain on the posted premises of, including the posted parking lot immediately adjacent to, any retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 23000) of the Business and Professions Code, or on any public sidewalk immediately adjacent to the licensed and posted premises. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of an infraction.

B. As used in subsection A of this section, "posted premises" means those premises which are subject to licensure under any retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage license, the parking lot immediately adjacent to the licensed premises and any public sidewalk immediately adjacent to the licensed premises on which clearly visible notices indicate to the patrons of the licensee and parking lot and to persons on the public sidewalk, that the provisions of subsection A of this section and Subdivision (a) of Section 647e of the California Penal Code are applicable.

C. Each retail package off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee in the city shall post notice on its premises substantially providing as follows:

"NOTICE: POSSESSION OF OPENED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINERS ON THESE PREMISES IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. CAL. PENAL CODE SECTION 647e. ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 9.08.070."

The number, size, design and location of such notices shall be subject to the approval of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. If a licensee fails to post notice as directed by the Sheriff's Department or its designee after thirty (30) days written notice to do so, the premises shall be deemed to be a public nuisance and the city shall be authorized to commence nuisance abatement proceedings pursuant to this code.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a private residential parking lot which is immediately adjacent to the posted premises.

(Prior code § 4209)

No person shall act as a lookout for a gambling game, house of prostitution or other illegal act.

(Prior code § 4137)

No person shall keep a riotous or disorderly house, or permit any riotous or disorderly conduct in his or her house, yard, or premises connected with his or her house, or be guilty of any riotous or disorderly conduct in any house, yard or premises, whereby the peace, quiet or decency of the neighborhood of such house or of any person may be disturbed.

(Prior code § 4151)

A. It is unlawful for any person within the city of Rosemead to urinate or defecate upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places, public buildings, or vacant lots, in any place open to the public or obviously open to public view, except in a restroom or other enclosed facility designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste.

B. It is unlawful for any person within the city of Rosemead to enter into or remain on private property for the purpose of urinating or defecating, except with the permission of the lawful occupant in a restroom or other enclosed facility designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste.

C. A violation of this section shall be an infraction.

(Ord. 838 § 1, 2004)