Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Chapter 9.48 — SALE AND DISPLAY OF NARCOTIC AND OTHER
Signal Hill Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Signal Hill
PARAPHERNALIA Sections:
- 9.48.010 Minors--Restrictions.
- 9.48.020 Minors--Excluded.
- 9.48.030 Sale and display rooms--Sign required.
- 9.48.040 Sale and display rooms--Nuisance when.
9.48.010 Minors--Restrictions.¶
No owner, manager, proprietor or other person in charge of any room in 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 of California, 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 eighteen years to be, remain in, enter or visit such room unless such minor person is accompanied by one of his or her parents, or by his or her legal guardian. (Ord. 79-4-818 § 1 (part): prior code § 9.76.010)
9.48.020 Minors--Excluded.¶
A person under the age of eighteen years shall not be, remain in, enter or visit any room in any place used for the sale, or displaying for sale, 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 one of his or her parents, or his or her legal guardian. (Ord. 79-4-818 § 1 (part): prior code § 9.76.020)
9.48.030 Sale and display rooms--Sign required.¶
A person shall not 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 shall be signposted in reasonably visible and legible words to the effect that narcotic paraphernalia are being offered for sale in such a room, and minors unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian are excluded. (Ord. 79-4-818 § 1 (part): prior code § 9.76.030)
9.48.040 Sale and display rooms--Nuisance when.¶
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 declared to be a public nuisance, and may be abated pursuant to the provisions of Section 731 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. 79-4-818 § 1 (part): prior code § 9.76.040)
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