Dangerous or deadly weapons as used in sections 14-1 to 14-6 includes, but is not limited to, any dirk or dagger, any knife with a blade three inches or more in length, and any push button or spring blade knife, regardless of the length of the blade, any ice pick or similar sharp stabbing tool, any straight edge razor or any razor blade fitted to a handle, any dangerous or deadly weapon within the meaning of the law of this state restricting the use thereof, and any cutting, stabbing or bludgeoning weapon or device capable of inflicting grievous bodily harm, and any firearm, other than:

(a) One carried pursuant to a valid permit issued by a duly authorized governmental authority; or

(b) Any ordinary rifle or shotgun lawfully carried for purposes of hunting or other lawful sport. (Ord. No. 249, § 1.)

For state law as to deadly weapons generally, see Pen. C., § 3024.

14-2 Same – Carrying concealed while loitering, etc., generally.

It shall be unlawful for any person, while carrying concealed upon his person any dangerous or deadly weapon, to loaf or loiter upon any public street, sidewalk or alley, or to wander about from place to place with no lawful business to perform thereby, or to hide, lurk, or loiter upon or about the premises of another. (Ord. No. 249, § 2.)

For state law as to concealed weapons generally, see Pen. C., §§ 12000 to 12077.

As to intoxication generally, see § 14-11 of this Code. As to loitering, etc., generally, see §§ 14-12 to 14-14.

14-3 Same – Carrying concealed while loitering about certain places.

It shall be unlawful for any person who has concealed upon his person any dangerous or deadly weapon to loiter about any place where intoxicating liquors are sold, or any other place of public resort. (Ord. No. 249, § 4.)

14-4 Same – Engaging in fight, etc., while carrying, etc.

It shall be unlawful for any person who has concealed upon his person or who has in his immediate physical possession any dangerous or deadly weapon to engage in any fight or to participate in any rough or disorderly conduct upon any public place or way or upon the premises of another. (Ord. No. 249, § 3.)

14-5 Same – Possession in automobiles.

It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession, in any automobile, any dangerous or deadly weapon, but this restriction shall not be deemed to prohibit the carrying of ordinary tools or equipment carried in good faith for uses in honest work, trade or business, or for the purpose of legitimate sport or recreation. (Ord. No. 249, § 5.)

14-6 Same – Selling, etc., push button or spring blade knife.

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or give to anyone in the county any push button or spring blade knife. (Ord. No. 249, § 6.)

14-7 False statements, etc. – Unlawful.

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly falsify or conceal any fact, or make any false or fraudulent statement or misrepresentation, in any matter or proceeding within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the county. (Ord. No. 259, § 1.)

14-8 Same – Using.

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly use any false or misleading writing or document in any manner or proceeding within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the county. (Ord. No. 259, § 2.)

14-8.1 Firearms in Arbuckle Utility District – “Firearm” defined.

For the purposes of sections 14-8.2 to 14-8.4, the term “firearm” shall mean a weapon from which shot or a projectile is discharged or propelled by an explosive, compressed air, compressed gas or mechanically, including but not limited to rifles, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, air guns, BB guns, pellet guns, zip guns and bows and arrows. (Ord. No. 315, § 1.)

14-8.2 Same – Discharge prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm or to release any arrow in the unincorporated territory of the county contained within an area described as the Arbuckle Utility District, a public utility district described as recorded in book 82 official records at page 382, county records. (Ord. No. 315, § 2.)

14-8.3 Same – Same – Exceptions.

The provisions of section 14-8.2 shall not apply to the following persons:

(a) To sheriffs, constables, marshals, policemen or other peace officers acting in their official line of duty.

(b) To persons using firearms to protect life or property or to kill any predatory or dangerous animal.

(c) To persons using firearms for the purpose of practice shooting at established target ranges and shooting galleries. (Ord. No. 315, § 3.)

14-8.4 Same – Possession permitted when unloaded or unstrung.

Nothing in sections 14-8.1 to 14-8.4 shall prohibit any person having in his possession an unloaded rifle, shotgun, pistol, air gun, pellet gun, zip gun or an unstrung bow and arrow while transporting the firearm or unstrung bow and arrow through the Arbuckle Utility District of the county. (Ord. No. 315, § 4.)

14-8.5 Repealed by Ordinance No. 637.

14-9 Gambling and gambling houses – Generally.

Every person who deals, plays, carries on, opens or causes to be open, or conducts either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, any game of chance or gambling games (other than faro, monte, roulette, lansquenet, rouge et noir, rondo, fantan, ten stud horse poker, seven-and-a-half, twenty-one, hokey-pokey, or banking or percentage games), played with cards, dice, or any device for money or credit, and every person who plays or bets at or against any of such games prohibited by this section and every person under the age of eighteen who plays or bets at or against any game of chance, or gambling game played with cards, dice, or any device for money, checks, credit, merchandise, or other thing of value, and every person who as owner, manager, agent or employee, permits any minor under the age of eighteen years to violate the provisions of this section at any place under the control, direction or management of such owner, manager, agent, or employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. No. 70, § 1.)

14-10 Same – Visiting, etc., gambling house, etc.

Every person who visits, calls at, lingers, loiters, abides or stops at any building, dwelling, apartment, house, room or other place where any game of faro, monte, roulette, lansquenet, rouge et noir, rondo, tan, fantan, stud-horse poker, seven-up, seven-and-a-half, twenty-one, hokey-pokey, or any banking or percentage game or game of chance is played with cards, dice or any device, for money, or for credit, for the purpose of taking a part in any such game or of observing the same, or for any purpose other than the performance of an official duty, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. No. 70, § 2.)

14-11 Intoxication – Prohibited in certain places.

It shall be unlawful for any person under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and any drug in such a condition that he is unable to exercise care for his own safety or the safety of others to intrude upon or be in or remain in or upon the premises or property of another in the unincorporated area of the county without the express permission and consent of the person lawfully in possession of such premises or property.

Any person violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. No. 214, § 1; Ord. No. 290, §§ 1, 2.)

14-12 Loitering, etc. – On highway, sidewalk, etc., generally.

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, stand, or sit in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk so as to in any manner hinder or obstruct the free passage therein or thereon of persons or vehicles passing or attempting to pass along the same, or so as to in any manner annoy or molest persons passing along the same. (Ord. No. 121, § 2.)

As to carrying deadly or dangerous weapons while loitering, etc., see §§ 14-2, 14-3 of this Code.

14-13 Same – On approach to church, theatre, etc.

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, stand, or sit in or at the entrance of, or the approach to any church, hall, theatre, park, or place of public assemblage so as to in any manner obstruct such entrance or approach. (Ord. No. 121, § 3.)

14-14 Same – In vicinity of farming operations, etc.

It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter or to stand or sit in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk, or crosswalk adjoining the scene of, or in the immediate vicinity of agricultural harvesting or any farming operations, so as to in any manner hinder or obstruct the free passage therein or thereon of persons or vehicles passing along the same or so as in any manner to annoy or molest persons passing along the same. (Ord. No. 113, § 1.)

14-15 Same – Repealed by Ordinance No. 295.

14-15.1 Loitering of minors prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of eighteen years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the hours of eleven p.m. of any day and sunrise of the following day; provided, however, that the provisions of this section do not apply to a minor accompanied by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor; provided further, that such minor may be in any of the following places:

(a) Places of supervised amusement or entertainment other than one at which intoxicating liquors are sold where a regular program of evening entertainment has commenced or has been arranged to commence at eleven p.m. or prior thereto and has been held over or continued beyond eleven p.m.

(b) All properly scheduled and supervised school or club functions that such minor is eligible to attend.

(c) Any public places where such minor is legally employed between the hours of eleven p.m. of any day and sunrise of the following day.

(d) Upon the streets or highways of the county while such minor is returning directly to his home or other place of residence after having attended a place of amusement or entertainment or after having left a school function or social call.

(e) Upon the streets or highways of the county while such minor is going to his place of employment or while returning directly to his home or other place of residence after having left his place of employment. (Ord. No. 295, § 2; Ord. No. 367.)

14-15.2 Responsibility of parents, guardians or other adult persons having the care and custody of a minor.

It shall be unlawful for the parents, guardians or other adult persons having the care and custody of a minor under the age of eighteen years to knowingly permit such minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon the public streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the hours of eleven p.m. of any day and sunrise of the following day; provided, however, that the provisions of this section do not apply when the minor is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor or when the minor is upon an emergency errand or the presence of such minor is necessarily connected with a legitimate business, trade or occupation in which such minor may be engaged at the time. This section does not apply to circumstances set out in section 14-15.1(d). (Ord. No. 295, § 2; Ord. No. 367; Ord. No. 599 (part).)

14-15.3 Penalties for violation of sections 14-15.1 and 14-15.2.

(a) Any minor violating the ordinance codified in sections 14-15.1 and 14-15.2 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be dealt with in accordance with the Juvenile Court Law of the state of California.

(b) It shall be the duty of the sheriff’s department of the county of Colusa to cause to be issued and served upon the parents or guardians or adult of any minor arrested, pursuant to the provisions of this section, a notice requiring said parents or guardians to appear before a municipal court in Colusa County at a time and place to be specified in said notice, not less than ten days after the service of said notice, to show cause why said parents or guardians should not be charged with a violation of section 14-15.2. Said notice shall comply with Section 853.6 of the California Penal Code. Any person failing to respond to any notice issued and served pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge on which he or she may have been cited to appear, and shall be punished accordingly.

(c) Any parent, guardian or other adult person who has violated section 14-15.2 hereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or confined in jail more than ten days, or punished by both said fine and imprisonment for each offense. (Ord. No. 295, § 2; Ord. No. 367; Ord. No. 599 (part).)

14-16 Unlawful utterances, etc., generally.

It shall be unlawful for any person to utter, publish or use seditious language, words, remarks, epithets, or to address to another, any such language, words, remarks or epithets, which create or provoke, or tend to create or provoke a breach of the peace. (Ord. No. 121, § 8.)

As to indecent, slanderous, etc., speech, etc., from sound trucks, see § 13-7 of this Code.

Chapter 14OFFENSES – MISCELLANEOUS

14-1 Dangerous or deadly weapons – Defined.