ORDINANCE NO. 1971
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FONTANA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING ARTICLE VIII TO CHAPTER 25 OF THE FONTANA MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE CLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT CENTER GROUNDS DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS AND ASSOCIATED REQUIREMENTS.
WHEREAS, the City of Fontana, California (“City”) is a general law city, duly organized under the California Constitution and laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fontana is vested with the authority pursuant to Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution to make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general law; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish clear regulations concerning access to City-owned property utilized for governmental functions to ensure public safety; and WHEREAS, the City desires to adopt Article VIII entitled “CLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT CENTER GROUNDS DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS” attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference, to regulate the use of City-owned property utilized for governmental functions during overnight hours for the purpose of ensuring public safety.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FONTANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. Adoption. Article VIII titled CLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT CENTER GROUNDS DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS," the full text of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby added to Chapter 25 of the Fontana Municipal Code.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional. If for any reason any portion of this ordinance is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the balance of this ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 4. Custodian of Records. The documents and materials that constitute the record of proceedings on which this Ordinance is based are located at the City Clerk’s office located at 8353 Sierra Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335. The custodian of these records is the City Clerk.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective thirty days (30) following its adoption.
Section 6. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance. Not later than fifteen (15) days following the passage of this Ordinance, the Ordinance, or a summary thereof, along with the names of the City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Fontana.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of July 2025.
READ AND APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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City Attorney
I, Germaine Key, City Clerk of the City of Fontana, and Ex-Officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance is the actual Ordinance adopted by the City Council and was introduced at a regular meeting on the 24th day of June 2025, and was finally passed and adopted not less than five days thereafter on the 8th day of July 2025, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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City Clerk of the City of Fontana
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Mayor of the City of Fontana
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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