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ORDINANCE NO. 3319-26
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 1-
2.03 OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO INFRACTIONS
WHEREAS, on July 21, 2026, the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, held a discussion on the City’s hedge-related ordinances and directed staff to pursue a revised hedge ordinance;
WHEREAS, on July 22, 2026, Councilmember Behrendt submitted a proposed revised ordinance, which was distributed to City Departments for review and input; and WHEREAS, on September 1, 2026, the City Council held a second discussion on the City’s hedge-related ordinances and directed staff to finalize the ordinance and present to Council for Introduction and First Reading.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 1 General Provisions, Chapter 2 Penalty Provisions, Section 1-2.03, of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to delete Section 10-2.1524(d) from this Section as follows:
A violation of any of the following provisions of this Code shall constitute an infraction and not a misdemeanor:
Title 3
Section Description
3-1.01 Bicycles: Licenses Required
3-1.04 Skateboards/Roller Skates: Riding on Sidewalks Prohibited 3-1.05 Bicycles, Skateboards, and Wheeled Toys: Parking Restricted 3-1.06 Skateboards/Roller Skates on Streets or Alleys
3-1.07 Skateboards/Roller Skates on Bicycle Paths
3-1.08 Blocking Bicycle Paths
3-4.105 Fireworks: Possession, Use, and the Like Without a Permit 3-6.05 Overtime Parking
3-6.06 Parking Position in Space
3-6.07 Limitation on Number of Vehicles per Marked Parking Space 3-6.12 Restriction of Parking by Signs
3-7.303 Persons Other Than Police Officers or Firemen Directing Traffic 3-7.406 Obedience to Traffic Control Devices
3-7.501 Signal Controlled Intersections: Right Turns
3-7.505 Left and Right Turns: Prohibited Where Signed
3-7.507 U Turns
3-7.801 Stops Required at Designated Intersections
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Section Description
3-7.802 Emerging from Alleys and Private Driveways
3-7.803 Following Emergency Vehicles
3-7.804 Driving Through Funeral Processions
3-7.805 Motorcycles and Bicycles on Vacant Lots/Acreage: Noise/Dust 3-7.806 Clinging to Moving Vehicles
3-7.807 Driving Vehicles on Sidewalks
3-7.808 Driving on New Pavement
3-7.810 Trains Blocking Streets
3-7.811 Boarding and Alighting from Vehicles
3-7.812 Unlawful Riding on Vehicles
3-7.813 Railway Gates
3-7.902 Commercial Vehicles: Driving on Prohibited Streets 3-7.903 Commercial Vehicles on Certain Streets (Truck Routes) 3-7.1002 Crossing Streets in the Central Traffic District 3-7.1003 Crossing Streets at Right Angles
3-7.1004 Standing in Streets
3-7.1005 Pedestrians Standing on Sidewalks
3-7.1006 Places Closed to Pedestrian Travel
3-7.1101 Curb Parking: Exceptions
3-7.1103 Parking on Left Side of Street
3-7.1202 Parkways
3-7.1203 No Parking Zones: Designated
3-7.1204 No Parking Zones: Authorization to Establish
3-7.1205 Curb Zones: Time Limits: Markings
3-7.1208 Alley Parking
3-7.1209 Bus Zones
3-7.1210 Taxicab Stands
3-7.1301 Prohibited Outside Central Traffic District
3-7.1304 Authority of Signs
3-7.1305 Prohibited Between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.
3-7.1306 Prohibited Between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
3-7.1307 Prohibited
3-7.1308 Prohibited During Various Hours
3-7.1309 Parking on Public and Private Property
3-7.1310 All Night Parking
3-7.1311 All Night Parking: Central Traffic District
3-7.1313 Storage of Vehicles on Streets and Alleys
3-7.1314 Temporary Parking
3-7.1315(c) Obedience to Emergency Rules and Signs
3-7.1318 Parking of Trailers, Semitrailers, Motor Homes, Campers and Recreational Trailers 3-7.1319 No Overnight Parking or Storage
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Section Description
3-7.1320 Restricted Parking Due to Weight
3-7.1321 Restricted Parking Due to Height
3-7.1403 Removal of Debris
3-7.1404 Damaging Traffic Signs
3-7.1503 Permits Required to Operate Advertising Vehicles 3-7.1506 Searchlights, Generators, and Floodlights
3-7.1705 Parking in a Preferential Parking Zone Prohibited Except by Permit 3-7.2102 Overnight Parking Prohibited
3-7.2114 Overnight Parking Permit in City Parking Lots
3-10.03 Parking in Designated Stalls
3-10.04 Speed Control
Title 4
Section Description
4-7.02(b) Alcoholic Beverages: Possession of Open Container in Public Places and on Beaches 4-8.02 Curfew Detention: Loitering After 10:00 p.m.
4-9.701 Hang Gliders Prohibited
4-9.703 Flying Powered Model Aircraft and Gliders
4-9.707 Reckless Operation of Model Aircraft
4-9.802 Prohibited Activities on Piers
4-10.10 — 4-10.14 Commercial Exploitation of Sexual and Lewd Conduct 4-24.502 — 4-24.512 Noise Regulation
4-25.01 Ball Games and Hunting
4-35.05 Stopping or Parking Vehicles During Non-Designated Hours of Use 4-35.07(c)(1) — (4),
(c)(6) — (9)
Dogs in Parks
4-35.08(a) Animals in Parks
4-35.09(c) Alcoholic Beverages: Possession of Open Container in Parks 4-35.13 Skateboard Riding in Parks
4-35.14 Roller Skating, In-Line Skating and Bicycle Riding in Parks 4-35.15 Golfing in Parks
4-35.16 Operating Powered Model Aircraft and Boats in Parks 4-35.17 Erecting Barriers in Parks
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Title 5
Section Description
5-1.103 Dogs at Large (Dogs on Beaches)
5-1.501 Defecation by Dogs/Animals
5-1.711 Violation—Beekeeping Penalties
Title 10
Section Description
10-2.1700—10-2.1708 Parking Regulations
10-2.1524(d) Visibility at Intersections
10-2.1641 Smoke Shops and Tobacco Sales
10-5.1639 Smoke Shops and Tobacco Sales
Title 12
Section Description
12-1.203 Boat Races and Special Events
12-1.204 Vessels: Reverse Gears
12-1.302 Launching, Recovering, and Mooring of Vessels
12-1.305 Damages to Harbor, Waterways, Maritime Facilities, or Other Property 12-1.307 Obstruction of Harbor Facilities
12-1.308 Places of Abode
12-1.310 Obedience to Authorized Signs, Notices, Signals, and Buoys 12-1.311 Securing Permission for Debarkation
12-1.312 Protected Swimming Areas
12-1.314 Underwater Diving
12-1.315 Prohibitions: Swimming, Fishing, Surfboarding, and the Like 12-1.401 Mooring to Navigation Aids
12-1.402 Placement and Care of Private Buoys and Moorings 12-1.405 Making Vessels Fast
12-1.411 Obstructions to Fairways, Channels, or Berthing Spaces and Removal of Sunken Vessels
12-1.412 Dangerous or Disabled Vessels
12-1.413 Unseaworthy Vessels
12-1.506 Transfer of Bait
12-1.507 Sale of Live Bait
12-1.508 Commercial Vessels: Permits
12-1.513 Bait Disposal
12-1.702 Walkways to Be Kept Clear
12-1.703 Boarding Steps and Stairs
12-1.705 Hazardous Lights
12-1.706 Welding, Burning, and Cutting
12-1.707 Access Service Routes to Be Kept Clear
12-2.04 Tampering with Lighting Systems on Piers and Wharves ORDINANCE NO. 3319-26
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Title 12
Section Description
12-2.05 Sale of Merchandise on Piers and Wharves
12-2.09 Fishing from Piers and Wharves
12-3.01 Beach Tents and Umbrellas
12-3.02 Beach Fires
12-3.05 Removal of Stones, Gravel, and Sand from Beaches 12-3.06 Littering Beaches
12-3.07 Littering Waters
12-3.08 Littering Public Places
12-3.09 Littering from Vehicles
SECTION 2. INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS. Any provisions of the Redondo Beach Municipal Code, or appendices thereto, or any other ordinances of the City inconsistent herewith, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERANCE. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance, or a summary of this ordinance, shall be published at least once in the City’s official newspaper within fifteen (15) days from and after the date of adoption; or published in conformance with the alternative publication requirements pursuant to the Redondo Beach City Charter Section 9.15 by posting the ordinance in at least three public places in the City as designated by the Council and posted on the City’s online website or publicly available City-controlled internet site in lieu of publication if the ordinance solely pertains to the municipal affairs of the city, and same shall go into effect and be in full force and operation from thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of September, 2026. __________________________
James A. Light, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
_______________________________ ________________________________ Joy A. Ford, City Attorney Eleanor Manzano, CMC, City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 3319-26
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH )
I, Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 3319-26 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, held on the 8th of September, 2026, and approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Redondo Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council on the 15th of September, 2026, and thereafter signed and approved by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Eleanor Manzano, CMC
City Clerk