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ORDINANCE NO. 1657
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO MAKING CERTAIN
ACTS UNLAWFUL, PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC MORALS,
AND PRESCRIBING THE PENAITY FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF.
TO MAYOR .AJfD OO.OX COVllCIL OJ' 'HIE om OF BAlf BlIlR.4~-
DIJrO DO ORDADJ .AS I'OLLOWS I
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SEO'fIOI 1: It shall b. 1D.lawtlll for aay person to vial,
i. pr.set at. or fr.llllnt a hOllS. ot ill-fUl., r..orted to or
...4 tor '.e purpos.s ot pn.titlltioll. or lewdll.....
S.TICR 2: No person, upon 07 str..t or sidewalk, or
ia llII.7 rooa. roOlll1ai Aoue, re.tavaat. bar, liqllor .staiU.....at
r.sit..e., hotel, park or oth.r pla.e. .hall .oliei', or do or
oo.-it 07 aot or aots whioh shall be inte.ded to i.dllO., .ntic.
or enoovqe an7 per.on ot tll. opp..it. sex to have s.nal iJl.t.r-
cour.. witll..oh per.on so soliciti..; provid.d, how.v.r, that
non. of the provisioII.. ot this ...tion shall be ipplicabl. to
per.o.. marri.d to .aoh ot..r.
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No ..... .hall ofter h.r bOdt tor 'h. pv-
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or l.wIn..., or solioit SUOA act. to De oom-
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IIitted with her.
8EO'1'IOJr 4: No per.on ahall .0lio1t, eau.e, proove. iJI.-
duo., persuade or enoourqe llII.7 other person to patronize prosti-
tute. or a welUJl or wo... se.eral17 reputed to be a prostitute
or pro.titute., or places or hOllse. ~hioA are .eneral17 reput..
to ie plao.s or ho..e. ot ill-tUle or pro.tit.tiOll.I or 'ire.t or
cOII.4..t aaother to pro.titute. or to a we... or w..e. generall7
reputed to be a prostitute or prostit.t.s, or plaoes where pro.ti
tllte. or a,1\'o", or ...ea s_erall7 repue' to ie a pro.tit.te or
pr.stitllte. ma7 be hire. or ~tai.e'; or otfer or asree to pro-
vide a womaa or w..e. tor the purpos.. of pro.titlltion or l.wd-
ne.s. or take, ofter or air.. to take another person to 07 sllch
place or house ,witll !mowledee or reaso_ble oa..e to believe that
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a.ch takiag, oftering or agreeing to take is for the purpose of
prostitution, lewlness or assigmation.
SECTIO>> 5: Bo per.on shall direct, take or transport
any person to any buildtac or place, or to &n7 other person, with
knowleige or reasonable cause to ~elieve that the purpose ot such
directing, taking or transportiB& is prostitution, lewdness or
assigmation.
SECTIOII 6: 110 person shall rent, let or assign I.DY roOll,
apartment or place with knowledge or reasonab1e oause to believe
that nob. room, apartment or place is to be ued by the person or
persons to waOIl it is sold, let, rented or assigned, for the, pur-
pose ot having sexual intercoarsej provided, however, that the
provisions ot this section are not applicable to the rental,
lettiDg or 8Ssipiag of the prea1seB to persons IIIlU'rie4 to eacll
other and so uslDc said premises.
SECTION 7: LookOllts for illegal aots.
( a) No person shall act as a pard, lIaid , at ten4ant ,
bCUDoer or lookout for eay bulldiag, premises or establ1Uaent
used tor g.-bling, pro.tituticn, or any otller torm ot Tice or
illegal aot, or for any persOll whom he or she knows or has
reascmable cause to believe is solioitiq; otferiq or engagiq
in prostitution, gambliRg, or &n7 other torm ot vice, or illegal
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act.
(b) No peraoa ahall give any sigmal inten4ed or cal-
cuJ.ated to warn, or in aJQ' otller l118DDer do or say eaythiq ia-
ten4ed to sive warniq, of tile approach of any peace ofti"r to
llDY peJ."l!loa in or about such lnlildiD8 or prem1sel!l or pac.l!l .en-
tioned in the prececU.ng l!lub-seotion.
SEC'rION 8: Any perl!lon or perl!lon' violatiq &n7 provisiOJl
of thil!l Ordinance l!lhall be pilty of a ldl!ldOleanOr, aDd upon
conviction thereot, shall be puni8hed 'by a tine Dot exceeaiq
$500.00, or by t.pril!loDlllent in the Oity or COUDty Jail ao\
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ex.....1.. six moaths, or _, laota .uoh tin. 04 1mpr1IJou..t.
6BCTIOX 9: That it 0' a.otioa, s..-seotio., aoatoaoe,
olau.e or phra.e ot thi. Or4iaaaoe is for ., r...soa h.ld to b.
11lTali4 or lUlooutttutioaal ., the "ooision of lIB' eourt ot ooa-
petent 3urls4ietien, suGh d.ol.l.R shall not efteot tho validlt,
ot the r8lU.lniq portions ot this Ordinance, 0" the Ilayor aad
O....n 000011 ot the Cit7 otan Bera..rdino hereD7 "eolare th..t
thllY wClllll4 h..v. pa..... 'GIII.is OrUaooe a" each seotiOR, sub-
S.OtioR, seRtenoe, olallse llB" phr.... t.eroot, irrespeotive of the
t..ot th..t "RT one or mor. or other .e.tiou, sub-s.otloRa, olause
or phra... be deolarod iRvalid or UIlOonatitlltioaal.
BJlOTIOllJ IOI 'rhh OrUnllBoe ....11 be in toroe all" tak.
efteot trom ..ad atter thirt7 "..ys ..fter it. pa..age aad ..pproval.
SJlOTIOX 111 The 011i7 Clerk shall oertif7 to the pas-
.age ot thi. OrUnanoe and sh..ll oause the .Ule to De publiahed
three oonaeeutive timea ill the SllB Beraardlno Dat17 Su, .. "a117
newspaper hereby "eslga..tel tor taat purpo...
I RlIRleIIT ClCR'fIn tJlat the tore.olq Ordinanoe w... duly
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