Chapter 9.28
DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

Sections:

9.28.010    Sale and display – Provisions relating to minors.

9.28.020    Narcotic paraphernalia – Sale and display rooms – Minors to be excluded.

9.28.030    Sale and display rooms – Public nuisances.

9.28.010 Sale and display – Provisions relating to minors.

A. No owner, manager or proprietor 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, injecting, or consuming marijuana, hashish, PCP or any controlled substance, as defined in the Health and Safety Code of the state, 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.

B. 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 by his or her legal guardian. (Prior code §§ 4-18.01, 4-18.02)

9.28.020 Narcotic paraphernalia – Sale and display rooms – Minors to be excluded.

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 that minors, unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, are excluded. (Prior code § 4-18.03)

9.28.030 Sale and display rooms – Public nuisances.

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. This remedy shall be in addition to any other remedy provided by law, including the penalty provisions applicable for violations of the terms and provisions of this code. (Prior code § 4-18.04)