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It is the desire and intention of the city council to eliminate the unlawful selling, serving, storing, keeping or giving away of any controlled substance as defined under Health and Safety Code Section 11000 et seq. within any and every building or place in the city. (a)
The city council finds that the unlawful selling, serving, storing, keeping or giving away of any controlled substance in any building or place in the city is injurious to the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community, and interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property; and
(b)
Section 11570 of the Health and Safety Code of California states that every building or place used for the purpose of unlawfully selling, serving, storing, keeping or giving away controlled substances as defined and every building or place wherein and upon which such acts take place is a nuisance which shall be enjoined, abated and prevented; and
(c)
The laws of the state defining nuisance and the abatement thereof provide for civil and criminal enjoinment of such acts. The city council intends hereby to declare those activities set forth in this chapter as nuisances, provide a procedure for determining a nuisance exists, the necessary order of abatement thereof and civil and/or criminal prosecution for enforcement of any such findings and orders; and
(d)
The unlawful selling, serving, storing, keeping or giving away of any controlled substances as defined in the Health and Safety Code within any building or place in the city tends to debilitate family life in Commerce.
(Ord. 435 § 1(part), 1990).