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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 87.16 Repealing Ordinance 78.03 and 78.04 and regulating possession and destruction of drug paraphernaliaORDINANCE NO. 87-16 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING TOWN ORDINANCE NUMBERS 78.03 AND 78.04 AND REPLACING SAME WITH AN ORDINANCE REGULATING POSSESSION AND DESTRUCTION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WHEREAS the Town Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona did, on the 3rd day of July, 1978 enact Ordinance Number 78.03 and 78.04 relating to the possession of drug paraphernalia and the destruction thereof; and WHEREAS the State statutes incorporated thereunder have since been modified by the Arizona State Legislature; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Marana, that Ordinance Numbers 78.03 and 78.04 are hereby repealed. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED as follows: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or exhibit any box pipe, cup, hypodermic needle, thing or apparatus used for unlawfully smoking, eating, inhaling, injecting or consuming any substance defined as a narcotic in A.RoS. Section 13-3401 et seq., or any subsequent amendments thereto. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a lookout or tender at any place where the acts as set forth in Section 1 are practiced or carried on. Section 3. A violation of Sections 1 or 2 of this Ordinance shall constitute a Class 1 Misdemeanor. Section 4. It shall be the duty of all police officers of the Town to seize and safely keep all cups, pipes, apparatus, boxes, hypodermic needles and things used for the purpose of unlawfully eating, smoking, inhaling, injecting or otherwise consuming any substance Section 13-3401 et seq, or produce the same in Court. defined as a narcotic under A.R.S. subsequent amendments thereto, and to Said articles shall be retained until a final disposition of any case in which they may be required as evidence, to be then destroyed by Order of the Court. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the destruction of such articles at any time when the Magistrate may deem such articles no longer required to be retained as evidence, or when they may be otherwise destroyed pursuant to any applicable Arizona Revised Statute. Section 5. This Ordinance and the various sections hereof are hereby declared to be severable. Should any section or regulation of this Ordinance by declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole, or any portion thereof other than the section or regulation so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid. Section 6. WHEREAS the immediate operation of this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the Town of Marana, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, adoption and approval by the Town Council of the Town of Marana. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Town Council of the Town of Marana this 1st day of September , 1987. ATTEST: MAYOR TOWN CLER ~K// ~