HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD20ORDINANCE NO.20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE
JUNCTION, ARIZONA, AMENDING CHAPTER 10, APACHE JUNCTION
CITY CODE, BY AMENDING SECTION 10-1-17, PERTAINING TO
PROSTITUTION, HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION, AND RELATED OFFENSES
AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I.That Section 10-1717 of Chapter10, Apache
Junction City Code be and the same is hereby
amended as follows:
SECTION 10-1-17 PROSTITUTION AND RELATED OFFENSES
A.Definitions
1."Prostitution" means the act of
performing sexual activity for hire by a
male or female person.
2."Sexual Activity: means vaginal or anal
intercourse, fellatio, cunnulingus, analingus,
masturbation, sodomy or beastiality.
B.It is unlawful to offer, agree, attempt to commit,
or commit an act of prostitution;
C.It is unlawful to solicit or hire another person
to commit an act of prostitution;
D.It is unlawful to manifest an intent by word, sign
or action to commit an act of prostitution;
E.It is unlawful for the owner or person having charge
or control of any house, building, apartment, room
or premises to rent or lease any such house, building,
apartment, room or premises to any person to be used
as a place of prostitution or to knowlingly permit any
such house, building, paartment, room or premises to
be used for prostitution or for immoral purposes or
practices.The owner or person having charge or control
of any house, building, apartment, room or premises
shall be and is hereby authorized to summarily remove
and eject from such house, building, apartment, room
or premises any tenant, subtenant, lessee, or sub-
lessee or any person who shall commit any act of
prostitution or immoral act or practice or who shall
knowingly suffer or permit to be committed any act
of prostitution or any immoral act or practice in or
about such house, building, apartment, room or premises.
F.It is unlawful for any person to use any house,
building, apartment, room or premises for prostitution
or for any immoral purposes or practices.
G.It is unlawful for any person to frequent, loiter in
or continue in any house, building, apartment, room
or premises used for purposes of prostitution or for any
immoral purposes or practices.
H.It is unlawful to aid or abet the commission of any
of the acts prohibited by this section.
I.Penalties
SECTION II
Any person found guilty of violating any provisions of
this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of
not to exceed $300.00 or imprisonment for a period
of not to exceed three (3) months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.Each day that a violation con-
tinues shall be a separate offense punishable as herein-
above described.
All Ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with
the provisions of this ordinance or any part of the code
adopted herein by reference, are hereby repealed.
SECTION III.If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance or any part of the code adopted
herein by reference, 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 thereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA THIS 16th .DAY OF
January , 19 80 •
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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