[ RadSafe ] RE: [DailyBrief] Only in California

[Vernig, Peter G.]

I can't stand it, Fremont!

For goodness sakes the ORIGINAL if not first, Nuclear Free Zone was the
People's Republic of Berkeley.  And when we decommissioned the Berkeley
Research Reactor at UC Berkeley the City Counsel actually asked that we sort
of sneak the fuel out the back way through LBL, so we wouldn't get bad karma
on their streets.  ABSOLUTELY SILLY as for one thing, the fuel would still
have had to go on City Streets because any street adjacent to or even
surrounded by the campus was still a city street.  For another that would
have necessitated a semi truck trailer traveling through the Berkeley hills
on windy mountain roads.  And Berkeley's nuclear free status had all the
impact of the others that is none.  Or rather I heard some comments to the
effect that part of the decision to decommission was based on the fact that
Berkeley and the associated anti nukes had not agitated for the shut down
for some time so it was safe to decommission it and not appear to be caving
in to pressure.  So if they'd kept there collective mouths shut they might
have had it closed years before.  It was basically closed because it was a
vastly under utilized resource and Nuclear Engineering wanted the space for
a different gee whiz toy.

Any opinions in this e-mail are solely those of the author, and are not
represented as those of the VA Eastern Colorado HCS, the Dept. of Veterans
Affairs, or the US Government.

Peter G. Vernig, Radiation Safety Officer, MS-115, VA Eastern Colorado
Health Care System, 1055 Clermont St. Denver, CO 80220,
peter.vernig at med.va.gov, Phone= 303.399.8020 x2447; Fax = 303.393.5026,
alternate fax, 303.393.5248

"...whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is lovely, whatever is
admirable, if anything is found to be excellent or praiseworthy, let your
mind dwell on these things."

Paul of Tarsus


-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl]On
Behalf Of Flood, John
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:51 AM
To: 'Kostiuk, Ed M.'; DailyBrief at yahoogroups.com; Rad Safe
Cc: Bruce Tefft
Subject: RE: [ RadSafe ] RE: [DailyBrief] Only in California


One of the towns in the San Francisco bay area, Fremont I think, is a
nuclear-free zone, too.

Actually, the Chico thing looks like a city ordinance that is designed to
keep city departments from spending money on bomb shelters and the like.

Bob Flood
Nevada Test Site


-----Original Message-----
From: Kostiuk, Ed M. [mailto:EdK at health.ok.gov] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:19 AM
To: DailyBrief at yahoogroups.com; Rad Safe
Cc: Bruce Tefft
Subject: [ RadSafe ] RE: [DailyBrief] Only in California

Irvine Calif (former home of MCAS El Toro) did and same a few years
back..can't recall the Mayors name now (Larry something) who made a bid for
the Presidential race...he wanted a nuke free zone for that region...we said
the same thing guess Orange County/Los Angeles could be bombed but Irvine
would be free from the fallout. The population elects these folks!

Ed


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From: gpblackwood at sbcglobal.net [mailto:gpblackwood at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 9:52 AM
To: Rad Safe; Daily Brief
Cc: Bruce Tefft
Subject: [DailyBrief] Only in California



{I guess what Chico, California is trying to say is that in the event of a
detonation of a nuke with in the City Limits no one will have to worry about
aftereffects....or paying taxes any longer....strange way to say.... Kiss
your butt goodbye! But then again they have 9.60.50 Remedy for
Violations....Question: Who in the City's Legal Department is going to be
around to sue? Must be something in the Orange Juice.......

 
12/21/04
9.60.040 Prohibition on appropriation and use of city funds and property for
civil 
defense against a nuclear war.
No city funds or property shall be appropriated or used for civil defense
against a
nuclear war or other preparations for nuclear war, including but not limited
to those civil
defense measures which address the physical or social aftereffects of a
nuclear war.
(Ord. 1564 §2 (part))
9.60.050 Remedy for violations.
At the direction of the city council, the city attorney shall file an action
in a court of
appropriate jurisdiction to enjoin any violations of this chapter. Such
action for injunctive
relief shall be exclusive of any other remedies whether civil or criminal,
provided for by
this code.
(Ord. 1564 §2 (part))

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Page 37
(7/1/03)
9.70-1
Chico Municipal Code
ASSESSMENT OF SECOND RESPONSE COSTS
DIVISION X. ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 9.70
ASSESSMENT OF SECOND RESPONSE COSTS
Section:
9.70.010
Purpose.
9.70.020
Findings.
9.70.030
Loud or unruly events defined.
9.70.040
Persons responsible for a loud or unruly event.
9.70.050
Civil liability for the costs of a second response to a loud or unruly
event.
9.70.060
Amount of second response costs.
9.70.070
Warning issued at time of initial response.
9.70.080
Assessment of second response fee.
9.70.090
Notice of assessment of second response fee.
9.70.100
Payment of second response fee.
9.70.110
Administrative review of determination to assess second response fee.
9.70.120
Appeal of decision following administrative review of second response
fee.
9.70.010 Purpose.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the municipal affairs provisions of the
City Charter in
order to provide a means for recovering the costs incurred by the city for
the city police and fire
department personnel participating in a second response to a loud or unruly
event from the
person or persons responsible for such event.
(Ord. 2086)
9.70.020 Findings.
The city council finds as follows:
A. That personnel from the city police and fire departments spend a
significant amount of their
time responding to loud and unruly events as defined in this chapter;
B. That frequently, police and fire department personnel are required to
respond a second time
to the same loud or unruly event after warning the person or persons
responsible for such
event that the event is being conducted in an unlawful manner and must be
terminated by
reason of the fact that such person or persons fail to take the steps
necessary to terminate
such unlawful conduct; and
C. That it would be appropriate to recover from the person or persons
responsible for a loud
or unruly event the costs incurred by the city for the police and fire
department personnel
participating in a second response to such event in those situations in
which such person or
persons were duly warned that a second response fee would be assessed
against them at
the time of the initial response to the event.

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Page 38
Chico Municipal Code
ASSESSMENT OF SECOND RESPONSE COSTS
(7/1/03)
9.70-2
(Ord. 2086)
9.70.030 Loud or unruly events defined.
For purposes of this chapter, the terms loud event and unruly event are
defined as follows: 
A. A loud event shall mean an event or incident which results in any loud or
unusual noise
which disturbs the peace and quiet of a neighborhood or which causes
discomfort or
annoyance to any reasonable person of normal sensitivity residing in the
neighborhood and
is, therefore, unlawful in accordance with the provisions of chapter 9.38 of
this code. 
B. An unruly event is any event or incident which threatens the public
health, safety or welfare
and is unlawful under the provisions of this code or the laws of the State
of California.
(Ord. 2086)
9.70.040 Person responsible for a loud or unruly event.
For purposes of this chapter, a person shall be considered to be responsible
for a loud or
unruly event if:
A. Such person is entitled to possession of any private property on which
the event occurs,
either by reason of the fact that such person is an owner entitled to
possession of such
property or by reason of the fact that such person is a lessee or tenant
entitled to
possession of the property;
B. Such person is entitled to the use of any public property on which the
event occurs by
reason of any permit or entitlement issued to such person by the city or any
other
governmental agency owning or otherwise controlling the property; or
C. Such person accepts responsibility for the event.
(Ord. 2086)
9.70.050 Civil liability for the costs of a second response to a loud or
unruly event.
Any person responsible for a loud or unruly event shall be civilly liable to
the city for all
costs incurred by the city arising out of a second response which is made by
the city police or
fire department to such event where:
A. The city police or fire department initially responded to the event
during the preceding 12
hour period;
B. At the time of making such initial response, personnel from the city
police or fire department
warned such person, in writing, that the event was being conducted in an
unlawful manner,
and that if police or fire department personnel were required to respond a
second time to
the event, such person would be assessed a second response fee as and for
the city's
second response costs in the amount provided for by this chapter; and
C. Following such initial response, the city police or fire department were
required to respond
a second time to the event by reason of the fact that the event continued to
be conducted in
an unlawful manner, notwithstanding such written warning.
(Ord. 2086)
9.70.060 Amount of second response costs.
The amount of the costs incurred by the city as a result of a second
response to a loud or
unruly event shall be determined by the chief of police based on the number
of police and fire

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Page 39
Chico Municipal Code
ASSESSMENT OF SECOND RESPONSE COSTS
(7/1/03)
9.70-3
department personnel participating in the second response, the time spent in
making such
response, and a schedule of police and fire department personnel costs
adopted by resolution
of the city council.
(Ord. 2086)
9.70.070 Warning issued at time of initial response.
Where personnel from the city police or fire department responding to a loud
or unruly
event determine that the unlawful conduct occurring at such event can be
terminated or
otherwise appropriately addressed without arresting or citing the person or
persons responsible
for the event, such police or fire department personnel may issue a warning
to any person
responsible for the event in lieu or arresting or issuing a citation to such
person as a result of the
event. Such warning shall set forth the date and time of the initial
response, a brief description
of the unlawful activity complained of and/or observed at event, the address
of the property on
which the event occurred, and a statement that if city police or fire
department personnel are
required to respond a second time to the same or a similar event within a 12
hour period by
reason of the fact that the event continues to be conducted in an unlawful
manner, such person
will be assessed a second response fee as and for the city's second response
costs in the
amount provided for by this chapter, which fee shall be in addition to any
criminal fine or other
sanction arising out of any arrest of such person or the issuance of a
citation to such person as a
result of such second response. Any person issued a written warning in the
manner provided
for by this section shall sign the warning acknowledging receipt thereof.
(Ord. 2086)
9.70.080 Assessment of second response fee.
Where the chief of police determines that a second response has been made to
a loud or
unruly event within a 12 hour period following the initial response to such
event, the chief of
police shall assess a second response fee against any person or persons
responsible for the
event who was issued a written warning at the time of the initial response
to the event in the
manner provided by this chapter. Such fee shall be in an amount equal to the
costs incurred by
the city for all of the police and/or fire department personnel
participating in the second
response, as determined by the chief of police in the manner provided by
this chapter, or the
sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is less. Where two or more
persons are
assessed a second response fee for the same loud or unruly event, all such
persons shall be
jointly and severally liable to the city for the full amount of such fee.
(Ord. 2086)
9.70.090 Notice of assessment of second response fee.
Upon determining to assess a second response fee against a person
responsible for a loud
or unruly event, the chief of police shall cause notice of the assessment to
be served on such
person by depositing such notice in, first class postage prepaid, in the
United States mail
addressed to the person at the person's last known address. In addition to
setting forth the
amount of the second response fee, such notice shall set forth the right of
the person so
assessed to request administrative review of such assessment in the manner
hereinafter
provided by this chapter.
(Ord. 2086, Ord. 2268)

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Page 40
Chico Municipal Code
ASSESSMENT OF SECOND RESPONSE COSTS
(7/1/03)
9.70-4
9.70.100 Payment of second response fee.
Every second response fee assessed upon a person responsible for a loud or
unruly event in
the manner provided by this chapter shall be due and payable on or before
the last day of the
month immediately following the month in which notice of the assessment 
of the fee was mailed to such person. In the event of the failure of a
person assessed a second
response fee to pay such fee when due, a delinquency penalty of ten percent
shall be added to
the fee on the last day of each month after the due date thereof; provided,
however, that the
total amount of such penalties shall not exceed fifty percent of the fee. In
addition, in the event
of the failure of a person assessed a second response fee to pay such fee
when due, such
person shall be assessed interest on the amount of the delinquent fee,
exclusive of any penalties
thereon, at the rate of one percent per month, or any fraction thereof, from
the date the fee first
became delinquent until the date the fee is paid.
(Ord. 2086)
9.70.110 Administrative review of determination to assess second response
fee.
A. Right to Administrative Review. Any person assessed a second response fee
in the manner
provided by this chapter may apply to the chief of police for administrative
review of the
determination by the chief of police to assess such fee and/or the
determination of the chief
of police as to the amount of the fee.
B. Application for Administrative Review. Application for administrative
review of a
determination of the chief of police to assess a second response fee or a
determination of
the chief of police as to the amount of the such fee shall be in writing and
shall be filed with
the police department by the person against whom the fee was assessed no
later than 15
days from the date the notice of assessment of the fee was mailed to such
person. In
addition to setting forth the request for administrative review of such
determination, such
application shall contain a brief statement of the reasons why the person
against whom the
fee was assessed believes that the determination does not comply with the
provisions of this
chapter as well as a statement of the relief being requested.
C. Decision on Application for Administrative Review. Upon the filing of an
application for
administrative review of the determination of the chief of police to assess
a second response
fee or a determination as to the amount of such fee, the chief of police
shall consider the
application and render a decision either confirming such determination or
reversing or
modifying the determination. Prior to rendering a decision, the chief of
police, with sole
discretion, may convene a hearing for the purpose of reviewing evidence or
hearing
arguments bearing on the determination. If such a hearing is convened,
notice of the date,
time, and place of the hearing shall be served by mail on the person having
requested
administrative review of the determination a reasonable time prior to such
hearing. After
rendering a decision, the chief of police shall promptly cause written
notice of the decision
to be served by mail on the person having requested administrative review of
the
determination.
D. Payment of a Second Response Fee Following Administrative Review. Where
the chief of
police renders a decision to affirm a determination to assess a second
response fee and/or
to affirm a determination as to the amount of the fee so assessed, either in
whole or in part,
following the filing of an application for administrative review of such
determination, such
fee or such part thereof found by the chief of police to have been validly
assessed shall not

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Page 41
Chico Municipal Code
ASSESSMENT OF SECOND RESPONSE COSTS
(7/1/03)
9.70-5
be due and payable until the last day of the month immediately following the
month in which
notice of such decision was mailed to the person against whom the fee was
assessed.
(Ord. 2086, Ord. 2268)
9.70.120 Appeal of decision following administrative review of second
response fee.
Where the chief of police renders a decision affirming a determination to
assess a second
response fee in whole or in part after administratively reviewing the
determination in the manner
provided by this chapter, the person against whom the fee was assessed and
who requested
administrative review of such determination may appeal the decision to the
city council. Such
appeal shall be filed within the time and in the manner provided by Chapter
2.80 of this code;
provided, however, that no person shall be entitled to appeal such decision
unless and until such
person has deposited with the city clerk an amount equal to 50% of the
amount of the fee in
dispute.
In the event the city council, after considering an appeal from a
determination of the chief of
police to assess a second response fee, determines that the fee was
improperly assessed or that
the amount of the fee exceeds that which should have been assessed, the city
clerk shall cause
any portion of the fee deposited with the city clerk found by the city
council to be improperly
assessed to be refunded to the person filing the appeal.
(Ord. 2086)

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Page 42
(3/15/00)
9FN.1
Chico Municipal Code
TITLE 9 FOOTNOTES
TITLE 9 FOOTNOTES
1. For statutory provisions on tampering with fire alarm systems, see Penal
Code §148.4;
for statutory provisions on stopping or parking near hydrants, see Vehicle
Code
§22514; for provisions on removal of vehicles preventing access to hydrants,
see
Vehicle Code §22651; approach of vehicles to fires and fire engines, see Ch.
10.12; for
access to fire hydrants during street excavation, see Ch. 14.08.
2. For statutory provisions on littering, see Penal Code §§374, 374b and
374e; weed and
rubbish abatement, see Ch. 8.20.
3. For statutory definition of "hide," see Food & Agricultural Code §20009;
for
provisions on inspection of hides, see Food & Agricultural Code §21451 et
seq.; for
provisions on inspections and seizures, see Food & Agricultural Code §23041
et seq.
4. Damage to property by moving buildings, see Ch. 14.36; report of damage
to publicly
owned or public utility property, see Ch. 10.12.
5. For statutory provisions on placing advertising material on public and
private property,
see Penal Code §§556 - 556.3.
6. For statutory provisions as to juvenile court see Welfare & Institutions
Code §§
500-257.
Prior history: Prior code §§14.1, 14.3, 14.7; Ords. 224, 511 and 557.

Division IX Nuclear Weapons
Chapter 9.60 
Nuclear Free Zone
 
In particular: Pages 35 and 36......
9.60.040 Prohibition and use of City funds and property for civil defense
against a nuclear war 
9.60.050 Remedy for Violations
 
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:0POg7VwKf_MJ:www.chico.ca.us/Municipal_
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