Notice for 6th Street Underpass

Greetings!

This notice announces a homeless encampment eviction in Santa Rosa next Tuesday.

Notice

By Order of the Santa Rosa Police Department

Posted on November 8th, 2017

Location: Underpasses at 5th, 6th, and 9th Streets in Santa Rosa

The Santa Rosa Police Department will be enforcing local and state laws including but not limited to the following.  Violations may result in the arrest and booking into the Sonoma County Jail.

• Santa Rosa City Code Section 10-12-020 - Obstructing tunnel, overpass, etc.  No person shall loiter in any tunnel, pedestrian subway, or on any bridge, overpass or at or near the entrance thereto or exit therefrom or at or near any abutment or retaining wall adjacent to such entrance or exit, or any retaining wall or abutment adjacent to any freeway, street, or highway open and used for vehicular traffic, or adjacent to that portion thereof used for vehicular traffic, or on any public property in the proximity of such bridge, overpass, or retaining wall or abutment.
• Santa Rosa City Code Section 10-12-030 - Obstructing tunnel, overpass, etc.  No person shall sit or lie in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public way in such a manner to reasonably prevent, delay, hinder, obstruct, or interfere with the free passage of any other persons.
• Santa Rosa City Code 10-04-010 - possession or consumption in public place.  It is unlawful for any person to possess an open container of or to consume beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverage at any time on any public highway, road, street, sidewalk, lane, alley, mall, planting area, City-owned parking lot or parking building, or within Old Courthouse Square.
• Santa Rosa City Code Section 10-08-010 - Public excretion.  It is unlawful for any person over the age of 10 years to willfully urinate or defecate in a public place or in a place exposed to public view.
• Santa Rosa City Code Section 9-12-050 - Littering.  It is unlawful for any person to litter, dump, throw, or otherwise deposit or accumulate or cause to be deposited or accumulated any solid waste, recyclable materials, yard trimmings, household hazardous wastes or other hazardous wastes, garbage, debris, or other wastes in or upon any vacant lot, or in any backyard, or in or upon any highway, street, alley, gutter, sidewalk, park, waterway, or other public place within the City.

All personal property and debris must be removed immediately or it will be removed by the City of Santa Rosa on or after November 14, 2017.

Any items that pose a risk to public health and safety will be disposed of promptly.  Other personal property will be stored by the City of Santa Rosa for a period of 90 days.  If your personal property has been removed by the City, you may contact the Santa Rosa Police Department at (707) 543-3618 for information on retrieval.  Failure to claim and retrieve your property may cause it to be considered intentionally abandoned.  Unclaimed property may be disposed of after 90 days per California Civil Code Sections 2080 - 2080.10.