It is illegal to jump into a passing car.
10.64.010 Boarding or alighting from vehicles in motion No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion. (Prior code § 27-23)
A person must be 18 years old to buy a wax container.
8.40.010 Findings The council finds that: A. Large numbers of paraffin or wax containers are being discarded on the sidewalks of the city by children. Such containers, when discarded, become soft from the warmth of the sun and create a waxy, oily, greasy, slippery, dangerous and unsightly condition. The condition is aggravated because the contents…
One may not take his dog on an elevator with him.
6.08.030 Restrictions-Public elevators. No person owning or having charge, care, custody or control of any dog shall cause or allow it to go or be taken into any elevator in any office building, retail store or public building. This section shall not apply to dogs being used by the blind. (Prior code § 13-38)
Getting drunk on a playground is against the law.
SECTION 8-120. DRINKING ON STREET OR PLAYGROUND. (a) No person shall drink any beer, wine or other intoxicating beverage on any street, sidewalk, pedestrian mall, alley, highway, playground, parking lot open to the general public or other lot open to the general public. (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not be deemed to make…
Elementary schools may not host poker tournaments.
SECTION 8-121. GAMBLING ON OR ABOUT SCHOOL PROPERTY. No person shall play, participate in, or bet for or against any game not mentioned in Section 330 or 330a of the Penal Code of the State of California, in any public place or in any place exposed to the public view located within three hundred feet…
It is illegal to sell gasoline to a drunken person.
SECTION 8-124. SALE OF GASOLINE TO INTOXICATED PERSON. No person shall sell, loan, give or deliver gasoline to any person under the influence of intoxicating liquor. (Orig. Ord. 2202).
Permanent markers may not be sold in the city limits.
SECTION 8-133.2. DISPLAY OF AEROSOL SPRAY PAINT CONTAINERS AND MARKER PENS. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation doing business within the City of Fresno to store, stock, keep or display for sale or transfer any aerosol spray paint container, or any indelible ink marker pen with a tip exceeding four millimeters…
It is against the law to hold a private bingo game.
SECTION 8-1016. CONDITIONS OF OPERATION. It is unlawful for any bingo game to be operated in violation of any of the following conditions: (a) No minors shall be allowed to participate in any bingo game; (b) All bingo games shall be open to the public, not just to members of the nonprofit organization; (c) No…
Skipping rocks in a city park is not allowed
SECTION 8-401. PROHIBITED ACTS IN PARKS. Within the limits of any park, no person shall do any of the acts hereinafter specified, to wit: (1) Drive, or let loose any cattle, horse, or other livestock, provided that this shall not apply to dogs when led by a cord or chain not more than six feet…
No one may annoy a lizard in a city park.
SECTION 8-410. DISTURBING ANIMALS IN PARKS. No person shall hunt, pursue, annoy, throw stones or missiles at, or molest or disturb in any way, any animal, bird or reptile within the confines of any park. (Orig. Ord. 1076).