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or occupant. ~ It is unlawful for any person to beg or solicit money, donations of money, property, or financial assistance of any kind in a public area between sunset and sunrise. @ It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a false or misleading representation in the course of soliciting a donation. False or misleading representations include. but are not limited to, the following: ill Stating that the donation is needed to meet a specific need, when the solicitor already has sufficient funds to meet that need and does not disclose that fact; ill Stating that the donation is needed to meet a need which does not exist; ill Stating that the solicitor is from out of town and stranded, when that is not true: ill Wearing a military uniform or other indication of military service, when the solicitor is neither a present or former member of the service indicated: ill Wearing or displaying an indication of physical disability, when the solicitor does not have the disability indicated: @ Use of any makeup or deyice to simulate any deformity: or ill Stating that the solicitor is homeless, when that is not true. Sec. 34.104. Camping in public areas. ill Except in areas designated by official signs for campinlZ purposes, it is unlawful to camp in any public area. @ Any personal property, tent. shelter, vehicle or other structure found in a public area in violation of this section may be removed by a police officer or park ranger and stored at the owner's eXIlense. ~ It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section if the person owns the property, or has secured the written permission of the property owner to camp on the property. Sec. 34,105. -- 34.125. Reserved. SECTION 2. Chapter 34, Article 3, Division 2, of the San Marcos City Code is amended by removing sections 34.100 - 34.125 as follows (underlining indicates added language; an o v Clstlike indicates deleted language): Sec. 34.082 -- 34.125 34.099. Reserved. SECTION 3. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this ordinance will continue in force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. SECTION 4. All ordinances and resolutions or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict with this ordinance are repealed. SECTION 5. Any person violating a provision of this ordinance commits a misdemeanor and is subject upon conviction, in addition to other penalties provided by law, to the penalty provided in Section 1.015 ofthe San Marcos City Code. SECTION 6. This Ordinance takes effect 10 days after the date of its final passage, and the City Secretary will publish notice of its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation in the 6/10/99 Nuisance.ord.wpd - 3 -