§ 9-2609. DISPLAY OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING PSEUDOEPHEDRINE AND EPHEDRINE.

(a) The Council of the City of Fresno finds that the locally increasing illegal production and use of methamphetamine threatens the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Fresno. The Council of the City of Fresno further finds that the easy over-the-counter accessibility to the public of products containing pseudoephedrine and ephedrine, key components in the production of methamphetamine, continues to facilitate the illegal production and use of methamphetamine despite the efforts of the State of California to regulate the sale of these products. This ordinance seeks to add additional safeguards that would prevent the easy theft and illegal purchase of products containing these controlled substances by requiring that such products be kept, stored, stocked and displayed in the course of retail distribution, in an area that is locked and secure, or is otherwise made unavailable to the public and is accessible to the public only through an employee of the business.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, business, partnership, or other entity doing business within the City of Fresno to store, stock, keep or display for sale or transfer, any product containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine in an area other than a place that is locked and secure or otherwise made unavailable to the public and which is accessible to the public only through an employee of the business. Violation of this section shall be enforced in accordance with Section 1-404 of this code. (Added Ord. 2005-121, § 1, eff. 12-4-05).