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Ordinance No. 1617 Page Three B. Any aggrieved person who prevails in such an action shall be entitled to recover from the violator those damages, costs, attorney's fees and such other relief as determined by the court. In addition to all other damages or relief, the court may award to the aggrieved person a civil penalty of up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation of this Chapter. C. The remedies provided by this Chapter are in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies the aggrieved person may have and are not intended to be exclusive·" ~: This ordinance is an urgency measure necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare and shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. The facts constituting such urgency are that: (i) there curren~y is no law protecting a person's right to privacy in the home and the right to enjoy tranquility and a sense of security in one's neighborhood, against targeted residential picketing activity that unreasonably interferes with such rights, and (ii) them are Pleasanton residents who are fearful, intimidated and insecure because they have been subjected to targeted picketing activity at their homes and in their neighborhood and because they reasonably expect such activity to occur in the future. S_~jg._L~: A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in "The Valley Times," a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the City Clerk's office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. INTRODUCED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Pleasanton on January 18, 1994. AYES: Councilmembers - Dennis, Mohr, Scribner, and Mayor Tarver NOES: Councilmember Pico ABSENT: None ~ ABSTAIN: None , PeggY/gti&o, Clerk Michael H. Roush, City Attorney