HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 09-O7ORDINANCE NO. 09-07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 55, ARTICLE I, SECTIONS 55-4(e) AND 55-6(c), OF THE AZUSA
MUNICIPAL CODE, REVISING MEMBERSHIP AND QUORUM PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
COMMISSION
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Sections 36506 and 40605 and Section 2-32(4) of the
Azusa Municipal Code, the Mayor and Council may appoint and remove city board and commission
members; and
WHEREAS, Azusa City Council Ordinance No. 00-012 originally established the total membership
of the Cultural and Historical Preservation Commission at seven members; and
WHEREAS, Azusa City Council Ordinance No. 05-03 amended section 55-3 (a) of the Azusa
Municipal Code by reducing total membership of the Cultural and Historical Preservation Commission to
five members; and
WHEREAS, sections 55-4(e) and 55-6(c) must be revised to be consistent with the reduction in total
membership of the Cultural and Historical Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (e) of Section 55-4 of Article I of Chapter 55 of the Azusa Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(e) The terms of not more than three members of the commission shall expire in any one year."
SECTION 2. Subsection (c) of Section 55-6 of Article I of Chapter 55 of the Azusa Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(c) Three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business."
SECTION 3. Severability.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it
would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences,
clauses, phrases or portions might subsequently be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 4. CEQA.
The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act
("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable
indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in
Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has
no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
SECTION 5. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its adoption.
SECTION 6. Publication.
The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted
as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 16a day of November, 2009.
Joseph R. Rocha, Mayor
ATTEST:
Vera Mendoza, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I VERA MENDOZA, City Clerk for the City of Azusa hereby certify that the forgoing Ordinance No,
09-07, was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting for the City Council of the
City of Azusa held on the 2°a day of November, 2009 and that thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted
and passed at a regular meeting of 19`s day of November, 2009, by the vote of the Council.
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: GONZALES, CARRILLO, HANKS, ROCHA
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MACIAS
Vera Mendoza, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
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