HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2018-3414ORDINANCE NO. 3414
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
SECTION 2.04.020 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO THE TIME AND PLACE OF COUNCIL
MEETINGS
WHEREAS, Section 306 of the Chula Vista City Charter requires the City Council to
hold regular meetings at least once each month at such times as it shall fix by ordinance or
resolution; and
WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code section 2.04.020 currently calls for regular
meetings to be held on the first, second, third, and fourth Tuesday of each month; and
WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code section 2.04.020 calls for certain meetings
throughout the year to be cancelled as a general policy of the City Council, including the meeting
regularly scheduled on the Tuesday following the Thanksgiving holiday; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to instead cancel the meeting on the Tuesday before
the Thanksgiving holiday.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I.
Section 2.04.020 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
2.04.020 Meetings – Time and place.
Pursuant to Section 306 of the Charter, the Council shall hold regular meetings at least
once each month. Such meetings shall be held in the Council Chambers at 276 Fourth
Avenue in the City, or in such other appropriate conference room within the Civic Center
Complex, as may be determined by the Council. Regular meetings shall be held on the
first, second, third, and fourth Tuesday of each month. The time of regular meetings shall
be set by written resolution of the City Council adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council. Regular meetings may be cancelled in special circumstances or as necessary, in
the discretion of the City Manager, or by a majority vote of the Council. When the day
for any regular meeting of the Council falls on a legal holiday, no meeting shall be held
on such holiday.
It shall be the general policy of the City Council to cancel any meetings in the last week
of June and the first week of July, the week of Thanksgiving, the week following Easter,
the Tuesday following Labor Day, and the week of Christmas and New Year’s. Any of
these meetings may be reinstituted if necessary by a majority of the Council.
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Section II. Severability
If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for
any reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court of competent
jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remain ing portions of the
Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of
Chula Vista hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or phrase
of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses
or phrases of the Ordinance be declared invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional.
Section III. Construction
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to
duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in
light of that intent.
Section IV. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirtieth day after its final passage.
Section V. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published or posted according to law.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Gary Halbert Glen R. Googins
City Manager City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 9th day of January 2018, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Diaz, McCann, Padilla, and Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3414 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 19th day of December
2017 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the
9th day of January 2018; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
Dated Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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