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ORDINANCE NO. 2455
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
AMENDING VARIOUS SUBSECTIONS OF SECTION
2.48.200 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE
VOTING MEMBERS OF THE MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY
PLANNING COMMITTEE TO BE RESIDENTS OF THE
MONTGOMERY AREA.
Whereas, the City Council formed the Montgomery Area Planning Committee on
August 16, 1985 by the adoption of Resolution No. 12097 by exercise of the
authority granted in Section 2.48.060 and 2.48.070 of the Municipal Code; and,
Whereas, the jurisdiction of the Montgomery Area Planning Committee is now
and always has been the territory of the former Montgomery Fire Protection
District as they existed immediately prior to the annexation of said territory
into the City of Chula Vista {circa December, lg85) {"Montgomery Area"); and
Whereas, by the adoption of Ordinance No. 2418 on November 20, 1990, the
City Council transformed the Montgomery Area Planning Committee to committee
whose existence was recognized by the Chula Vista Municipal Code, and made
certain other structural changes to the Committee; and,
Whereas, one of the changes made was to remove the requirement that members
of the Committee be residents of the Montgomery Area; and,
Whereas, it is the desire of the Council to reimpose the requirement that
the voting members of the Montgomery Area Planning Committee be residents of the
Montgomery Area;
Now, therefore, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as
follows:
SECTION I. Subsection B ("Purpose of Intent") of Section 2.48.200
("Montgomery Area Planning Committee") of the Municipal Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"B. Purpose and Intent.
It is the purpose and intent of the City Council in establishing the
Montgomery Community Planning Committee to create an advisory body
which would serve as a resource to advise and make recommendations
to the City Council and the City Manager on planning matters
affecting the area of the City which, immediately prior to its
annexation to the City (December, 1985) was known as the Montqomery
Fire Protection District, and commonly known and referred to herein
alternatively as the "Montgomery Community" or "Montgomery Area".
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The purpose of the Committee is to focus community energies and
resources on said planning matters which, as accomplished, will
positively affect the physical, social, and the economic life of the
Montgomery Community and all of Chula Vista."
SECTION II. Clause (a) ("Voting Members") of Subparagraph 2 ("Designation
of Members") of Subsection D ("Membership") of Section 2.48.200 ("Montgomery Area
Planning Committee") of the Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"a. Voting Members.
The seven (7) Voting Members shall be appointed by the City Council
from the qualified electors of the City in accordance with the provisions
of Section 600, et seq. of the Charter, '~:hcm shall ~ and from the
residents of the City and the Montgomery Area. '-~ '-'~^ ~-~l, +~ ..... ~^"+
SECTION III. Subsection G. ("Vacancies") of Section 2.48.200 ("Montgomery
Area Planning Committee") of the Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"G. Vacancies.
Notwithstanding the term of Office to which a Member is appointed,
said Office shall be deemed vacant upon any of the following events ("Event of
Vacancy"):
1. The death or disability of said Member that renders said
Member incapable of performing the duties of his Office.
2. The member's conviction of a felony or crime involving moral
turpitude.
3. The member's absence from three (3) regular, consecutive
meetings of the Committee, unless excused by majority vote of
the Committee expressed in its official minutes.
4. The member has submitted a resignation which resignation has
been accepted by the City Council.
5__. The member shall have failed, durinq their term, to maintain
their residency or elector status.
~.6~ The membership has been terminated by a three affirmative
votes of the City Council.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Vacancy as hereinabove listed, the City
Council shall so declare the Office to be vacant, and shall expeditiously
take such steps as are necessary to fill said vacancy."
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SECTION IV. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect 30 days after its second reading and adoption.
Presented by: Approved as to form by:
Robert Leiter Bruce M. Boogaard,
Director of Planning City Attorney