HomeMy WebLinkAbout2293 ORDINANCE NO. 2293
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA ADDING SECTION 1703 TO
CHAPTER 7 OF ARTICLE I OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL
CODE AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO CONDUCT CITY
ELECTIONS BY ALL MAIL BALLOT AND TO ESTABLISH
LOCAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT
OF CITY ELECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF ARCADIA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 1703 is hereby added to Chapter 7 of Article I of the Arcadia
Municipal Code and shall read as follows:
"CHAPTER 7
ELECTIONS
"1703. Authority to Conduct All Mail Ballot City Elections and to Establish Local
Rules and Regulations for Conduct of City Elections.
Notwithstanding any provisions of the California Elections Code to the contrary,the
City Council may, by resolution, authorize City elections including, without limitation,
general municipal elections, to be conducted by all mail ballot, whether for the election of
municipal officials or officers, or for such other purposes or measures as prescribed by the
City Council to be submitted to the voters; and may also, by resolution, establish local rules
and regulations for the conduct of City elections."
SECTION 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to
be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of
this ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council of the City of Arcadia hereby declares
that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection,
subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. Pursuant to Government Code Section 36937(a),the
City Council finds that this Ordinance relates to an election and, therefore, becomes
effective immediately upon adoption by a majority vote of the City Council.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance and shall
cause a copy of same to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Arcadia within
fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
Passed, approved and adopted this 6th day of December , 2011.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2293 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 6th day of December, 2011 and that said Ordinance was adopted by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Amundson, Harbicht, Segal and Kovacic
NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Member Chandler
City Clerk of the City of Arcadia