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Alhambra, California Code of Ordinances
Alhambra, California Code of Ordinances
CHARTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I. NAME AND RIGHTS OF CITY
ARTICLE II. BOUNDARIES AND DISTRICTS OF CITY
ARTICLE III. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS
ARTICLE IV. MAYOR
ARTICLE V. EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
ARTICLE VI. THE COUNCIL
ARTICLE VII. POWERS OF THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL
ARTICLE VIII. CITY CLERK
ARTICLE IX. CITY ATTORNEY
ARTICLE X. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND EX OFFICIO CITY TREASURER, ASSESSOR AND TAX AND LICENSE COLLECTOR
ARTICLE XI. POLICE COURT
ARTICLE XII. CITY MANAGER
ARTICLE XIII. POLICE, FIRE AND HEALTH DIVISIONS
ARTICLE XIV. BOARD OF EDUCATION
ARTICLE XV. PUBLIC LIBRARY
ARTICLE XVI. ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
ARTICLE XVII. ELECTIONS
ARTICLE XVIII. FINANCE
ARTICLE XIX. CONTRACTS
ARTICLE XX. STREETS AND SEWERS
ARTICLE XXI. FRANCHISES
ARTICLE XXII. RECALL
ARTICLE XXIII. INITIATIVE
ARTICLE XXIV. REFERENDUM
ARTICLE XXIVa. CIVIL SERVICE
ARTICLE XXV. MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE XXVI. STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT ACT
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE II: ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
TITLE III: FINANCE
TITLE IV: FRANCHISES
TITLE V: BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE VI: HEALTH AND SANITATION
TITLE VII: ANIMALS
TITLE VIII: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BOND LAW
TITLE IX: PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY
TITLE X: BICYCLES
TITLE XI: VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
TITLE XII: PARKING LOTS
TITLE XIII: STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
TITLE XIV: PARKS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS
TITLE XV: WATER
TITLE XVI: SEWERS
TITLE XVII: INDUSTRIAL WASTE
TITLE XVIII: COMMUNITY NOISE AND VIBRATION CONTROL
TITLE XIX: FIRE
TITLE XX: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE XXI: OIL AND GAS WELLS
TITLE XXII: SUBDIVISIONS
TITLE XXIII: ZONING
TITLE XXIV: SOLAR ENERGY
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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SEC. 165. NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR PETITION; TO WHOM PETITION IS ADDRESSED AND PRESENTED; PETITION TO REQUEST AT WHAT ELECTION QUESTION SHALL BE SUBMITTED.
   A petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to twenty-five percent of the total vote cast at the last preceding general municipal election, requesting the calling of an election to determine whether the incumbent of an elective office shall be removed, shall be addressed to the council and presented to the city clerk. The petition may request that the question of such removal shall be submitted at a special municipal election or at the next general municipal election.
Editor's note: The first sentence of this section was amended by Charter Amendment No. 2, ratified by the qualified electors of the city on June 8, 1954.
SEC. 166. FORM OF INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE OF PETITION FOR RECALL.
   The petition for recall and removal from office shall be substantially in the following form:
   (Individual certificate)
   PETITION TO THE COUNCIL REQUIRING A
   SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
   (If such be the case)
For the recall of(name of officer).
From the office of(name of office).
Reasons for the recall of(name of officer) from the office of(name of office): (Here insert the reasons).
Reasons against the recall of (name of officer) from the office of(name of office): (Here insert the reasons).
   I, the undersigned certify that I hereby join in a petition to the council requiring that it forthwith submit to the vote of the electors of the City of Alhambra, at a special (or the next general) municipal election, the question whether (name of officer) shall be recalled and removed from the office of (name of office).
   I further certify that I have read the foregoing reasons for and against the recall of said officer and believe that he or she should be recalled: that I am a qualified elector of said city; that I reside at
No                  street between                 street and                     street in said city, and that my occupation is                  .
                
State of California
            (Signed)
County of Los Angeles, ss
City of Alhambra.
                   being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he or she is the person who signed the foregoing certificate and that the statements therein contained are true and correct.
                     (Signed)
   Subscribed and sworn to               19    before me,                          .
                                                              
      Verification Deputy (or Notary Public)
   The petition of which this certificate forms a part, shall, if found deficient, be returned to         at No.                 street, Alhambra, California.
Editor's note: This section was amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.
SEC. 167. CERTIFICATES TO BE SEPARATE AND SWORN TO; GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING CERTIFICATES AFTER PRESENTATION; AMENDED CERTIFICATES.
   Each certificate must be separate, and contain the name of but one signer, who must make oath before a notary public or verification deputy as to the truth of the statements therein. All such certificates signed by electors of each precinct, shall be arranged alpha-betically and bound together. Upon receipt of such petition, the city clerk shall indorse thereon the time it was received. He or she shall thereupon examine said petition, to ascertain whether it conforms to the requirements of this Charter.
   Within ten days after such presentation, the city clerk must determine whether said petition so conforms and shall attach thereto his or her certificate showing the result of his or her examination, and send by registered mail a copy of said certificate to the person named in said petition to whom it shall be returned. If the petition does not conform to said requirements, the certificate of the city clerk shall designate the defects in the petition and in the individual certificates. If the certificate of the city clerk shows the petition to be deficient, it may be amended by presentation, within fifteen days after mailing said certificate of the city clerk, of an amended petition, containing additional certificates, arranged and bound as above provided. The city clerk shall, within seven days after the presentation of such amended petition, make like investigation and determination as to the amended petition and attach to it a like certificate and mail a copy as aforesaid, and, if his or her certificate shall show the amended petition to be deficient, or if no amended petition shall have been presented, the petition shall be returned to the person named therein to whom it shall be returned, without prejudice to the filing of a new petition to effect the same purpose.
   Should any certificate or certificates to the petition not substantially conform to the requirements of this Charter such fact shall not invalidate the petition if a sufficient number of the certificates substantially conform to such requirements. Should the city clerk find that the said petition or amended petition conforms to such requirements, he or she shall endorse the fact thereon and file and present it to the council.
Editor's note: This section was amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.
SEC. 168. AFFIDAVIT OF PERSON PROPOSING RECALL; DELIVERY OF AFFIDAVIT TO PERSON SOUGHT TO BE RECALLED AND HIS OR HER ANSWER.
   Before any petition for recall is circulated, an affidavit in triplicate by or on behalf of the person or persons proposing such recall shall be made and delivered to the city clerk, one to be filed with the city clerk, one to be left by him or her at the office of the officer sought to be recalled, and one to be sent by him or her by registered mail to the residence of such officer. Such affidavit shall contain the address of the person or persons making the same, a statement of the intention to circulate a petition for the recall of said officer containing no more than two hundred words, giving the reasons for such recall. Said officer may, within five days after the mailing of such affidavit, send by registered mail to the address of the party making such affidavit, his or her answer thereto in not more than two hundred words. Such statement and answer, if any, shall be printed on each individual certificate. No original petition for recall of any officer shall be presented to the city clerk later than forty days after the filing of the affidavit.
Editor's note: This section was amended by the voters of the city on March 26, 1996.
SEC. 169. EFFECT OF FAILURE OF OFFICER SOUGHT TO BE RECALLED TO RESIGN; WHEN ELECTION FOR RECALL TO BE HELD.
   If the officer sought to be removed fails to resign within five days after the recall petition is filed, and the petition requests a special municipal election to be held, the council shall cause a special municipal elec-tion to be held within not less than thirty nor more than forty-five days after the filing of said petition, to determine whether said officer shall be recalled, but if a general or special municipal election is to occur within sixty days after the filing of said petition, the council may postpone the holding of such election to such general or special election.
SEC. 170. QUESTION OF RECALL TO REMAIN IN FORCE IF NOT SUBMITTED AT TIME SPECIFIED.
   If any question of recall, for which a petition has been filed, be not submitted to the electors of the city at or within the time specified, such petition shall remain in force until such question has been submitted.
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