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A. No councilmember shall
1. Be appointed to any board or commission provided for in this Charter except as designated in the Charter or state law;
2. Hold any other municipal office; or
3. Hold any city employment for compensation paid out of public moneys belonging to or under the control of the city.
B. Upon expiration of the last term of a councilmember and for a period of 12 months thereafter, the former council member may not be elected or appointed to any office created, or the compensation of which was increased, by the council while the former member served on the council.
(Res. No. 126 80-81, §7 (part), Measure G (part), Passed 4-7-81, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 6-8-81; Measure L (part), Passed 11-02-04, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-9-04)
Legislative action shall be taken by the council only by means of an ordinance or resolution. Unless otherwise specified in this Charter ordinances and resolutions shall be adopted upon receiving the affirmative votes of a majority of a quorum of the council present at any regular meeting.
The title of an ordinance shall be sufficient if it refers to the general subject matter of the provisions being enacted, amended or repealed, or to the general purpose of the ordinance, and it need not refer to the specific provisions affected or otherwise delineate or describe the particular additions, deletions or changes made by said ordinance. No ordinances shall be ineffective or void by reason of any defect in the title thereof. The introductory reading of said title shall constitute notice of all of the provisions of said ordinance set out in the copy of said ordinance maintained in the office of the city clerk.
The enacting clause of every ordinance passed by the council shall be: “Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Chico.” Ordinances initiated by the people shall have an enacting clause: “Be it ordained by the People of the City of Chico.”
(Res. No. 84 74-75 §3(e), Passed 4-8-75, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 4-21-75)
A. No ordinance, other than an emergency ordinance, shall be adopted by the council within five days after its introduction, nor at other than a regular or an adjourned regular meeting. At the time of introduction, an ordinance shall become a part of the proceedings of said meeting in the custody of the city clerk’s office available for inspection and review by all interested persons during regular business hours and until such time as said ordinance is adopted and inserted in the records of the city for adopted ordinances as provided in this Charter. The city clerk need not so maintain a copy of any ordinance not adopted within six months of its introduction. No ordinance may be adopted more than six months after its introduction unless the same is again introduced as hereinabove provided. An ordinance may be introduced and adopted by the reading of the title only, provided that upon the request of any councilmember, and with the consent of a majority of the council present, an ordinance shall be read in full.
B. An ordinance altered or amended after its introduction and before adoption shall be re-introduced and shall not be adopted within five (5) days of its re-introduction. Corrections of typographical errors or clerical errors which do not change the intent expressed in the ordinance shall not be deemed alterations or amendments within the meaning of this subsection.
C. Every ordinance must be published in full or in summary, as authorized by State law; once in the official newspaper of the city, or in such other form as it may be sent to the voters. One copy of every ordinance introduced shall be posted by the clerk within twenty-four hours after introductory reading on the public bulletin board in the municipal building of the city, and another copy thereof shall be available in the council chambers during each meeting at which said ordinance is considered by the council for review by all persons interested therein.
(Municipal Election 11/7/00)
Any ordinance declared by the council to be necessary as an emergency measure for preserving the public peace, welfare, health or safety, and containing a statement of the reasons for its urgency, may be introduced by reading in full, and adopted at the same meeting if passed by at least four (4) affirmative votes. No such emergency ordinance shall remain in effect for a period longer than six (6) months. The city council may also adopt an interim zoning ordinance as an emergency measure provided such interim zoning ordinance is adopted in the manner provided by state law.
(Res. No. 17 85-86 §3, Passed 11-5-85, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 3-12-86)
No ordinance shall be revised, reenacted or amended by reference to its title only; but the ordinance may be revised or reenacted, or the section, sections, or subsections thereof to be amended, or the new section, sections, or subsections to be added thereto shall be set forth at length as to the particular section, sections, or subsection to be so revised, reenacted or adopted and adopted in the method provided in Section 611 of this Charter. No ordinance or section or subsection thereof shall be repealed except by an ordinance adopted in the manner provided in this Charter, provided that an ordinance, section or subsection thereof may be repealed by reference to the number of the ordinance, section or subsection and to the title of the ordinance or section.
(Assembly Concurrent Res. No. 163, 1969, Ratified 4-8-69)
The sale or exchange of real property owned by the city shall be authorized by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of the council, provided that this section shall not apply to properties dedicated to the City of Chico for park purposes by Annie E. K. Bidwell or Guy R. Kennedy, by deed or will, and such properties shall not be conveyed or exchanged.
The purchase or lease (whether as lessor or lessee) of real property shall be approved by the council, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.
(Res. No. 25 84-85 §4, Passed 11-6-84, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 1-3-85; Res. No. 111 89-90 §2, Passed 6-5-90, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 10-4-90; Measure L (part), Passed 11-2-04, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-9-04))
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