(A) The voter-approved districting plan adopted by Ord. 890 C.S. and establishing six Council districts shall be adjusted by ordinance of the City Council to equalize population among the districts within one year after each census has been completed and the census data provided to the city. The adjusted boundaries and the number of each of the six electoral districts for City Council are set forth in division (C), including a map of the districts. Any districting plan shall be adopted by ordinance subject to referendum. The City Clerk is authorized to make non-substantive technical adjustments to the district boundaries not affecting the population of any district, the eligibility of candidates, or the residence of elected officials within any district.
(B) Effective for all by-district Council offices newly elected at the November 8, 2022, general municipal election and at each general municipal election thereafter, each Council district shall be assigned a district number, with districts numbered one through six as indicated in division (C). The Council members of the three even-numbered districts shall be elected by-district in November of 2024 and every four years thereafter for a term of four years. The Council members of the remaining three odd-numbered districts shall be elected by-district in November 2022 and every four years thereafter for a term of four years. Except as set forth in division (D) below, all persons appointed to fill vacancies on the City Council and all persons elected to fill vacancies on the City Council at a special municipal election shall reside within the district to which they are appointed or elected.
(C) District boundaries. The Council member districts of the city shall have the following legal boundaries:
(1) District 1. The region bounded and described as follows: all of that portion of Madera County bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Madera city line and Ave 14, and proceeding northerly and westerly along the Madera city line to the Madera city line and Rd 23, and proceeding northerly and easterly along the Madera city line to the Madera city line and Ave 17, and proceeding easterly and northerly along the Madera city line to the Madera city line and Schmidt Creek Way, and proceeding easterly and southerly along the Madera city line to the Madera city line, and proceeding easterly along the Madera city line to the Madera city line and Arnold Way and proceeding southerly along the Madera city line to the Madera city line and Sharon Blvd, and proceeding southerly along the Madera city line and Sharon Blvd to Ellis Street, and proceeding westerly along Ellis Street to Avenue 16, and proceeding southerly along N Schnoor St to Foxglove Way, and proceeding westerly along Foxglove Way to N Granada Dr, and proceeding southerly along N Granada Dr to W Cleveland Ave, and proceeding easterly along W Cleveland Ave to N Schnoor St, and proceeding southerly along N Schnoor St to Sunset Ave, and proceeding easterly along Sunset Ave to N Pine St, and proceeding southerly along N Pine St to Howard Rd, and proceeding westerly along Howard Rd to Mainberry Dr, and proceeding northerly along Mainberry Dr to Sunset Ave, and proceeding westerly along Sunset Ave to Westberry Blvd, and proceeding southerly along Westberry Blvd to Westgate Dr, and proceeding westerly along Westgate Dr to Kent Dr, and proceeding southerly along Kent Dr to Winter Way, and proceeding westerly along Winter Way to Kent Dr, and proceeding southerly along Kent Dr to Ren Way, and proceeding easterly along Ren Way to Westberry Blvd, and proceeding southerly along Westberry Blvd to Ave 14, and proceeding westerly along Ave 14 to the Madera city line and northerly and westerly along the Madera city line to the point of beginning.
(2) District 2. The region bounded and described as follows: all of that portion of Madera County bounded and described as follows:
(a) Beginning at the point of intersection of Kent Dr and Ren Way, and proceeding northerly along Kent Dr to Winter Way, and proceeding easterly along Winter Way, to Kent Dr, and proceeding northerly along Kent Dr to Westgate Dr, and proceeding easterly along Westgate Dr to Westberry Blvd, and proceeding northerly along Westberry Blvd to Sunset Ave, and proceeding easterly along Sunset Ave to Mainberry Dr, and proceeding southerly along Mainberry Dr to Howard Rd, and proceeding easterly along Howard Rd to W Olive Ave, and proceeding easterly along W Olive Ave to Olive Ave, and proceeding easterly along Olive Ave to W Olive Ave, and proceeding easterly along W Olive Ave to unnamed ramp, and proceeding easterly along unnamed ramp to W Olive Ave, and proceeding easterly along W Olive Ave to S Madera Ave, and proceeding southerly along S Madera Ave to the Parkwood/Madera census designated place/city line, and proceeding southerly along the Parkwood/Madera census designated place/city line to the Madera city line, and proceeding westerly along the Madera city line to Ave 14, and proceeding easterly along Ave 14 to Howard Rd, and proceeding northerly along Howard Rd to Westberry Blvd, and proceeding northerly along Westberry Blvd to Ren Way, and proceeding westerly along Ren Way to the point of beginning;
(b) As well as all of the region bounded by the Madera city line;
(c) Except for all of the region bounded by the Madera city line.
(3) District 3. The region bounded and described as follows: all of that portion of Madera County bounded and described as follows: beginning at the point of intersection of Foxglove Way and N Granada Dr, and proceeding easterly along Foxglove Way to N Schnoor St, and proceeding northerly along N Schnoor St to Ave 16, and proceeding westerly along Ave 16 to State Rte 99, and proceeding southerly along State Rte 99 to nonvisible boundary, and proceeding northerly along nonvisible boundary to unnamed ramp, and proceeding southerly along unnamed ramp to nonvisible boundary, and proceeding northerly along nonvisible boundary to the Madera city line, and proceeding easterly along the Madera city line to Austin St, and proceeding southerly along Austin St to E Cleveland Ave, and proceeding easterly along E Cleveland Ave to N Lake St, and proceeding southerly along N Lake St to Fresno River, and proceeding westerly along Fresno River to N D St, and proceeding southerly along N D St to E 3rd St, and proceeding westerly along E 3rd St to W 3rd St, and proceeding westerly along W 3rd St to N H St, and proceeding northerly along N H St to Union Pacific RR, and proceeding westerly along Union Pacific RR to N I St, and proceeding northerly along N I St to Roberts Ave, and proceeding westerly along Roberts Ave to N Pine St, and proceeding southerly along N Pine St to N Park Dr, and proceeding easterly along N Park Dr to Foster Ave, and proceeding southerly along Foster Ave to Sunset Ave, and proceeding westerly along Sunset Ave to N Schnoor St, and proceeding northerly along N Schnoor St to W Cleveland Ave, and proceeding westerly along W Cleveland Ave to N Granada Dr, and proceeding northerly along N Granada Dr to the point of beginning.
(4) District 4. The region bounded and described as follows: all of that portion of Madera County bounded and described as follows: beginning at the point of intersection of Austin St and E Cleveland Ave, and proceeding northerly along Austin St to the Madera city line, and proceeding easterly/southerly along the Madera city line to Raymond Rd, and proceeding southerly along Raymond Rd to Tozer St, and proceeding easterly along Tozer St to Fresno River, and proceeding westerly along Fresno River to N Lake St, and proceeding northerly along N Lake St to E Cleveland Ave, and proceeding westerly along E Cleveland Ave to the point of beginning.
(5) District 5. The region bounded and described as follows: all of that portion of Madera County bounded and described as follows: beginning at the point of intersection of Roberts Ave and N Pine St, and proceeding easterly along Roberts Ave to N I St, and proceeding southerly along N I St to Union Pacific RR, and proceeding easterly along Union Pacific RR to N H St, and proceeding southerly along N H St to W 3rd St, and proceeding easterly along W 3rd St to E 3rd St, and proceeding easterly along E 3rd St to N D St, and proceeding northerly along N D St to Fresno River, and proceeding easterly along Fresno River to Tozer St, and proceeding westerly along Tozer St to Raymond Rd, and proceeding northerly along Raymond Rd to the Madera city line, and proceeding easterly/southerly along the Madera city line to Sunrise Ave, and proceeding westerly along Sunrise Ave to E 11th St, and proceeding westerly along E 11th St to S D St, and proceeding northerly along S D St to E 10th St, and proceeding westerly along E 10th St to S E St, and proceeding northerly along S E St to E 9th St, and proceeding westerly along E 9th St to S Gateway Dr, and proceeding southerly along S Gateway Dr to S Madera Ave, and proceeding southerly along S Madera Ave to W Olive Ave, and proceeding westerly along W Olive Ave to unnamed ramp, and proceeding westerly along unnamed ramp to W Olive Ave, and proceeding westerly along W Olive Ave to Olive Ave, and proceeding westerly along Olive Ave to W Olive Ave, and proceeding westerly along W Olive Ave to N Pine St, and proceeding northerly along N Pine St to Sunset Ave, and proceeding easterly along Sunset Ave to Foster Ave, and proceeding northerly along Foster Ave to N Park Dr, and proceeding westerly along N Park Dr to N Pine St, and proceeding northerly along N Pine St to the point of beginning.
(6) District 6. The region bounded and described as follows: all of that portion of Madera County bounded and described as follows: beginning at the point of intersection of E 9th St and S Gateway Dr, and proceeding easterly along E 9th St to S E St, and proceeding southerly along S E St to E 10th St, and proceeding northerly along E 10th St to S D St, and proceeding southerly along S D St to E 11th St, and proceeding easterly along E 11th St to Sunrise Ave, and proceeding easterly along Sunrise Ave to Ave 14 1/2, and proceeding easterly along Ave 14 1/2 to the Madera city line, and proceeding easterly along the Madera city line to the Parksdale/Madera census designated place/city line, and proceeding westerly along the Parksdale/Madera census designated place/city line to the Madera city line, and proceeding southerly along the Madera city line to the Parkwood/Madera census designated place/city line, and proceeding westerly along the Parkwood/Madera census designated place/city line to S Madera Ave, and proceeding northerly along S Madera Ave to S Gateway Dr, and proceeding northerly along S Gateway Dr to the point of beginning.
(7) The foregoing district boundaries are depicted on the "City Council District Boundaries Map" in Ordinance 988 C.S. and on file in the City Clerk's Office. These boundaries will remain in effect until amended by ordinance as set forth herein and required by law.
(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, and pursuant to Cal. Elections Code § 21606(a) and (b), each of the Council members currently in office at the time this section takes effect shall continue in office until the expiration of the full term to which he or she was regularly elected or appointed. Any vacancy in or recall election for a Council term currently in effect shall be filled based on the Council districts in effect at the time the current Council term was last regularly elected.
(Ord. 1002 C.S., passed 8-2-23)