Sec. 11. Severability provision.

   If any section or part of a section of this charter proves to be invalid, it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity of any other section or part of a section, unless it clearly appears that such other section or part of a section is dependent for its operation upon this section or part of a section so held invalid.

Article VIII. 1 Parks 2

(This Article amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 223, 6-26-69)

   All lands owned or controlled by the city which are or will be used for park, playground, recreation or conservation purposes shall be dedicated for such purposes by ordinance. 3

   No land heretofore or hereafter dedicated for such purposes shall be sold or otherwise disposed of, nor shall its use be abandoned or discontinued except pursuant to majority vote of the electorate. Any election and related procedures under Article VIII shall conform to the provisions set forth in general law as it existed January 1,1965, except that the council may call such election by majority vote.

   No substantial building, construction, reconstruction or development upon or with respect to any lands so dedicated shall be made except pursuant to ordinance subject to referendum.

1   Formerly Article VIII, Alcoholic Liquors, repealed by Stats. 1965 (ARC No. 20).

2   Disposal of park lands - See Appendix A.

3   See Ordinances 2252, 2269, 2284, 2300, 2351, 2467.

Article VIII-A. Board of Education

(This Article added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 40, 3-14-51)