This chapter is enacted pursuant to the provisions of the Signal Hill Charter including but not limited to the following authorities:
A. Article II, Section 200 stating that the city shall have the power to exercise all rights powers, privileges or procedures established, granted or prescribed by any law of the state, by the charter, or by other lawful authority, or which a municipal corporation might exercise under the Constitution of the State of California; and that the charter shall be liberally construed to vest the city with all legal authority and powers necessary to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the city;
B. Article II, Sections 203 and 204 permitting the joint or cooperative exercise of powers with other governmental agencies and permitting the establishment of an economic development authority or other agency or authority of specialized expertise and application to the authority thereof to the full extent as may be permitted by state or federal law to carry out the business of the city or otherwise advance the health, safety, or general welfare of its citizens;
C. Article IX, Section 906 which gives the city full power to enact any taxes, assessments, fees or other measures for the purpose of raising revenue which charter cities in the State of California may enact, including, but not limited to business and license taxes, franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes, oil barrel taxes, hazardous waste facility taxes, transient occupancy taxes, and other taxes, and to levy assessments on property for special benefits, capital construction and maintenance, or impose fees and charges for services and benefits received, or to mitigate impacts caused by any activity, business enterprise or development, all in accordance with law; and
D. Article VI, Section 608 concerning the use of land which states that the city has full power to enact regulatory land use measures including enacting specific plans, redevelopment agreements and other similar matters for the regulation and development of land; to abate nuisances; to regulate oil uses and the operation and abandonment of oil wells, pipelines and appurtenant facilities; and to establish measures to mitigate the impacts of development on adjacent property and the city generally, through land use regulations, requirements that the developer provide appropriate infrastructure improvements, impact mitigation fees, assessments for construction of infrastructure improvements and measures similar to the foregoing.
(Ord. 2012-04-1446 § 2, 2012)