HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-01-25 - ORDINANCES - MUNI LIBRARY CHAPTER 2.70 (2)ORDINANCE NO. 11-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 2.70, PUBLIC LIBRARY,
TO THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING
FOR THE MUNICIPALITY A PUBLIC LIBRARY
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to establish for the municipality a public library;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita is authorized to establish for the municipality a
public library pursuant to the California Education Code § 18900 et seq. and the requirements
therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The Santa Clarita Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Chapter
2.70, Public Library, to read as follows:
2.70.010 Public Library Established.
The City Council of the City of Santa Clarita hereby establishes the Santa Clarita Public
Library. The Santa Clarita Public Library shall be governed and operated in accordance with the
provisions of the Municipal Libraries Act (Education Code Section 18900 et seq). The
establishment of the Santa Clarita Public Library shall be effective July 1, 2011.
2.70.020 Board of Library Trustees.
The Santa Clarita Public Library shall be managed by the Board of Library Trustees,
consisting of five members, to be appointed by the mayor, with the consent of the City
Council. Each trustee shall hold office for three (3) years, except the terms of the members of the
first Board of Library Trustees shall expire as provided for in Education Code Section 18911.
2.70.030 Meetings.
The Board of Library Trustees shall meet at least once a month at such time and place as
they may fix by resolution.
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part, or portion of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that
any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts, or portions be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be become effective thirty (30) days after its passage
and adoption.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance;
shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of the
passage and' adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the
same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption
thereof, cause the same to be published once in The Signal, a newspaper of general circulation, as
defined in Section 6008 of the Government Code, for the City of Santa Clarita, and which is
hereby designated for that purpose.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of January, 2011.
ATTEST:
DATED:
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MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Kevin Tonoian, Acting City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 11-2 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 11 th day of January, 2011. That thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 25th day
of January, 2011, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Kellar, Ender, Ferry, Weste, McLean
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None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 11-2 and
was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
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CERTIFICATION OF
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby
certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Ordinance No. 11-2, adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Clarita, CA on January 25, 2011, which is now on file in the office
of the City Clerk.
Witness my hand and seal of the. City of Santa Clarita, California, this day of
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City Clerk
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Deputy City Clerk
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