Ordinance 1986-19ORDINANCE NO. 86-19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY REVISING THE GILROY
CITY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 16A, 18, 18A, 20, 21, 22, AND 27, REPEALING CHAPTERS 3A,
5, 6.III, 17, 23, AND 24.I, ENACTING A NEW CHAPTER 17 AND
DELETING EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES ORDAIN
that the Gilroy City Code shall be revised as follows:
SECTION I. Section 1.2 is amended by repealing and
deleting therefrom the definition of Director of Pnblic Works.
SECTION II. Section 2.1 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.1. Administrative organization.
The governmental forces of the city shall be organized
into the following departmental and official categories and
the head of each department or office shall be known by his
or her respective title as shown:
Legislative
DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE
City Council
TITLE
Mayor
~Administrative
Office of the city administrator
Office of city clerk
Office of city attorney
Department of finance
Department of Personnel-
Risk management
City administrator
City clerk
City attorney
Director of finance
Director of Personnel-
Risk manager
Planning
Department of Planning
Director of Planning
Pnblic Works and Utilities
Department of public work~ Director of public works
Department of police
Department of fire
Emergency Services
Department of Health
Publ'ic'S~afety
Chief of police
Fire Chief
Director of emergency services
Santa Clara County Depart-
ment of Public Health
Department of parks and recreation
Department of library and
culture
C~Ituraland Recreational
Director of parks and recreation
-.Library
City librarian by contract
with Santa Clara County
-Museum
Museum Director
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SECTION III. Sections 2.1-1 and 2.1-2 are repealed.
SECTION IV. Section 2.2, paragraph (a) is amended
to read as follows:
(a) To organize the department into divisions in
such a manner as to efficiently perform the functional
responsibilities allocated. For this purpose, the depart-
ment head may create such sections and sub-units within
such division as deemed necessary.
SECTION V. Section 2.7, paragraph (c) is repealed.
SECTION VI. Section 2.8 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.8. Bond -~ Offi~Cers to be bonded; amount.
Officials of the city designated by the council
shall be bonded with statutory public official's bonds,
which shall include faithful performance provisions or
conditions, in such amounts as may be set forth from
time to time by council resolution.
SECTION VII. Section 2.9 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.9. Same -~ Provision as to public employees; amount.
The bond required by the preceding section shall be
so written as to include provisions constituting a "public
employees'~ honesty blanket position bond" in such amounts
and covering such officers and employees in all city offices
and departments as may be designated by the council.
SECTION VIII. Section 2.13, paragraphs (b) and (lc)
are amended to read as follows:
(b) Place. Ail regular meetings of the council shall
be convene--d--i-~ the council chambers in the City Hall.
If, by reason of fire, flood, earthquake or other emergency,
it shall be unsafe to meet in the place designated, the
meetings may be held for the duration of the emergency at
such place as is designated by the prasiding officer of
the council.
(c) Public. Ail meetings of the council shall be open
to the public; however, the city council may hold closed
sessions under the provisions of the "Ralph M. Brown Act,"
section 54950 et. s.eq. of the Government Code.
SECTION IX. Section 2.14 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.14. Special meetings.
Special meetings of the city council shall be held
under the conditions and in the manner set forth in section
408 of the Charter, and upon proper notice, may be convened
anywhere in the State of California.
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SECTION X. Section 2.15 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.15. Council chambers.
The room designated as the city council chambers
in the City Hall at 7351 Rosanna Street in the city, is
hereby fixed as the place of regular meetings of the
city council, and such council chambers and the adjacent
offices and rooms used and occupied by the city clerk
and administrative officers of the city, shall henceforth
be known and designated as the City Hall of the city.
SECTION XI. Section 2.16 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.16. Council agenda.
In order to facilitate the orderly conduct of the
business of the council, the city clerk shall be notified
not later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday preceding a regular
council meeting of all reports, communications, ordinances,
resolutions, contract documents, or other matters to be
submitted to the council at such meeting. Immediately
thereafter the city clerk shall arrange a list of such
matters according to the order of business and furnish each
member of the council, the city administrator, the city
attorney and each department head with a copy of the same
prior to the council meeting, and as far in advance of the
meeting as time for preparation will permit.
SECTION XII. Section 2.19 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.19. Conduct of meeting.
The mayor, or in the mayor's absence, the mayor pro
tempore, shall take the chair at pr&cisely the hour
appointed for the meeting and shall immediately call the
council to order. The mayor or mayor pro tempore shall
preserve strict decorum at all regular and special meetings
of the council and shall state every question coming before
the council, call for the vote, announce the decision of
the council on all subjects and decide all questions of
order, subject, however, to an appeal to the council, in
which event a majority vote of the council shall govern
and determine such question of order.
SECTION XIII. Section 2.23, paragraphs (b), (c), (d)
and (e), are amended to read as follows:
(b) Getting the floor. Every member desiring to
speak shall addre~ the chair, and upon recognition by
the presiding officer, shall confine himself or herself
to the question under debate, avoiding all personalities
and indecorous language.
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(c) Interruptions. A member, once recognized,
shall not be interrupted when speaking unless it be
to call him or her to order. If a member, while
speaking, be called to order, he or she shall cease
speaking until the question of order be determined and,
if in order, he or she shall be permitted to proceed.
(d) Privilege of closing debate. The councilmember
moving the adoption-~f an ordinance or resolution shall
have the privilege of closing the debate.
(e) Remarks of councilmember. A councilmember may
request, through t-l{e presiding officer, the privilege
of having an abstract of his or her statement on any
subject under consideration by the council entered in
the minutes. If the council consents thereto, such
statement shall be entered; provided, however, any
council member without council consent shall have the
right to have the reasons for his or her dissent from,
or protest against, any action of the council entered
in the minutes.
SECTION XIV. Section 2.26 is amended to read as follows-
Sec. 2.26. Same - Manner.
Each person addressing the council shall stand and
give his or her name and address in an audible tone of voice
for the records. Ail remarks shall be addressed to the
council as a body and not to any member thereof. No person,
other than the council and person having the floor, shall
be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly
or through a member of the council, without permission
of the presiding officer. No question shall be asked a council-
member except through the presiding officer.
SECTION XV. Section 2.27 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.27. Voting.
No member of the council shall be allowed to explain
his or her vote or discuss the question while the roll is
being called, and no member shall be allowed to change his
or her vote after the vote is announced by the presiding
officer.
SECTION XVI. Section 2.30, paragraph (c) is repealed.
SECTION XVII. Section 2.33 is repealed.
SECTION XVIII. Section 2.35 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.35. Powers and duties.
The powers and duties of the city clerk shall be
as set forth in the Charter. The city clerk shall also
be charged with the custody of all deeds, mortgages, contracts,
contract bonds, judgments, notes, debts choses in action and
with the custody of the official bonds of city employees,
except his or her own, which shall be in the custody of the
finance director.
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SECTION XIX. Section 2.37,' paragraphs (b) and (e)
are repealed.
SECTION XX. Section 2.39 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.39. Director of finance-.City treasurer - Appointment.
A director of finance-city treasurer shall be the
head and shall be appointed by the city administrator with
the consent of the council.
SECTION XXI. Section 2.41 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.41. Functions.
The department of finance shall be responsible
for the following fuctions:
(a) AccoUnts. Under the direct supervision of the
city auditor who shall be appointed by the city administrator.
The city treasurer shall serve as city auditor until such
time as the growth and expansion of city services demands
an increase in staff and personnel for this office. The
city auditor shall be responsible for and be required to:
[Subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall remain
unchanged.]
(4) Financial Statements. Submit to the city
administrator monthly statements of all receipts
and disbursements, cash on hand, fund balances and
~uch other financial statements as the city admin-
istrator may require;
[Subparagraph ('5) shall remain unchanged.]
['Subparagraph (.6) is repealed.]
[Subparagraphs (7) and (8) shall remain unchanged.]
(b) Purchasing. Under the direct supervision of a
city purchasing agent, who shall be appointed by the city
administrator, and who shall be reponsible for and be
required to:
[Subparagraphs (1) through (10) shall remain
unchanged.]
(c) Billing and collection. The billing section
and the collectio{ ~ection shall be under the direct
supervision of the director of finance who shall delegate
such duties and responsibilities to personnel in the
administrative service as may be required for the proper
functioning of these sections and the proper protection
of city monies.
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[Subparagraphs (1) and (2) shall remain
unchanged. ]
(d) Investments. The city treasurer shall invest
all city funds on hand in a prudent manner consistent
with State law.
SECTION XXII. Section 2.43 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.43. Director of public works - Appointment.
The director of public works shall be the head
of the department of public works and shall be
appointed by the city administrator, with the consent
of the council.
SECTION XXIII. Section 2.44 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.44. Same - Pourers and duties.
In all cases where the duty is not expressly charged
to any other department or office, it shall be the duty
of the director of public works to act to secure and
preserve the physical properties of the city and to direct
and control all the functions assignable to this department.
The direCtor of public works shall:
[Subparagraph (1) shall remain unchanged.]
[Subparagraph (2) is repealed. ]
[Subparagraphs (3) through (7) shall remain
unchanged.]
SECTION XXIV. Section 2.45 is amended to read as fOllows:
Sec. 2.45. Functions.
The department of public works shall perform the
following functions:
(a) Street and Sewer Maintenance. Street and sewer
maintenance shalI consz~ of the street maintenance
section and the sewer maintenance section under the
direct supervision of a street and sewer supervisor.
[Subparagraphs (1) and (2) shall remain
unchanged.]
(b) Water Maintenance. Under the direct supervision
of a water supervisor who shall be responsible for and
required to:
[Subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall remain
unchanged.]
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(4) Customer Services. Perform such services
as necessary to promote good will between the
city and the water consumer;
[Subparagraphs (5) through (10) shall remain
unchanged.]
[Subparagraph (c) is repealed.]
(d) Traffic Enginearin~, to be under the direct
supervision of a traffic engineer. The city engineer
shall serve as traffic engineer until such time as
the growth and expansion of city services demands
an increase in staff and personnel in this office. The
traffic engineer shall be responsible for and required
to:
[Subparagraphs (1) through (6) shall remain
unchanged.]
(e) Engineering. Engineering shall be under the
direct supervision of the city engineer who shall be
responsible for and required to:
[Subparagraphs (1) through (7) shall remain
unchanged.]
(8) Contract Services. Until such time as the
growth and expansion of the city services demand
an increase in staff and personnel in this
division, any of the above listed services may be
performed under contract with a public or
private firm or agency.
(f) Building Inspection. Building inspection shall
be under the direct supervision of the chief building
inspector, who shall be appointed by the city admin-
istrator. The chief building inspector shall be re-
sponsible for and required to:
[Subparagraphs (1) through (7) shall remain
unchanged.]
SECTION XXV. Section 2.48 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.48 Same - Powers and duties.
In all cases where the duty is not expressly charged
to any other department or office, it shall be the duty
of the chief of polic~ to act to preserve the peace and
maintain law and order in the city. It shall be the duty
of the chief of police to manage the functions of the
department of police.
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SECTION XXVI. Section 2.49 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.49 Functions.
The department of police shall perform the
following functions:
(a) General EnforCement.
[SUbparagraphs (1) through (7) shall remain
unchanged.]
(b) Crime Prevention ~and Detection.
[Subparagraphs (1) and (2) shall remain
unchanged.]
(~) Traffic'Contr~ol.
[Subparagraphs (!), (12) and (3) shall remain
unchanged.]
(~) Training. This shall be under the direct
supervision of the chief of police who shall promote
th~ proficiency of the department's members by the
administration of training, study and physical con-
ditioning programs.
(e) Animal Control. This shall be under the
direct supervision of the poundmaster by contract with
th~ County of Santa Clara. It shall be the duty of
the poundmaster to:
[Subparagraphs (1), (12) and (3) shall remain
unchanged.]
SECTION XXVII. Section 2.52 is amended to read as follows:
Sec 2.52. Same -~ Po~ers and duties.
In all cases where the duty is not expressly charged
to any other department or office, it shall be the duty
of the fire chief to protect life and property by
preventing and eliminating fire hazards and by controlling
and extinguishing fires. It shall be the duty of the fire
chief to manage the functions of the department of fire.
SECTION XXVIII. Section 2.53 is amended to read as follows:
Sec 2.53 Functions.
The department of fire shall perform the following
functions:
(a) Fire Protection. Responsibilities and duties:
[Subparagraphs (1) through (5) shall remain
unchanged.]
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(b) Fire Prevention. Responsibilities and duties.
[Subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall remain
unchanged. ]
4. Hazardous Materials. Regulate the use and
storage of hazardous materials in the city.
(¢) Training. This shall be under the direct
supervision of the fire chief, who shall promote the
proficiency of the department's members by the
administration of training, study and physical con-
ditioning programs.
(d) Volunteer Personnel. They shall be under
the direct supervision of the fire chief. Personnel
shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the
city volunteer fire department insofar as they are in
conformance with the provisions of the Charter,
ordinances and rules and regulations adopted by the
-council. It shall be the responsibility and duty of
the Fire Chief to:
[Subparagraphs (1) and (2) shall remain
unchanged.]
(e) Records. It shall be the responsibility and
duty of the Fire Chief to keep standard records of
inspections, fire, fire losses and all other activities
of the department and submit monthly reports thereof
to the city administrator.
SECTION XXIX. Chapter 2, Article X., Office of
Civil Defense, is repealed, and a new Article X. is enacted
to read as follows:
ARTICLE X. DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Sec 2.54.~ Creation.
The director of personnel-risk manager shall be
the head of the department of personnel and risk
management and shall be appointed by the city administrator,
with the consent of the council.
Sec. 2.56. Same - Powers and duties.
The director of personnel-risk manager shall be
responsible for and required to:
(a) Attend meetings. Attend all meetings of the
personnel commfssion and act as its secretary.
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(b) Ordinance. Cause to be prepared and the
council shall adopt a personnel ordinance which
shall provide for the adoption by resolution of
personnel rules and a position classification and
compensation plan for city employees.
(c) Administer rules. Administer all personnel
rules not specifically reserved to the council.
(~) ~ersonnel rules. Prepare and recommend to
the council the adoption, amendment, revision or
repeal of such personnel rules as the personnel
commission may advise.
(e) Position classification plan. Maintain a
position classification plan for city employees and
make such recommendations to the council for its
improvement as the personnel commission may advise.
(f) Compensation pl'an. Maintain a plan of
compensation for city ~oyees and recommend such
revzszons as the personnel commission may advise.
(g) Tests for positions. Publish or post notices
of tests ~ positions in the classified service; receive
applications therefor; conduct the grade tests; certify
to the person having the power of appointment a list of
all persons eligible for appointment to the appropriate
position in the classified service; or recommend that
these services be performed under contract.
(h) Personnel'hi*st'ory. Maintain appropriate
personnel history records of each employee and notify
the city administrator of dates for step increases
in pay for those eligible for the same.
(ii) Job requirements. Provide each new employee with
information regarding his or Job requirements.
~) Insurance and claims. Process all insurance
matters and claims against the city.
(k)' 0ther'dUties. Perform such other duties as may
be requir~ the city administrator.
SECTION XXX. Section 2.59 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2.59. Same - PoWers and duties.
The Director of Park~ and Recreation shall manage
the department of parks and recreation with the
following functions:
(a) Parks. The division of parks shall be under
the supervision of a parks superintendent who shall be
appointed by the city administrator. The parks super-
intendent shall have the following responsibilities and duties:
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(1) Operate Parks. To operate the various
parks of the city and maintain the same in
an orderly and safe condition;
(2) ~aintain Lawn, Shrubs, Trees and Parkways.
To maintain and cultivate the lawns, shrubs,
trees and parkways and esthetic installations
around the city, and around public buildings as
assigned.
(b) Recreation. The division of recreation shall
be under the supervision of a recreational superintendent
who shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
[Subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall remain
unchanged.]
(c) Building Maintenance. Under the direct super-
vision of a bhilding maintenance superintendent, who
shall be appointed by the city administrator. The building
maintenance superintendent shall be responsible for
and be required to:
(1) Janitorial Service. Provide janitorial service
for the city offices and other public buildings
as assigned.
(2) Maintenance and Repair. Remodel, maintain and
repair'th'e pUb'l"i'c--6-~ildings and facilities as
required and requested.
(3) National Flag. Properly display, remove and
care for' the national flag, and other flags on
appropriate occasions, during hours and in the
manner provided by 1~ and custom.
(4) Repair Services. Provide construction and repair
services for the various departments of the city
as directed.
SECTION XXXI. Sections 2.59-1 and 2.59-2 are repealed.
SECTION XXXII. Chapter 2, Article XIII, is amended
to read as follows:
ARTICLE XIII. DEPARTI.~ENT OF LIB?~ARY AND CULTURE
Sec. 2.61. Creation.
The department of library and culture is
hereby created, within which the city library and
city museum~ shall, be a~ninistered.
Sec. 2.62. C.ity library - Consolidation.
The city library is consolidated with the
county library pursuant to section 800 of the
Charter, and shall be under the direct supervision.
of the city librarian who is provided by the county
librarian pursuant to contract.
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Sec. 2.63. City museum.
The city museum shall be under the direct
supervision of the museum director ~ho shall be
appointed by the city administrator.
SECTION XXXIII. Chapter 2, Article XV., is amended
to read as follows:
ARTICLE XV. PARKS AND RECREATION DEVELOP}~NT F~D
Sec. 2.67. Establishment; purpose; deposits.
There is hereby established by the city council
a fund to be known and designated as the parks and
recreation development fund, formerly kno~_ as the capital
outlay recreation fund, for the purpose of providing money
for capital expenditures for recreational facilities in
the city. The continued increase in the development of
dwelling, commercial and industrial up. its in the city with
the attendant increase in the population of the city has
created an urgent need for the planning, acquisition,
imorovement and expansion of public parks, playgrounds and
recreation facilities to serve the increasing population of
the city and the means of providing additional revenues with
which to finance such public facilities. There shall be
deposited in the fund and made a part thereof, such sums as
may, from time to time, be collected under the provisions of
this article.
Sec. 2.67-1. Definitions.
Except where the context otherwise requires, the
definitions given in this section govern the construction
of this article.
Dwelling unit. Each single-family d~elling and
each unit of an apartment, duplex, multiple dwelling
structure or trailer designed as a separate habitation
for one or more persons.
Persons. Every person, firm. or corporation con-
structing a dwelling, commercial and or industrial unit
itself or through the services of any employee, agent or
independent contractor.
Sec. 2.68. Applicability; amount; when paid.
The f~es imposed by this article shall be applicable
to every dwelling, com~ercial and industrial unit constructed
in the city from and after the effective date of this article.
Every person constructing any dwelling, commercial and
industrial unit in the city shall pay fees to the city in
such rates and amounts as are established by council resolution.
The fees imposed by this section shall be due and payable upon
application to the city for a building permit for the construc-
tion of any such dwelling unit; provided, however, that there
shall be a refund of such fees in the event the building permit
is not approved or is not used for such construction.
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Sec. 2.68-1. Dedication of land in subdivision in lieu
of fee.
In the case of subdivisions of land within the
city,maps of which are approved by the council after
this article becomes effective, the subdivider, owner
or developer of the subdivision may offer to the city
for dedication a portion of the subdivision for use
for public park and recreational purposes in lieu of
the fee hereinbefore provided for to be assessed against
each dwelling thereafter constructed upon lots in the
subdivision, and if the dedication is accepted by the
city council in lieu of the fee, then the property so
dedicated shall be used for park and recreational pur-
poses, and no dwelling thereafter constructed in the
subdivision shall be subject to the fee provided for
in this article.
Sec. 2.69. Expenditures.
The moneys in the parks and recreation development
fund, shall be expended only for equipment and facilities
and other capital purposes in connection with any
recreation program or undertaking for the people of the
city or any group thereof.
SECTION XXXIV. Chapter 2, Article XVII, shall be
deleted from the code in its entirety.
SECTION XXXV. Section 3.1 is enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3.1. Permit required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute
or circulate or cause to be distributed or circulated
within the city any advertising sample, handbill, dodger,
circular, booklet, or other notice of commercial or
political or religious advertising, without first having
obtained a permit therefor from the director of finance.
SECTION XXXVI. Section 3.2 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3.2. Distribution or depositing advertising materials
in or on publ-{c or private property.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding
paragraph it shall be unlawful for any person to
distribute or throw, or procure anyone to distribute
or throw, upon any private yard, lawn, driveway, sidewalk
porch or steps of any residence or public place, or upon
or in any part of any structure, or upon any vacant property,
or in or upon any motor vehicle or other vehicle parked or
standing upon the streets or in a public place in the city,
any advertising sample, handbill, dodger, circular, booklet,
or political or religious advertising provided, that
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nothing in this section shall prohibit the
distribution and delivery of any newspaper which is
capable of being or is entered as second class
matter under the provisions of the United States
Post Office regulations of March 3, 1879, and other
United States Statutes, and acts amendatory thereof.
SECTION XXXVII. Section 3.3 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3.3. License fo~ posting bills, outdoor advertising,
etc.--Required.
No person shall engage in or carry on the business
or occupation of billposting, advertising, sign painting
or outdoor advertising or maintaining billboards without
paying the license fee provided for in Chapter 13.
SECTION XXXVIII. Section 3.4 is repealed.
SECTION XXXIX. Section 3.6 is repealed.
SECTION XL. Chapter 3A is repealed.
SECTION XLI. Chapter 5 is repealed.
SECTION XLII. Section 5A.3 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5A3. Applications.
Applications for a permit to conduct bingo games
shall be made on a form provided by, and shall be filed
with, the license department.
SECTION XLIII. Section 5A.4 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5A.4. Issuance and term of permits.
The issuing authority is the license department.
Permits expire one year from the date of issuance.
SECTION XLIV. Section 6.4 is repealed.
SECTION XLV. Chapter 6, Article III, is repealed.
SECTION XLVI. Sections 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 are repealed.
SECTION XLVII. Section 12.6 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 12.6. Use of premises as dumping grounds.
It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it shall
be unlawful for any person to use or suffer or permit
to be used any premises owned, occupied or controlled by'him or
her in the city, for the throwing, dumping or depositing
of table refuse, offal, swill, accumulation of animal,
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vegetable or other matter that attends the preparation,
consumption, decay or dealing in or ~torage of meats,
fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables, or animals, or any
garbage or offal, ashes, tin cans or rubbish.
SECTION XLVIII. Sections 12.6-1, 12.6-2, 12.6-3 and
12.6-4 are repealed.
SECTION XLIX. Section 13.44(b) is amended to read as follows:
(b) Cardrooms. No license for the operation of
any cardroom shall be issued without proof of a valid
registration under the State Qaming Registration Act.
SECTION L. Section 13.44(f) is enacted to read:
(f) Private patrols. No license for the operation
of a Private patrol, as defined in section 1SA.l, shall
be issued withont proof of valid licensing by the
California Bureau of Collection and Investigative Services.
SECTION LI. Section 14.3 is repealed.
SECTION LII. Sections 15.14, 15.15 and 15.16 are repealed.
SECTION LIII. Section 15.100 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15.100. Authority to designate.
Whenever any section or resolution of the city council
designates and describes any street or portion thereof
as a street the use of which is permitted by any vehicle
exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of 10,000 pounds,
the city administrator is hereby authorized to designate
such street by appropriate signs as "Truck Traffic Routes"
for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross
weight limit of 10,000 pounds.
SECTION LIV. Section 15.101 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15.101. Method of use; exception.
When truck traffic routes as described in the preceding
section have been established and designated by appropriate
signs, it shall be unlawful for any person to own, operate,
stop or park any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight
limit of 10,000 pounds on any street not so designated.
In any prosecution under this section, a showing
that such vehicle was parked at a location, whether there
appears to be no access other than via a public roadway,
shall constitute prima facie evidence that the vehicle
was operated in violation of the proscriptions contained
herein.
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An exception shall be made to the foregoing
paragraph if it is necessary for such a described
vehicle to load or unload at a specific destination
not located on a truck route, but then only if
the deviation is from the nearest truck route by
the shortest reasonable rout~ only between 7:00 a.m.
and 10:00 p.m., the loading or unloading is accomplished
in the shortest reasonable time, and the truck is
not left unattended.
The provisions of this section shall not apply
to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public
utilities commission.
SECTION LV. Section 16.6-1 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 16.6-1. Cardrooms--Regulations for operation.
The following regulations shall be and are hereby
adopted for the conduct and operation of cardrooms:
(a) No cardroom shall remain open between the
hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day.
(b) There shall be at least two adequate and
proper means of ingress and egress to the immediate
area of the card tables.
(c) No licensee, proprietor or operator of a card-
room shall allow house players, shills or dummies to
engage in card games.
(d) No licensee, proprietor or operator of a card-
room shall allow minors or any intoxicated person within
any rooms wherein card games are played while such
games are in progress.
(e) No licensee, proprietor or operator of a card-
room shall permit any disorderly conduct to occur therein
or any other conduct constituting a breach of the peace or
detrimental to the public welfare.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any
of the regulations or provisions of this section.
SECTION LVI. Sections 16.17, 16.18, 16.19, 16.20, 16.21
and 16.22 are repealed.
SECTION LVII. Section 16.33 is repealed.
SECTION LVIII. Section 16A.2 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 16A. 2. Same--~pplication; applic'atilon fee; information
~ We shown.
Ail applicants for an identity permit under the
provisions of the preceding section must pay to the license
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collector an application fee as set by council
resolution and must make application therefor to
the license collector of the city upon forms provided
by the city, which forms shall require the following
information from the applicant:
[Subparagraphs (1) and (2) shall remain
unchanged.]
SECTION LIX. Section 16A.16 is enacted to read as follows:
Sec. I6A.16. SOlicitation of charitabl~, ~ or
educational funds or other property -
Permit require--~d~.
It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit within
the city for a contribution of funds, money or other property
to be used or expended for any charitable, religious or
educational purpose or object outside of the city without
first obtaining a permit so to do from the director of finance.
Before the director of finance shall issue such permit
the person applying therefor shall file a written statement
setting forth the following information:
a. The object and purpose for which it is desired
to solicit funds or other property.
b. Who shall have charge and control of such funds
or property.
c. If such funds or property are solicited for
permanent corporations, organizations or institutions where
such organizations or institutions are located, and who
are the incorporators or members thereof.
d. A copy of the organization's federal tax exemption
certificate.
In case of doubt as to the responsibility of any
person seeking a permit to solicit for such funds or
property, the permit may be denied subject to the provisions
of section 16A.14.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to make is
mandatory on the director of finance to grant the permit
required in this section where the public peace or safety
might be endangered in so doing.
SECTION LX. Chapter 17 Personnel Generally is repealed,
the "Exhibit A" contract is deleted in its entirety and a new
Chapter 17 is enacted to read as follows:
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CHAPTER 17
PERSONNEL
Sec. 17.1. Personnel rules and regulations.
Personnel rules and regulations shall be adopted
by resolution of the city council.
Sec. 17.2. Retirement program.
A retirement program for city employees shall
be established by contract with the Public Employees
Retirement System.
SECTION LXI. Section 18.7 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 18.7. Park hours.
Parks shall be closed as established by council
resolution. When those hours are publicly posted, no
person shall enter or remain in a park during those
hours without prior approval of the director.
SECTION LXII. Sections 18A.2 through 18A.12, inclusive,
and sections 18A.15 through 18A.21, inclusive, are repealed.
SECTION LXIII. The county ordinance following
Section 18B.1 shall be deleted.
SECTION LXIV. Section 20.3 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 20.3. Water not to be drained Over sidewalks.
No drain pipe or water spout carrying water from
any roof, building, swimming pool or any other source,
shall be permitted to empty upon, or flow over, any
sidewalk in the city. Water may be conducted in a pipe
under the sidewalk to the gutter.
SECTION LXV. Section 20.18 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 20.18. Minimum strength requirement for concrete.
The minimum strength requirement for any concrete
installed within the scope of this article shall be three
thousand pounds per square inch after twenty-eight days
when tested in a laboratory designated by the director of
public works. Samples for te~ting will be taken by the
city engineer or at such times as deemed necessary by the
director of public works to control the quality of the work.
Concrete failing to meet the strength requirement shall be
removed upon order of the engineer.
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SECTION LXVI. Section 20.21 is repealed.
SECTION LXVII. Section 21.10Id) is amended to read as follows:
(d) CUls-de-sac. Turning circles at the end of cul-
de-sac streets ~ha-l-fhave a roadway radius of not less
than forty (B0) feet. Cul-de-sac streets shall serve
no more than twenty-five [25) single-family dwelling units.
Alternate designs for turning or reversing direction may
be used in lieu of the turning circle if approved by the
fire chief and the planning commission. Midblock provisions
for reversing direction of travel may be required of
culs-de-sac longer than five hundred (1500) feet.
SECTION LXVIII. Section 21.29 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 21.29. Improvements on half streets and high-
wa___y~;cUtOr~lI-~foPeS alon~u~ision
boundar-~-lines.
Improvements conforming to the requirements
specified in the preceding sections shall be constructed
on any half streets or highways (to center line plus
twelve (.12) feet) within or adjacent to the development.
If cut or fill slopes along the subdivision boundary line
are found to be necessary, such slopes must be placed so
that the property line will fall at the top of the bank
which will exist upon the development of the site of
higher elevation. A letter of permission from the owner
of adjoining land to make the necessary cuts or fill slopes
on his land will be accepted in lieu of an easement for
such slopes. Land occupied by such cut or fill slopes
within the subdivision shall be dedicated as "slope
ems ement s."
SECTION LXIX. Section 21.46 is repealed.
SECTION LXX. Section 21.51.1 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 21.51.1. Effect of ~ielays in the processing of the
final map.
If the final map is not recorded within sixty (60)
days after all required signatures are obtained, the map
shall be returned to the public works department, and
retained there without recordation until the developer is
prepared to record the map immediately. An approved or
conditionally approved~entati~e map is valid for twenty-
four (24) months. Said approval may, at council discretion,
be conditionally extended for three (3) periods not to
exceed an additional twelve (112) months each. If the map
is not recorded by the time of expiration of the tentative
map, the developer will be required to start with the
tentative map process again, the final map may be declared
null and void and the developer may be required to prepare
a new map.
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SECTION LXX!. Section 21.52 is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 21.52. Fees re~uiredupon Submi~sSilon Of maj,; amounts
~ees.
In addition to all other fees and charges required
by law, upon submitting the final map, plans or approved
record of survey map under the provisions of the Subdivi-
sion Map Act, the developer shall pay fees for map
checking, recording, hydrant positioning, public works
and engineering services, development fees, and fees for
existing infrastructure related to the development. These
fees shall be set from time to time by resolution of the
city council, a copy of which shall be kept on file in
the office of the director of public works.
SECTION LXXII. Chapter 22, Article III, is repealed.
SECTION LXXIII. Chapter 23, is repealed.
SECTION LXXIV. Chapter 24, Article I, is repealed.
SECTION LXXV. Section 27.13, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 27.13. Return of deposits;dedUction of unpaid bills;
forfeit~-~e.
Lessors or renters of the premises upon which water
service is furnished who have paid their water bills to
the city by the twentieth of each month for a period of at
least one year shall, upon demand, have their deposits as
provided in the preceding section shall have their deposits
returned to them when their accounts are closed, but the
amount of any unpaid bills shall be deducted from such
deposit before such deposit is returned. No deposit need
be returned without the surrender of the receipt issued
therefor. At the expiration of one year after a closing
bill has been rendered the amount of the deposit or the
balance thereof shall be forfeited and the same shall be
transferred to the Water Operating Fund.
SECTION LXXVI. Section 27.36, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 27.36. Nonpayment of water bills; notice to consumer.
Bills for services shall become delinquent thirty days
after mailing. If a bill for services becomes delinquent,
the customer shall be notified by a late notice.
After the late notice is mailed, the customer shall
pay the delinquent bill on or before the date specified therein
or the water service shall be discontinued.
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SECTION LXXVII. Ail other ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION LXXVIII. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in full force thirty (130) days from and after its
adoption and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of October 1986,
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
ALBERT, GAGE, KLOECKER,
MUSSALLEM, VALDEZ and HUGHAN
NONE
PALMERLEE
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of
Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Ordinance No. 86-19
is an original ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City
of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 6th
October , 19 86 ., at which meeting a quorum was
day of
present.
affixed the Official Seal of the City of Gilroy, this
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
22nd day
of October , 19 86
/City Clerk of t City of Gilro~t~
(Seal)