Alhambra Municipal Code Art. II Boundaries and Districts

SEC. 3. BOUNDARIES TO CONTINUE AS ESTABLISHED.

The boundaries of the City of Alhambra shall continue as now established until changed in some manner authorized by law.

SEC. 4. CITY DIVIDED INTO FIVE DISTRICTS; DISTRICTS DESIGNATED.

For municipal purposes the City of Alhambra is hereby divided into five districts, which shall be designated respectively, the first district, the second district, the third district, the fourth district and the fifth district, and be constituted and described as follows:

First district - All that portion of the city lying east of the centerline of Atlantic Boulevard and north of the centerline of Main Street.

Second district - All that portion of the city lying east of the centerline of Atlantic Boulevard and south of the centerline of Main Street and north of the centerline of Valley Boulevard.

Third district - All that portion of the city lying west of the centerline of Atlantic Boulevard and north of the centerline of Main Street.

Fourth district - All that portion of the city lying south of the centerline of Valley Boulevard.

Fifth district - All that portion of the city lying west of the centerline of Atlantic Boulevard and south of the centerline of Main Street and north of the centerline of Valley Boulevard. (Stats. 1941, 3244).

Editor's note: The district boundaries were amended by Ordinance No. 065-3231 on January 19, 1965, and again by Ordinance No. 4591 on September 26, 2011.

SEC. 5. CHANGES OF BOUNDARY LINE OF DISTRICTS.

The boundary line of any of the said districts may be changed hereafter by ordinance passed by a four-fifths vote of the council: provided, that said districts shall be kept as nearly equal in population as possible; and provided further, that except where the city boundary is changed either by annexation or exclusion of territory, such change of district lines shall not be made oftener than once in two years nor within a period of ninety days prior to any general municipal election.

SEC. 6. ASSIGNMENT OF ANNEXED TERRITORY TO DISTRICTS.

Whenever any territory shall hereafter be annexed to the City of Alhambra, upon the comple-tion of such annexation, the council shall, by ordinance, assign such annexed territory to one or more districts contiguous thereto, so as to retain, as nearly as possible, such equality of population.