Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 2 Control and Management

Section 22.701 General Manager. 22.702 Appointment and Removal of the General Manager. 22.704 Los Angeles Zoo Commission. 22.705 Terms of Members of the Board. 22.706 Organization and Meetings of the Commission. 22.707 Powers and Duties of the Board. 22.708 Conflict of Interest. 22.709 Limitation as to Real Property. 22.710 General Charter Requirements. 22.711 Duty to Prepare Business and Marketing Plans.

The Department is under the control and management of a General Manager, who shall also be known as the Zoo Director.

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Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97.

The General Manager shall be appointed and may be removed in accordance with Charter Section 508(b) and (e).

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,290, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97. Repealed by Ord. No. 173,290, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

(a) There is hereby created an advisory “Board of Zoo Commissioners”, referred to in this chapter as the “Commission” or “Board.”

(b) The Board shall be comprised of five members.

(c) The Commissioners shall be appointed, and may be removed in accordance with Charter Section 502.

(d) No person shall be appointed or confirmed to serve on the Board who is a tenant, lessee, or operator of a concession on Zoo property.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,290, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00; Subsec. (d), Ord. No. 188,593, Eff. 6-14-25.

The term of office for each member of the Board shall be for five years and shall begin with the first day of July of the respective years. Each appointment to fill a vacancy on the Board shall be for the period of the unexpired term of the incumbent.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97. Amended by: Ord. No. 188,593, Eff. 6-14-25.

(a) During the last week in July of each year, the Commission, at a meeting thereof held in such period, shall elect a President and a Vice- President, and each shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected, unless their respective membership on the Commission ceases sooner. The Commission may fill from its membership the unexpired term of any vacancy occurring in the office of President or Vice- President. The first appointed Commission shall elect interim officers from its members to serve as President and Vice-President until succeeded as provided.

(b) The Commission shall hold a regular meeting at least once a month. All meetings of the Commission shall be in a municipal or other facility open to the public, and there shall be reasonable provision for notice and attendance by the public. Members of the Board shall be paid $50 per meeting for each meeting of the Board attended, not to exceed $250 in any one calendar month.

(c) The General Manager shall assign a Commission Executive Assistant to the Commission from among position authorities of the Department of the Zoo.

(d) The Commission Executive Assistant shall keep a record of the proceedings and transactions of the Commission. The Commission Executive Assistant shall post and publish all orders, resolutions and notices which the Commission shall order to be posted or published, and shall perform such other duties imposed by this article, by the General Manager, or by order of the Commission.

(e) Three members of the Commission must be present at any meeting in order to constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time until a quorum is present.

(f) The Commission may establish a committee(s), composed of two of its members, to consider matters for, to conduct hearings on behalf of, and make recommendations to, the Commission on matters related to the Zoo.

(g) The powers conferred upon the Commission shall be exercised by order or resolution adopted by a majority of its members and recorded in the minutes with “Ayes” and “Noes” at length. The minutes shall be attested by the signatures of the President or Vice-President, or two members of the Commission, and by the signature of the Commission Executive Assistant.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97.

(a) The Board’s relationship to the General Manager of the Department of the Zoo shall be advisory.

(b) Advisory Committees: The Board may create advisory committees pursuant to Subsection (f) of Section 22.706.

(c) The Board may request the General Manager to report on the status of the Department’s operations, including progress of construction projects , animal transactions, fund raising, and revenue.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97.

Members of the Board and Board nominees shall be subject to all ethics and conflict of interest laws and regulations applicable to advisory boards and commissions of the City of Los Angeles.

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Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97.

Neither the Board nor the Department shall have the power or the right to acquire or sell any real property for or on behalf of itself or of the City.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, the provisions of Charter Sections 501 through 513 shall apply to the Department in the same manner and to the same extent as they apply to departments created by Charter Section 500(b). All employees of the Department shall be subject to Article X of the Charter. The General Manager shall be exempt from the substantive provisions of Article X in accordance with Section 1001.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97. Amended by: Ord. No. 173,290, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00.

The Department shall prepare and submit to the Mayor and City Council, a least every five (5) years, a (1) Marketing Plan and (2) Business Plan. The Marketing and Business Plans shall contain marketing and financial projections for the Department for a maximum period of five (5) years and shall include, but not be limited to, methods to attract additional visitors and funds to the Zoo and calculations of funds

anticipated to be received from fund raising, admissions (paid attendance) at the Zoo, City General Fund, membership, grants, concession(s) and other commercial enterprises.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 171,636, Eff. 7-27-97. Repealed by Ord. No. 188,593, Eff. 6-14-25.