Mountain View Municipal Code Part I The Charter

THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW

We, the people of the City of Mountain View, State of California, do ordain and establish this Charter as the organic law of said City under the Constitution of said State.

CERTIFICATE

WHEREAS, the City of Mountain View for many years last past has been and now is a city containing a population of more than 3,500 inhabitants as ascertained by the last preceding census taken by the authority of the Congress of the United States of America; and

WHEREAS, on the 15th day of May, 1951, at a municipal election duly held in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California, the electors of the said city did choose and elect Malcolm D. Aitken, Wilbur L. Camp, James H. Cochran, Robert D. Foster, William V. Henderson, Harold Hiner, Merrill S. Hugo, Donald Luis, Paul R. McGuire, Alexander Mena, Charles H. Moore, Jack Salyer, Kenneth N. Slater, Clarence E. Smith, and Raymond R. Wright, who were on said date all electors of said city and eligible as candidates in said election, as a Board of Fifteen Freeholders to prepare and propose a Charter for the government of said city; and

WHEREAS, the result of said election was duly declared by the legislative body, to-wit, the Council of said city on the 22nd day of May, 1951, and the said electors so elected as Freeholders thereafter duly qualified as such Freeholders in accordance with law; and

WHEREAS, a period of one year since the result of said election was declared as aforesaid has not expired;

NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the said provisions of said Constitution of the State of California and within one year after the result of the said election was so declared, said Board of Freeholders has prepared and does now propose the foregoing Charter as and for the Charter of the City of Mountain View for the government thereof;

And said Board of Freeholders hereby requests said legislative body of said city to cause the publication of said proposed Charter, as provided in said Constitution, and does hereby fix and designate Tuesday, the 15th day of January, 1952, as the date for holding a special municipal election of the said city at which the said proposed Charter shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the said city for their ratification and adoption.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Freeholders of said City have subscribed their names hereto at the City of Mountain View in the State of California, on the 22nd day of October, 1951.

JAMES H. COCHRAN, Chairman of the Board of Freeholders.

WILBUR L. CAMP, Secretary of the Board of Freeholders.

MALCOLM D. AITKEN ROBERT D. FOSTER WILLIAM V. HENDERSON HAROLD HINER MERRILL S. HUGO DONALD LUIS PAUL R. McGUIRE ALEXANDER MENA CHARLES H. MOORE JACK SALYER KENNETH N. SLATER CLARENCE E. SMITH RAYMOND R. WRIGHT

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Editor's note— Set out herein is the Charter of the city, as amended. A uniform system of capitalization and punctuation have been employed and, in some instances, catchlines have been changed or expanded to facilitate use. Otherwise, the Charter has been printed exactly as adopted and amended. Amendments may be identified by the historical citation appearing at the end of the of amended section.