Mountain View Municipal Code Art. XVI Miscellaneous

For the purpose of qualification and nomination of candidates and election of officers to fill the vacancies created by it, this Charter shall take effect from the time of its approval by the legislature. For all other purposes, it shall take effect on the first Tuesday following the date of the election held for the purpose of filling the vacancies created by this Charter in the elective offices of the city.

The council of the City of Mountain View in office at the time this Charter is approved by the legislature shall provide for the holding of the first election of officers under this Charter, shall canvass the votes and declare the results.

If any provision of this Charter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Charter, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

Unless the provisions or the context otherwise require, as used in this Charter:

(a) "Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.

(b) "City" is the City of Mountain View and "department", "board", "commission", "agency", "officer", or "employee", is a department, board, commission, agency, officer or employee, as the case may be, of the City of Mountain View.

(c) "Council" is the city council of the City of Mountain View.

(d) "County" is the County of Santa Clara.

(e) "State" is the State of California.

(As amended April 9, 1974; June 3, 1980.)

The violation of any provision of this Charter shall be deemed a misdemeanor and be punishable upon conviction by a fine the maximum of which shall not exceed the amount permitted by Section 520 of this Charter or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(As amended November 3, 1998.)