Article I — Definition Of Terms
Pacific Grove Municipal Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Pacific Grove
§ 4.20.010. Definitions.¶
"Advancement" shall mean a salary increase within the limits of a pay range established for a class.
"Allocation" shall mean the assignment of a single position to its proper class in accordance with the duties performed, and the authority and responsibilities exercised.
"Anniversary date" shall mean the anniversary of the date an employee was appointed to city employment if it falls on the first, or the first of the following month if appointed on any other date.
"Applicant" shall mean a person who has filed a completed and signed application for employment on a form provided by the city.
"Appointment" shall mean the employment of a person to fill a vacancy.
"Background investigations" shall mean any investigation of a candidate's background which may include, but not be limited to, employment, education, personal characteristics, criminal, or other related history.
"Candidate" shall mean any applicant who possesses those qualities which have been demonstrated to be most related to successful performance in a particular class.
"Class" shall mean all positions sufficiently similar in duties, authority, and responsibility, to permit grouping under a common title.
"Classification plan" shall mean the summary of job titles for all classes, together with the specifications of each class.
"Competitive service" shall mean all positions of employment in the service of the city except those excluded by this chapter.
"Continuous employment" shall mean employment uninterrupted from the effective date of appointment except by authorized absence or leave of absence.
"Days" shall mean calendar days unless otherwise stated.
"Demotion" shall mean the movement of an employee from one class to another class having a lower maximum base rate of pay, for disciplinary reasons.
"Department" shall mean an administrative unit of the city.
"Department manager" shall mean the official charged with the operation and direction of a department.
"Disciplinary action" shall mean the dismissal, demotion, suspension without pay or written reprimand of a regular employee solely for punitive reasons.
3. Ord. 288 N.S., passed January 2, 1957, authorizes a retirement contract between the city council of the city of Pacific Grove and the Board of Administration of the California Employees' Retirement System. Authority – See California Government Code § 45000 et seq.
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City of Pacific Grove, CA § 4.20.010
PACIFIC GROVE CODE
§ 4.20.010
"Dismissal" shall mean removal of any officer or employee from his/her position for disciplinary reasons.
"Disqualification" shall mean action which disqualifies an applicant from further consideration for a particular position.
"Eligible candidate" shall mean a candidate whose name has been placed on an eligibility list for a particular class.
"Eligibility list" shall mean a list maintained by the personnel officer of names of persons who have taken and successfully passed required competitive examination(s) for a particular class.
"Employee" shall mean a person legally occupying a position in the city service, other than an "officer," except where the construction of this chapter otherwise indicates.
"Examination process" shall mean any series of examinations required to determine qualifications and abilities to perform the duties required for a particular class.
"Examinations" shall mean the evaluation process designed to measure qualifications and abilities necessary to perform the duties required for a particular class. Examinations include, without limitation, the following:
(a) "Physical agility examination" shall mean an examination to measure relative physical coordination and endurance.
(b) "Oral examination" shall mean an examination where an oral interview is conducted of each candidate by one or more persons selected by the department and approved by the personnel officer during which each candidate is rated as to qualification based on jobrelated experience, training, education, and personal characteristics.
(c) "Performance examination" shall mean an examination to measure relative ability to perform specified skills.
(d) "Physical examination" shall mean an examination of physical health administered by a physician, based on standards established by the personnel officer.
(e) "Psychological examination" shall mean an examination of psychological and emotional health administered by a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist.
(f) "Written examination" shall mean an examination using written questions and problems to measure specified knowledge and aptitude to perform specified duties.
"Full-time employee" shall mean an employee holding a position in which the actual performance of duty requires 2,080 hours in each fiscal year. Full-time employees shall be entitled to all employee benefits, including but not limited to, retirement, health insurance, deferred compensation, sick leave and vacation time and paid holidays.
"Job description" shall mean written description of a class, outlining duties and employment standards which are essential characteristics of the class.
"Layoff" shall mean the separation from the active work force due to lack of work or funds, or to the abolition of positions by the council due to lack of work, lack of funds, or organization changes.
"Leave of absence" shall mean permission to be absent from duty for a specified period and for a specified purpose, with the right to return before or at the expiration of the period.
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City of Pacific Grove, CA
PERSONNEL
§ 4.20.010
§ 4.20.010
"Officers" shall mean the officers of the city which consist of six councilmembers and a mayor, a city manager, a city clerk, a city treasurer, a city attorney, other officers as provided by charter and ordinance, and members of commissions, boards and committees as provided by charter and ordinance.
"Overtime" shall mean any time worked over 40 hours per week (56 hours for firefighters).
"Part-time employee" shall mean an employee holding a position in which the actual performance of duty requires less than 2,080 hours in each fiscal year. A part-time employee who works fewer than 1,560 hours has no right to any employee benefit, including but not limited to, health insurance, deferred compensation, sick leave or vacation leave. [4] A part-time employee who has completed the prescribed probationary period for his/her classification and works at least 1,560 hours but fewer than 2,080 hours in a fiscal year shall be entitled to a pro rata portion of all employee benefits, including but not limited to retirement, health insurance, deferred compensation, sick leave, vacation leave and paid holidays which equals the ratio between total fiscal year hours and 2,080.
"Permanent employee" shall mean a full-time employee who has completed the probationary period of a permanent position.
"Permanent position" shall mean any position which will continue for 12 consecutive months or more.
"Personnel officer" shall mean the city manager or the city manager's delegated representative.
"Position" shall mean combination of duties regularly assigned to be performed by a person.
"Probationary employee" shall mean an employee who is serving his or her probationary period.
"Probationary period" shall mean the period following appointment which is to be considered an integral part of the examination, recruiting, testing and selection process during which an employee is required to demonstrate fitness for the position to which the employee is appointed by actual performance of the duties of the position.
"Promotion" shall mean advancement from a position in one class to a position in a higher class.
"Qualifying score" shall mean a numerical rating earned by a candidate in an examination which qualifies the candidate for further consideration for employment.
"Reallocation" shall mean a change in the allocation of an individual position by raising it to a higher class, reducing it to a lower class, or moving it to another class at the same pay range.
"Recruitment process" shall mean the selection of an appropriate candidate pool and the process of announcing a vacancy by various means such as posting written announcements, placing newspaper and magazine advertisements and other methods to solicit applications from qualified persons for a particular vacancy.
"Resignation" shall mean the voluntary action of an officer or employee which separates him or her from his or her position.
"Seniority" shall mean the length of continuous employment in a pay status within any permanent position in a classified service of the city. Seniority shall be retained, but shall not accrue, during any period of leave without pay.
"Separation" shall mean termination of employment.
4. This definition shall not be construed to deny certain retirement benefits mandated by the state retirement system for employees working in excess of 1,000 hours.
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City of Pacific Grove, CA
PACIFIC GROVE CODE
§ 4.20.010
§ 4.20.010
"Status" shall mean the condition of an employee's present appointment, such as temporary, parttime, seasonal, probationary or permanent.
"Suspension" shall mean the temporary separation from service of an employee, without pay, for disciplinary purposes.
"Transfer" shall mean a change between positions within the same or comparable class.
"Vacant position" shall mean any position which has been authorized by the council and is unfilled.
(Ord. 00-20 § 2 (Exh. A), 2000; Ord. 07-003 § 2, 2007)
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City of Pacific Grove, CA
PERSONNEL
§ 4.20.020
§ 4.20.060
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- Article 2 — Boundaries
- Article 3 — Inalienable Rights of City
- Article 4 — Powers
- Article 5 — General Laws Applicable
- Article 5.5 — Residential Character of the City
- Article 6 — Officers and Employees
- Article 7 — Residential Qualifications
- Article 8 — Elections
- Article 9 — Canvass of Returns
- Article 10 — Oath of Office
- Article 11 — The Mayor
- Article 12.5 — PACIFIC GROVE CODE
- Article 12 — The Council
- Article 12.5 — Limitation of Terms
- Article 13 — Meetings of the Council
- Article 14 — Quorum
- Article 15 — Ordinances
- Article 19 — PACIFIC GROVE CODE
- Article 16 — The Initiative and Referendum
- Article 17 — The Recall
- Article 18 — Oaths and Subpoenas
- Article 19 — City Manager
- Article 20 — CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE,
- Article 20 — City Manager Pro Tempore
- Article 23 — PACIFIC GROVE CODE
- Article 21 — Interference with or by City Manager
- Article 22 — City Clerk
- Article 23 — City Treasurer
- Article 26 — CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE,
- Article 24 — City Attorney
- Article 25 — Compensation
- Article 26 — Appointive Commissions and Boards
- Article 26 — PACIFIC GROVE CODE
- Article 31 — CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE,
- Article 27 — Approving Illegal Claims
- Article 28 — The Fiscal Year
- Article 29 — Budget
- Article 30 — Taxation
- Article 31 — Annual Tax Levy
- Article 34 — PACIFIC GROVE CODE
- Article 32 — Limit and Apportionment of the Tax Levy
- Article 33 — Special Tax Levy
- Article 34 — Tax Liens
- Article 39 — CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE,
- Article 35 — Deposit of City Moneys
- Article 36 — Payment of City Moneys
- Article 37 — Annual Audit
- Article 38 — Inventory of City Property
- Article 39 — Franchises
- Article 41 — PACIFIC GROVE CODE
- Article 40 — Contracts on Public Works; Materials and Supplies
- Article 41 — Official Records
- Article 45 — CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE,
- Article 42 — Newspaper Advertising
- Article 43 — Political Activities
- Article 44 — Conflict of Interest and Disclosure of Interest
- Article 45 — Enforcement.
- Article 46 — Validity.
- Title 1
- Title 2
- Chapter 2.50 — ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
- Chapter 2.04 — COUNCIL[1 ]
- Chapter 2.05 — MAYOR
- Chapter 2.06 — CITY MANAGER
- Chapter 2.07 — CITY ATTORNEY
- Chapter 2.12 — UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
- Chapter 2.14 — INVENTORY
- Article I — General Provisions
- Article II
- Article III
- Article IV — Public Works Contracts
- Chapter 2.20 — ELECTION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 2.30 — CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 2.40 — CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- Chapter 2.50
- Chapter 2.60
- Chapter 2.70 — DISTRICT-BASED ELECTIONS
- Title 3
- Chapter 3.02
- Chapter 3.04 — PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENTS – OTHER BOARDS, COM…
- Chapter 3.20 — EMERGENCY SERVICES
- Chapter 3.24
- Chapter 3.28 — CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
- Chapter 3.30 — HEARING OFFICER PANEL (Repealed by Ord. 25-018)
- Chapter 3.40 — ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
- Chapter 3.42 — GOLF LINKS ADVISORY COMMISSION
- Chapter 3.46
- Title 4
- Chapter 4.08 — VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION
- Chapter 4.16 — SURETY BONDS
- Chapter 4.10 — PACIFIC GROVE OCEAN RESCUE
- Chapter 4.14 — PACIFIC GROVE POLICE RESERVE
- Chapter 4.08 — VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION[1 ]
- Chapter 4.10 — PACIFIC GROVE OCEAN RESCUE (Repealed by Ord. 08…
- Chapter 4.12 — PEACE OFFICER TRAINING STANDARDS
- Chapter 4.14 — PACIFIC GROVE POLICE RESERVE
- Article I — Definition Of Terms
- Article II — Personnel System
- Article III — Promotion And Recruitment Process
- Article VI — Classification Plan
- Article VII — Layoff Policy And Procedure
- Chapter 4.30
- Title 6
- Chapter 6.02
- Chapter 6.04 — TAX COLLECTION
- Chapter 6.06 — UNIFORM CLAIMS PRESENTATION
- Chapter 6.07 — TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX
- Chapter 6.08 — UNIFORM SALES AND USE TAX[3 ]
- Chapter 6.09 — UNIFORM TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
- Chapter 6.10
- Chapter 6.11
- Chapter 6.12 — REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE
- Chapter 6.14
- Chapter 6.16 — SPECIAL GAS TAX IMPROVEMENT FUND[5 ]
- Chapter 6.18 — INTERFUND LOANS
- Chapter 6.20 — WARRANTS
- Chapter 6.24 — WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND
- Chapter 6.28 — FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT FUND
- Chapter 6.32 — BOOK FUND
- Chapter 6.40
- Chapter 6.50
- Chapter 6.54 — PACIFIC GROVE HOSPITALITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
- Title 7
- Chapter 7.04 — BUSINESS LICENSE TAX[1 ]
- Chapter 7.06
- Chapter 7.08 — POOL HALLS
- Chapter 7.10 — DRUG PARAPHERNALIA SALES
- Chapter 7.12 — DANCE HALLS
- Chapter 7.14 — CANNABIS BUSINESS TAX
- Chapter 7.16 — TAXICABS
- Chapter 7.20 — ADVERTISING HANDBILLS[2 ]
- Chapter 7.30 — DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX
- Chapter 7.40 — SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSE[3 ]
- Title 9
- Chapter 9.04 — HEALTH DEPARTMENT
- Article I
- Article II
- Article III
- Chapter 9.40 — ABANDONED VEHICLES
- Title 10
- Chapter 10.18 — ADOPTED ANIMALS
- Chapter 10.04 — DOGS[1 ]
- Chapter 10.08 — KEEPING ANIMALS AND FOWL[2 ]
- Chapter 10.10 — FEEDING ANIMALS[3 ]
- Chapter 10.14 — TRAPPING OF DOMESTICATED CATS
- Chapter 10.18 — ADOPTED ANIMALS
- Title 11
- Chapter 11.68 — WATER DISTRIBUTION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 11.88 — PUBLIC URINATION AND DEFECATION
- Chapter 11.72 — AIRCRAFT LANDING; RECREATIONAL UAS PROHIBITED
- Chapter 11.94 — SOUND AMPLIFICATION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 11.80 — OFFSHORE DRILLING SUPPORT FACILITIES
- Chapter 11.97 — COMMUNITY FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
- Chapter 11.04 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES[1 ]
- Chapter 11.08 — CURFEW FOR JUVENILES
- Chapter 11.09 — LOITERING
- Chapter 11.10 — GARAGE SALES
- Chapter 11.12 — SOLICITORS AND PEDDLERS
- Chapter 11.20 — CARD ROOMS[2 ]
- Chapter 11.24 — SMOKING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 11.26 — TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSE
- Chapter 11.32 — OBSTRUCTING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
- Chapter 11.36 — DAMAGING PUBLIC BUILDINGS
- Chapter 11.38 — TRESPASS TO POSTED PUBLIC WORKS
- Chapter 11.40 — EXPECTORATING IN PUBLIC PLACES
- Chapter 11.42 — TRANSIT BUSES
- Chapter 11.45 — MILITARY EQUIPMENT
- Chapter 11.48 — MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
- Chapter 11.56 — FIRE SIGNAL CODE
- Chapter 11.60 — CONCEALED WEAPONS[4 ]
- Chapter 11.62 — ALARM SYSTEMS
- Chapter 11.68 — WATER DISTRIBUTION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 11.72
- Chapter 11.80 — OFFSHORE DRILLING SUPPORT FACILITIES
- Chapter 11.88 — PUBLIC URINATION AND DEFECATION
- Chapter 11.92 — DISTURBANCE ABATEMENT
- Chapter 11.94 — SOUND AMPLIFICATION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 11.96 — UNLAWFUL NOISES
- Chapter 11.97 — COMMUNITY FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT[5 ]
- Chapter 11.98 — REDUCTION OF SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
- Chapter 11.99 — FOOD PACKAGING (Repealed by Ord. 19-016)
- Chapter 11.100 — CANNABIS
- Chapter 11.101 — ABANDONED PROPERTY REGISTRATION
- Title 12
- Chapter 12.04 — INFECTED TREES, PLANTS AND SHRUBS
- Chapter 12.08 — WEED AND RUBBISH ABATEMENT[1 ]
- Chapter 12.10
- Chapter 12.16 — TREE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION
- Chapter 12.20 — PROTECTED TREES
- Chapter 12.30 — TREES AND DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 12.40 — HIGH-RISK TREES AND NUISANCE TREES
- Chapter 12.50 — TREE SERVICE CONTRACTORS
- Chapter 12.60 — PERMIT APPLICATION AND PROCESSING
- Chapter 12.70 — APPEALS
- Title 14
- Chapter 14.08 — PARKS[2 ]
- Chapter 14.16 — EL CARMELO CEMETERY
- Title 15
- Chapter 15.01
- Chapter 15.08 — HOUSE NUMBERS
- Chapter 15.16 — SIDEWALKS
- Chapter 15.20 — DRIVEWAYS
- Chapter 15.24
- Chapter 15.26
- Chapter 15.29 — UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES
- Chapter 15.30
- Chapter 15.40
- Title 16
- Chapter 16.04 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 16.12 — ENFORCEMENT AND OBEDIENCE
- Chapter 16.16 — TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
- Chapter 16.20 — TURNING AT INTERSECTIONS
- Chapter 16.24 — ONE-WAY STREETS AND ALLEYS
- Chapter 16.25 — CREATION OF CUL-DE-SAC STREETS
- Chapter 16.32 — MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES
- Chapter 16.40 — STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
- Chapter 16.41 — RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT AREAS
- Chapter 16.44 — TRUCKS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES[1 ]
- Chapter 16.64
- Chapter 16.70 — TRIP REDUCTION
- Title 18
- Chapter 18.38 — WATER WELL REGULATIONS
- Chapter 18.40 — SEISMIC HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
- Chapter 18.45 — RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR SYSTEM
- Chapter 18.04 — BUILDING CODES
- Chapter 18.08 — GREASE TRAPS
- Chapter 18.32 — FIRE PREVENTION[2 ]
- Chapter 18.36
- Chapter 18.38 — WATER WELL REGULATIONS
- Chapter 15.08 — MCC, Water Wells, hereby is adopted in its ent…
- Chapter 18.40 — SEISMIC HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
- Chapter 18.42 — GREEN BUILDING REGULATIONS (Repealed by Ord. 1…
- Chapter 18.45 — RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOP SOLAR SYSTEM
- Chapter 18.46 — VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
- Title 20
- Chapter 20.05 — DOWNTOWN SIGNS
- Title 21
- Chapter 21.04 — INTERFERENCE WITH RECEPTION
- Chapter 21.08 — STRUCTURAL AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 21.12
- Title 23
- Chapter 23.43 — INITIATIVE RESTRICTION OF USE OF GEORGE WASHIN…
- Chapter 23.64 — GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
- Chapter 23.84 — LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS
- Chapter 23.04 — PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF ZONING REGULATIONS
- Chapter 23.16
- Chapter 23.20
- Chapter 23.29
- Chapter 23.31 — COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 23.32
- Chapter 23.43
- Chapter 23.45
- Chapter 23.58
- Chapter 23.60 — PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT – PUD
- Chapter 23.64 — GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
- Chapter 23.68 — NONCONFORMING USES AND BUILDINGS[2 ]
- Chapter 23.70 — COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PERMIT REVIEW AUTHORITIE…
- Chapter 23.72 — PERMIT APPLICATION FILING AND PROCESSING
- Chapter 23.73
- Chapter 23.74 — APPEALS AND CALL-UPS
- Chapter 23.76 — HISTORIC PRESERVATION[3 ]
- Chapter 23.77 — ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS[4 ]
- Chapter 23.78 — SALE OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
- Chapter 23.79 — DENSITY BONUS REGULATIONS[5 ]
- Chapter 23.80 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 23.81
- Chapter 23.82 — INTERPRETATIONS OF PERMITTED USE LISTS
- Chapter 23.84 — PGMC (Legislative Amendments). (Ord. 11-001 § …
- Chapter 23.86 — PUBLIC MEETING AND HEARING PROCEDURES
- Chapter 23.88 — ENFORCEMENT
- Chapter 23.90 — LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
- Chapter 23.92 — CANNABIS BUSINESSES
- Title 24
- Chapter 24.04 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Chapter 24.05 — CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
- Chapter 24.06
- Chapter 24.08 — PARCEL MAP PROCEDURES
- Chapter 24.12 — FILING OF TENTATIVE MAP
- Chapter 24.20 — IMPOSITION OF FEES
- Chapter 24.24
- Chapter 24.32 — SUBDIVISION STANDARDS
- Chapter 24.40
- Chapter 24.48
- Chapter 24.52 — SCHOOL SITE DEDICATIONS
- Chapter 24.64 — IMPROVEMENT SECURITY
- Title SR
- § SR.001. General Provisions.
- § SR.002. Administration and Personnel.
- § SR.003. Revenue and Finance.
- § SR.004. Business Licenses, Taxes and Regulations.
- § SR.005. Animals.
- § SR.006. Health and Safety.
- § SR.007. Public Peace, Morals and Welfare.
- § SR.008. Vehicles and Traffic.
- § SR.009. Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places.
- § SR.010. Public Services.
- § SR.011. Buildings and Construction.
- § SR.012. Subdivisions.
- § SR.014. Environment.
- Title CRT
- Title FR
- Title OL
- § OL.020. New Series