CITY OFFICIALS

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John Cruikshank

Mayor

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Eric Alegria

Mayor Pro Tem

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David L. Bradley, Councilmember

Barbara Ferraro, Councilmember

Paul Seo, Councilmember

City Council

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Elena Q. Gerli

City Attorney

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Teresa Takaoka

City Clerk of the

CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA

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David L. Bradley

Mayor

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Paul Seo

Mayor Pro Tem

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Barbara Ferraro, Councilmember

George Lewis, Councilmember

Stephen Perestam, Councilmember

City Council

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William Wynder

City Attorney

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Teresa Takaoka

City Clerk

PREFACE

This Code constitutes a recodification of the general and permanent ordinances of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

Source materials used in the preparation of the Code were the 1981 Code, as supplemented through November 15, 2022, and ordinances subsequently adopted by the city council. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the comparative tables appearing in the back of this Code, the reader can locate any section of the 1981 Code, as supplemented, and any subsequent ordinance included herein.

Acknowledgments

This publication was under the direct supervision of Roger D. Merriam, Senior Code Attorney, and Howard A. George, Editor, of Municode, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publisher is most grateful to Ms. Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk, and Ms. Elena Q. Gerli, City Attorney, for their cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this publication. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publisher have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the city readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the city's affairs.

Copyright

All editorial enhancements of this Code are copyrighted by Municode and the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Editorial enhancements include, but are not limited to: organization; table of contents; section catchlines; prechapter section analyses; editor's notes; cross references; state law references; numbering system; code comparative table; state law reference table; and index. Such material may not be used or reproduced for commercial purposes without the express written consent of Municode and the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

© Copyrighted material. Municode and the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California. 2024.

ORDINANCE NO. 677

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.

WHEREAS, in September 1978, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2, which enacted the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code; and

WHEREAS, in February 1982, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 146, which recodified the original Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code;

WHEREAS, in order to ensure the current Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is in compliance with all current State law and all legislation, the City periodically conducts an evaluation of the Municipal Code; and

WHEREAS, to allow the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code to better assist residents, developers and the business community in their review and interpretation of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code's regulations,

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1.

The Code entitled "Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code," published by MuniCode, consisting of Titles 1 through 17, each inclusive, is adopted.

Section 2.

All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before December 5, 2023, and not included in the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are repealed.

Section 3.

The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 4.

Additions or amendments to the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the city to make the same a part of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code, so that reference to the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code includes the additions and amendments.

Section 5.

Ordinances adopted after December 5, 2023, that amend or refer to ordinances that have been codified in the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code.

Section 6.

Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect at 12:01 AM on the 31 st day after its passage.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on this 16 th day of April 2024.

___________ John Cruikshank, Mayor

ATTEST:

___________ Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk

I, Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Ordinance No. 677 was introduced by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on March 19, 2024, was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on April 16, 2024, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:

___________ City Clerk