Richmond Municipal Code Art. IX Miscellaneous

Sec. 1. The ordaining clause of all ordinances adopted by the Council shall be: "The Council of the City of Richmond do ordain as follows:"

Sec. 2. The electors may, in form and manner prescribed in Section 2 of Article VIII, provide the manner in which any municipal power may be exercised and restrict the power of the Council in respect thereto.

Sec. 3. No officer of the City shall be interested in any contract entered into by the City, and the general laws of the State forbidding City officials to be so interested are hereby made a part of this Charter.

Sec. 4. No member of the Council shall hold any other municipal office, or hold any other office, or employment, the compensation of which is paid out of the municipal monies; or be elected or appointed to any office created or the compensation of which is increased by the Council while he was a member thereof, until one year after the expiration of the term for which he was elected.

Sec. 5. No person, firm or corporation shall ever exercise any franchise, license, permit, easement, privilege or other use, except insofar as he or it may be entitled to do so by direct authority of the Constitution of the State of California, or of the constitution or laws of the United States, in, upon, over, under or along any street, highway or public place in the City unless he or it shall have first obtained a grant therefor in accordance with the provisions of this Charter.

Sec. 6. (Amended at election May 11, 1965) The Council shall publish once annually a financial report of the City in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.

Sec. 7. Liens for taxes levied and to be levied shall attach to the property charged therewith on the first Monday in March at 12 o'clock Midnight.

Sec. 8. (Amended at election November 7, 1972, and November 3, 1981) No general obligation bonded indebtedness which is by its terms repayable from ad valorem taxes on all property in the City subject to taxation by the City shall be incurred unless the same shall be first authorized by a vote of two-thirds of the voters voting at an election held for the purpose of voting on the proposition to incur such indebtedness; and no such general obligation bonded indebtedness shall be incurred for the purpose of improving the waterfront the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which shall at any time exceed six percent of the assessed value of the property within the City subject to taxation for the payment of such indebtedness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, the Council may issue revenue bonds for any lawful purpose, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as it may fix and establish by the provisions of a procedural ordinance. Such bonds shall be payable only out of revenues specified by the Council and shall not constitute an indebtedness of the City. This Section shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional and alternative method for doing the things authorized hereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred by other laws.

Sec. 9. (Amended at election April 14, 1953) If any article, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or description contained in this Charter and any amendments hereto shall for any reason be held invalid or unconstitutional, such holding shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Charter and amendments hereto.

Sec. 10. (Added at election May 14, 1963) The City of Richmond shall have the right and power to make and enforce all laws and regulations in respect to municipal affairs, subject only to the restrictions and limitations provided in this Charter; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent or restrict the City from exercising or consenting to, and the City is hereby authorized to exercise any and all rights, powers and privileges heretofore or hereafter granted or prescribed by general laws of the State.