San Bernardino Municipal Code Title 19 Land Use/Subdivision

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SECTION 4. Continuation of Existing Law. The recodification and adoption of the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code is intended by the City Council to be a continuation of existing provisions of the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code, and nothing is intended to modify or enact any new laws or new taxes. To the extent the provisions of the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code are substantially the same as existing law, the provisions of the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code shall be considered a continuation of existing law and not new enactments.

SECTION 5. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this Ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code.

SECTION 6. The City of San Bernardino Municipal Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in this Ordinance, and the City of San Bernardino Municipal Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given

SECTION 7. Certification. City Clerk of the City of San Bernardino shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause publication to occur in a newspaper of general circulation and published and circulated in the City in a manner permitted under section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California.

SECTION 8. CEQA. The City Council finds this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty, as in this case, that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.

SECTION 9. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase be declared unconstitutional. If for any reason any portion of this ordinance is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the balance of this ordinance shall not be affected.

SECTION 10. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its adoption.

APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk this 3rd day of September 2025.

Helen Tran, Mayor

City of San Bernardino

Attest:

Telicia Lopez, CMC, Acting City Clerk

Approved as to form:

Sonia Carvalho, City Attorney

Adopting Ordinance 13

CERTIFICATION

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss

CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO )

I, Telicia Lopez, CMC, Acting City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Ordinance No. MC-1653, introduced by the City Council of the City of San Bernardino, California, at a regular meeting held the 20th day of August 2025. Ordinance No. MC-1653 was approved, passed and adopted at a regular meeting held the 3rd day of September 2025 by the following vote:

Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT

SANCHEZ _____ _____ _______ _______

IBARRA _____ _____ _______ _______

FIGUEROA _____ _____ _______ _______

SHORETT _____ _____ _______ _______

KNAUS _____ _____ _______ _______

FLORES _____ _____ _______ _______

ORTIZ _____ _____ _______ _______

WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino this 4th day of September 2025.

Telicia Lopez, CMC, Acting City Clerk

CHARTER

Preamble

Article I: Names, Boundaries, Powers, Rights and Succession, Intergovernmental Relations
Article II: Form of Government
Article III: City Council and Mayor
Article IV: City Manager
Article V: Departments, Services, Officers and Employees
Article VI: Boards, Commissions and Committees
Article VII: Financial Management
Article VIII: Elections
Article IX: Initiative, Citizen Referendum and Recall
Article X: Charter Amendments
Article XI: Severability

PREAMBLE

We, the people of the City of San Bernardino, in order to secure the benefits of home rule and a council-manager form of government, hereby adopt this Charter.