Article VII — OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 700. Enumeration. Section 701. Appointment and Removal. Section 702. Administrative Departments. Section 703. City Attorney. Powers and Duties. Section 704. City Clerk. Powers and Duties. Section 705. City Treasurer. Powers and Duties. Section 706. Director of Finance. Powers and Duties. Section 707. Administering Oaths. Section 708. Illegal Contract, Financial Interest. Section 709. Acceptance of Other Office. Section 710. Nepotism. Section 711. Official Bonds.

Section 812. Airport Commission. Section 813. Board of Water Commissioners. Powers and Duties.

• Section 814. Architectural Board of Review. Powers and Duties.

• Section 815. Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners. Powers and Duties.

• Section 816. Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. Powers and Duties.

• Section 817. Historic Landmarks Commission. Powers and Duties.

Article IX BOARD OF EDUCATION

• Section 900. State Law Governs. Section 901. Effect of Charter on District.

Article X CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM

CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

Article XI RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS

Section 1100. State Retirement System. Section 1101. Continuance of Present Pension System.

Article XII

FISCAL ADMINISTRATION

• Section 1302. Procedure for Holding Elections.

• Section 1303. Initiative, Referendum and Recall.

• Section 1304. Nominations of Candidates. Section 1305. Ballot. Order of Candidates' Names.

• Section 1306. Elections to be Conducted by Mail Ballot.

Section 1200. Fiscal Year. Section 1201. Annual Budget, Preparation by the City Administrator. Section 1202. Budget. Submission to City Council. Section 1203. Budget. Public Hearing. Section 1204. Budget. Revision and Adoption. Section 1205. Budgets, Appropriations. Section 1206. Centralized Purchasing. Section 1209. Bonded Debt Limit. Section 1210. Revenue Bonds. Section 1211. Salaries. Annual Adjustment. Section 1212. Contingency Fund. Section 1213. Capital Outlays Fund. Section 1214. Treasurer's Departmental Trust Fund. Section 1215. Other Funds. Section 1216. Claims and Demands. Presentation and Payment. Section 1217. Actions Against City. Section 1218. Registering Warrants. Section 1219. Independent Audit.

Article XIII ELECTIONS

Section 1300. General Municipal Elections. Section 1301. Election Districts. Section 1301.5. Consolidation Plan for Even Numbered Year Elections.

Article XIV FRANCHISES

• Section 1400. Granting of Franchises. Section 1401. Resolution of Intention. Notice and Public Hearing.

• Section 1402. Terms of Franchise. Section 1403. Grant to be In Lieu of All Other Franchises.

• Section 1404. Eminent Domain. Section 1405. Duties of Grantees. Section 1406. Exercising Rights without Franchise.

• Section 1407. Franchise Amendment.

Article XV MISCELLANEOUS

• Section 1500. Production of Oil, Gas, etc. Section 1501. Definitions. Section 1502. Violations. Section 1503. Validity. Section 1504. Annexation, Residence Requirement.

• Section 1505. Annexation, Elector Requirements.

• Section 1506. Building Heights. Limitations.

• Section 1507. General Plan and Zoning Ordinance Amendments Limitations.

PREAMBLE

We, the people of the City of Santa Barbara, State of California, do ordain and establish this Charter as the organic law of said City under the Constitution of said State.

CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

ARTICLE I Name and Seal

The municipal corporation now existing and known as the City of Santa Barbara shall remain and continue to exist as a municipal corporation under its present name of "City of Santa Barbara."

The City shall have an official seal which may be changed from time to time by ordinance. The present official seal shall continue to be the official seal of the City until changed in the manner stated.

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ARTICLE II Boundaries

The boundaries of the City shall be the boundaries as established at the time this Charter takes effect, and as such boundaries may be changed thereafter from time to time in the manner authorized by law.

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ARTICLE III Succession

The City of Santa Barbara shall continue to own, possess and control all rights and property of every kind and nature owned, possessed or controlled by it at the time this Charter takes effect and shall continue to be subject to all its debts, obligations, liabilities and contracts.

All lawful ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, and portions thereof, in force at the time this Charter takes effect and not in conflict or inconsistent herewith, are hereby continued in force until the same shall have been duly repealed, amended, changed or superseded by proper authority.

Nothing in this Charter contained, unless otherwise provided herein, shall affect or impair the civil service, personnel, pension or retirement rights or privileges of officers or employees of the City, or of any office, department or agency thereof, existing at the time this Charter takes effect.

The present officers and employees of the City shall continue without interruption to perform the duties of their respective offices and employments upon the same terms and conditions and for the compensation provided by the existing ordinances, regulations, rules or laws, but subject to such removal, amendment, change or control as is provided or permitted in this Charter, and, as to offices which are changed, superseded or abolished by this Charter, until the election and qualification or appointment of their respective successors under this Charter, if any, or until the duties of an abolished office have been transferred and are being performed pursuant to this Charter, or the City Council shall by resolution determine the office vacant. Each elective officer whose office is continued in existence but made appointive under this Charter shall continue to hold such office, under this Charter, but his vested or accrued retirement or pension rights or privileges shall not be deemed to be changed, altered or affected in any way by the adoption of this Charter.

All contracts entered into by the City or for its benefit prior to the effective date of this Charter and then in effect, shall continue in full force and effect according to their terms.

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time this Charter takes effect, brought by or against the City or any officer, office, department or agency thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by anything herein contained but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers and duties of any officer, office, department or agency a party thereto, may be assigned or transferred by or under this Charter to another officer, office, department or agency, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department or agency to which such functions,

Section 306 powers and duties have been assigned or transferred by or under this Charter.

This Charter shall take effect upon its approval by the Legislature after it shall have been ratified by the qualified voters of the City in the manner set forth in the Constitution of the State.

CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA