Title 1 — South Gate Municipal Code

ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL

		Chapter 1.02	§ 1.04.066.	Restrictions relating to the
		CITY SEAL		use of city staff time and/or
				supplies.
§	1.02.010.	Description and adoption.	§ 1.04.070.	Quorum—Compelling
§	1.02.020.	Custodian.		attendance.
§	1.02.030.	Definitions.	§ 1.04.080.	Adjournment or
§	1.02.040.	Prohibited uses of city seal.		postponement when all
§	1.02.050.	Authorized uses of city seal.		members absent.
§	1.02.060.	Specially permitted uses of the city seal.	§ 1.04.090.	Time for holding adjourned meeting.
§ §	1.02.070. 1.02.080.	Printing and ordering of city stationery. Violation constitutes a misdemeanor.	§ 1.04.100. § 1.04.110.	Disturbance of assembly or meeting other than religious or political. Rules of decorum for city
				council meetings.
	Chapter 1.03 POST-SEPARATION RESTRICTIONS		§ 1.04.111. § 1.04.115.	Procedural rules of conduct. Placement of items on city
	FOR ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS			council agendas.
			§ 1.04.120.	Parliamentary rules.
§	1.03.010.	Intent.	§ 1.04.130.	Public places for posting
§	1.03.020.	Definitions.		notices.
§	1.03.030.	Post-separation restrictions.	§ 1.04.150.	Violation—Penalty.
§	1.03.040.	Application.	§ 1.04.160.	Investment authority.
§	1.03.050.	Enforcement.	§ 1.04.170.	Auditor.
§	1.03.060.	Penalty for Violation.	§ 1.04.180.	Banking relationships.
		Chapter 1.04		Chapter 1.05
		CITY COUNCIL	CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER
§	1.04.010.	City hall designated.	§ 1.05.020.	City clerk—Restrictions
§ § § § § §	1.04.020. 1.04.030. 1.04.040. 1.04.060. 1.04.065. 1.04.065.1.	Address of city hall. Council chamber. Regular meetings—Time and place. Notice of meetings. Salary of members—Purpose. Same—Population.	§ 1.05.025. § 1.05.040. § 1.05.050.	relating to the use of city staff time and/or supplies. City clerk—Primary responsibilities. City treasurer—Restrictions relating to the use of city staff time and/or supplies. City treasurer—Primary responsibilities.
§	1.04.065.2.	Same—Compensation.	§ 1.05.060.	City treasurer—Business
§	1.04.065.3.	Same—Increase or decrease.		hours.
§	1.04.065.4.	Same—Reimbursement.

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§	1.05.065.	City	§	1.09.030.	Term—Appointment of
		treasurer—Compensation.			successor.
§	1.05.070.	City clerk—Business hours.	§	1.09.040.	Disqualifying activity.
			§	1.09.050.	Election of chairman of
		Chapter 1.06			commission.
		CITY MANAGER	§	1.09.060.	Removal from office.
			§	1.09.070.	Remuneration of the
§	1.06.010.	Office			commission.
		created—Appointment.	§	1.09.080.	Organization—Meetings—Rules.
§	1.06.020.	Council member not eligible for position.	§	1.09.090.	Powers and duties.
§	1.06.030.	Bond.			Chapter 1.10
§	1.06.040.	Disability—Temporary city		PARKS AND RECREATION
		manager.			DEPARTMENT
§	1.06.050.	Compensation—Reimbursement
		of expenses.	§	1.10.010.	Created.
§	1.06.060.	Powers and duties.	§	1.10.020.	Office of director created.
§	1.06.070.	Powers subject to civil	§	1.10.030.	Powers and duties.
		service provisions.
§	1.06.080.	Orders and directions.			Chapter 1.12
§	1.06.090.	Cooperation of city officials.		PLANNING COMMISSION
§	1.06.100.	Political activities.
§	1.06.110.	Removal.	§	1.12.010.	New commission
§	1.06.120.	Removal after municipal			established.
		election or appointment of	§	1.12.020.	Membership.
		city council member.	§	1.12.030.	Term—Appointment of
§	1.06.125.	Written agreements.			successor.
§	1.06.130.	Office excluded from civil	§	1.12.035.	Disqualifying activity.
		service.	§	1.12.040.	Powers and duties.
§	1.06.140.	Inconsistent nomenclature.	§	1.12.050.	Defraying commission
					expenses.
		Chapter 1.08	§	1.12.060.	Records.
	DIRECTOR OF FINANCE		§	1.12.070.	Authority to obligate city.
			§	1.12.080.	Organization—Meetings—Rules.
§	1.08.010.	Office created.	§	1.12.090.	Reports of activities of
§	1.08.020.	Powers and duties.			council.
§	1.08.030.	Bond required.	§	1.12.100.	Removal from office.
			§	1.12.110.	Remuneration of the
		Chapter 1.09			commission.
	PARKS AND RECREATION		§	1.12.120.	Election of chairperson of
		COMMISSION			commission.
§	1.09.010.	Established.
§	1.09.020.	Composition.

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Chapter 1.13 Chapter 1.22
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY BUDGET SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT § 1.22.010. Purpose.
§ 1.13.010. Created. § 1.22.020. Fiscal year. § 1.13.020. Office of director created. § 1.22.030. Submission date and § 1.13.030. Powers and duties. content. § 1.13.040. Coordinator of residential, § 1.22.040. Date of adoption. commercial and industrial § 1.22.050. Public hearing. development permit process. § 1.22.060. Filing budget.
§ 1.13.040.1. Cost of coordination effort § 1.22.070. Duplication.
reimbursable. § 1.22.080. Establishment of tax rate.
§ 1.13.040.3. Rules and regulations. § 1.22.090. Form of presentation. § 1.22.100. Budget restrictions.

Chapter 1.15 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Chapter 1.24 PERSONNEL SYSTEM

§ §	1.15.010. 1.15.020.	Created. Declaration of council as commission.	§ 1.24.010. § 1.24.020.	Established. Unclassified and classified
				service.
		Chapter 1.19 PUBLIC FUNDS	§ 1.24.030. § 1.24.040.	Merit principle. Age restrictions.
			§ 1.24.045.	Criminal
§	1.19.010.	Guardians of public funds.		conduct—Ineligibility for
				employment.
		Chapter 1.20	§ 1.24.050.	Civil service commission.
		OFFICIAL BONDS	§ 1.24.060.	Secretary to commission.
			§ 1.24.070.	Remuneration of the
§	1.20.010.	Clerk and treasurer, city		commission.
		manager, director of	§ 1.24.080.	Term—Appointment of
		finance—Bond required.		successor.
§	1.20.020.	Other official bonds.	§ 1.24.083.	Disqualifying activity.
§	1.20.030.	Bonds for temporary	§ 1.24.085.	Removal from office.
		appointees.	§ 1.24.090.	Election of chairperson of
§	1.20.040.	Amount of bonds.		commission.
§	1.20.050.	Form and sufficiency of	§ 1.24.100.	Duties of commission.
		bonds.	§ 1.24.105.	Departments, appointive
§	1.20.060.	Master bond.		officers and employees
§	1.20.070.	Approval and filing of		subject to civil service
		bonds.		system.
§	1.20.080.	Duty to bond incumbents	§ 1.24.110.	Classification plan.
		and temporary appointees.	§ 1.24.120.	Review of classification.
§	1.20.090.	City payment for bond.	§ 1.24.130.	Examination of applicants.
§	1.20.100.	Cash deposit in lieu of bond.	§ 1.24.140.	Reduction in personnel.

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§ 1.24.150. Personnel officer. § 1.24.160. Duties of personnel officer. § 1.24.170. Discipline and removal.

Chapter 1.25 CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE

§ 1.27.070. Alternate claim payment procedure.

Chapter 1.28 DISPUTED CLAIMS FOR MONEY OR DAMAGES.

§ § §	1.25.010. 1.25.020. 1.25.030.	Established. Membership. Term—Appointment of successor.	§ 1.28.010. § 1.28.020. § 1.28.030.	Disputed claims for money or damages. Claims required. Claim prerequisite to suit.
§	1.25.035.	Disqualifying activity.	§ 1.28.040.	Person presenting claim.
§	1.25.040.	Remuneration.	§ 1.28.050.	Contents of claim.
§	1.25.050.	Election of chairman of	§ 1.28.060.	Legal actions.
		commission.
§	1.25.060.	Removal from office.		Chapter 1.36
§	1.25.070.	Organization—Meetings—Rules.		POLICE BADGES

Chapter 1.26 RETIREMENT SYSTEM § 1.26.010. City council to provide by resolution.

Chapter 1.27 CLAIMS AND DEMANDS FOR PAYMENTS, CHECKS, WARRANTS, OTHER FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS AND PAYROLL ACCOUNT

§	1.27.005.	Ordinary claims for payment.
§	1.27.010.	Claims and demands for payment.
§ §	1.27.020. 1.27.030.	Claims and demands—Procedure for payment. Payroll account.
§	1.27.040.	Signatories on payroll
		warrants and special checks.
§	1.27.050.	Financial
		documents—Confidentiality.
§	1.27.060.	Banking
		transactions—Withholding
		of signature.

§ 1.36.010. Design. § 1.36.020. Who authorized to wear. § 1.36.030. Badges owned by city. § 1.36.040. Custody of badges—Records. § 1.36.050. Surrender of badges. § 1.36.060. Penalty for violations. § 1.36.070. Police facsimile badges—General prohibition. § 1.36.080. Police facsimile badges—Use. § 1.36.090. Police facsimile badges—Definition. § 1.36.100. Police facsimile badges—Issuance. § 1.36.110. Police facsimile badges—Surrender. § 1.36.120. Police facsimile badges—Description.

Chapter 1.37 PEACE OFFICER TRAINING STANDARDS § 1.37.010. Desire of city to receive state aid.

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§ 1.37.020. Adherence to state § 1.48.060. Unclaimed property to be recruitment and training used by city or sold at standards. auction. § 1.48.070. Costs of keeping and sale Chapter 1.38 proper charge against city. CITY JAIL § 1.48.080. Chief administrative officer approval for city § 1.38.010. Designated. appropriation. § 1.38.020. Approval and ratification of § 1.48.090. Proceeds of auction to be prior use. deposited in general fund. § 1.48.100. Unsalable and unusable Chapter 1.39 property. MILITARY EQUIPMENT POLICY § 1.48.110. Dangerous or perishable property. § 1.39.010. Military equipment policy. § 1.48.120. Chapter not applicable to certain property.

Chapter 1.40

SPECIAL GAS TAX STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND

Chapter 1.52 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

§ 1.40.010. Created.
§ 1.40.020. Payment into fund. § 1.40.030. Expenditures from fund.

Article I Election Code

§ 1.52.010. Short title.
Chapter 1.44 § 1.52.020. Purposes of article. TAXES § 1.52.030. Application and scope of article.
§ 1.44.010. Levy and collection by § 1.52.040. Interpretation of article. county. § 1.52.050. Duties of city clerk/elections official.
Chapter 1.48 § 1.52.051. Candidate information
LOST AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY sheet. AND MONEY § 1.52.052. Ballot designation for candidates.
§ 1.48.010. Police chief to receive lost § 1.52.053. Ballot order. and unclaimed property and § 1.52.054. Candidate's statement.
money. § 1.52.055. Distribution of information
§ 1.48.020. Holding and disposal of for candidates and
unclaimed property and committees.
money. § 1.52.056. Election filing requirements.
§ 1.48.030. True owner may claim § 1.52.057. Vote by mail ballots.
property or money. § 1.52.060. Campaign contribution
§ 1.48.040. Unclaimed money to be limitations.
deposited in general fund. § 1.52.061. Aggregation of
§ 1.48.050. Finder may reclaim contributions.
property or money. § 1.52.062. Loans to campaigns.

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§	1.52.063.	Nonmonetary		Chapter 1.54
		contributions—Limits,	PURCHASING SYSTEM AND BIDDING
		receipts, retention.		RULES
§	1.52.070.	Required notices on
		reproduced campaign	§ 1.54.010.	Purpose and organization of
		material.		this chapter.
§	1.52.080.	Disclosure of campaign	§ 1.54.020.	Definitions.
		contributions.	§ 1.54.030.	Changes to dollar limits.
§	1.52.081.	Electronic filing.	§ 1.54.040.	Matters pertaining to
§	1.52.085.	Independent expenditure		housing authority,
		committees filings.		redevelopment agency,
§	1.52.086.	Late campaign contribution/		utility authority or other
		expenditure filings.		bodies.
§	1.52.090.	Campaign expenditure	§ 1.54.050.	Conflicts with state law.
		limitations.	§ 1.54.110.	Appointment, authority and
§	1.52.091.	Election cycle.		duties of purchasing
§	1.52.092.	Campaign account.		supervisor.
§ § §	1.52.093. 1.52.094. 1.52.095.	Officeholder accounts. Excess campaign funds. Filing of post-election campaign statements.	§ 1.54.120.	Requests (requisitions) to purchasing supervisor by city departments and personnel that the city purchase supplies,
§	1.52.096.	Fines for late filings of		equipment and services.
		campaign statements and amendments.	§ 1.54.130.	Centralized purchasing: all city purchases of supplies,
§	1.52.100.	Violations.		equipment and services
§	1.52.101.	Enforcement.		must be made by purchasing
§	1.52.102.	Injunctive relief.		supervisor.
§	1.52.103.	Statute of limitations.	§ 1.54.140.	Funding of purchases.
§	1.52.110.	Candidate acknowledgment	§ 1.54.210.	Exceptions from centralized
		of receiving ordinance.		purchasing for certain
§	1.52.120.	Operative date.		recurring expenses, maintenance expenses, real
		Article II Election Cycle	§ 1.54.220.	estate expenses, and minor one-time expenses. Exemptions from
§	1.52.130.	Consolidation with statewide general election.		centralized purchasing for purchases of professional services.
§ §	1.52.140. 1.52.150.	Discretion to change date of election. Election date.	§ 1.54.230.	Exemptions from centralized purchasing for contracts for public projects,
§	1.52.160.	Elected terms of office.		maintenance work, or other
				construction.
			§ 1.54.240.	Other exemptions from
				centralized purchasing.

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§	1.54.310.	Formal bidding procedures	§ 1.54.450.	Informal bidding
		for city purchases of		procedures for contracts
		supplies, equipment and		between forty-five thousand
		services exceeding fifty		dollars and one hundred
		thousand dollars.		seventy-five thousand
§	1.54.320.	Informal bidding		dollars (or such other
		procedures for city		amounts as may hereafter be
		purchases of supplies,		established by state law)
		equipment and services		pertaining to public projects
		between two thousand		and certain other
		dollars and fifty thousand		construction-related
		dollars.		activities.
§	1.54.330.	Open market purchases	§ 1.54.460.	Performance of contracts for
		without formal or informal		less than forty-five thousand
		bidding for amounts less		dollars (or such other
		than two thousand dollars.		amount as may hereafter be
§ §	1.54.340. 1.54.350.	Local business credit. Procedures for professional and other services.		established by state law) pertaining to public projects and certain other construction-related
§	1.54.410.	Adoption of Uniform		activities.
§	1.54.420.	Construction Cost Accounting Act's Accounting Procedures. Duties and responsibilities of	§ 1.54.470.	Exceptions to bidding requirements for public projects, maintenance work, and similar construction-
		public works director.		related activities in case of
§	1.54.430.	Lists of qualified contractors		emergencies.
§	1.54.440.	and construction trade journals. Formal bidding procedures for contracts in excess of one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars (or such other amount as may hereafter be established by state law) pertaining to public projects and certain other construction-related	§ 1.54.475. § 1.54.480. § 1.54.485. § 1.54.486.	Rejection of bids. Tie bids. Performance of public projects and maintenance work when no bids are received. Procedures for entering into maintenance contracts where no public bidding is required.
		activities.	§ 1.54.490.	Bid bonds, performance
				bonds, and payment bonds.
			§ 1.54.510.	Exemptions from formal
				and informal bidding
				procedures.
			§ 1.54.610.	Approval of modifications
				and change orders.
			§ 1.54.710.	Purpose of recycling
				ordinance.
			§ 1.54.720.	Definitions used in recycling
				ordinance.

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§	1.54.730.	City department	§ 1.59.070.	Right to an administrative
		responsibility relative to		hearing—Waiver of advance
		recycling.		deposit of fine.
§	1.54.740.	Waste prevention practices.	§ 1.59.080.	Administrative
§	1.54.750.	Exemption of recycling plan.		hearing—Procedures.
§	1.54.810.	Disposition of obsolete and	§ 1.59.090.	Hearing officer
		surplus property.		decision—Right of appeal
				therefrom.
		Chapter 1.56	§ 1.59.100.	Penalties.
	PENALTY PROVISIONS		§ 1.59.110.	Severability.
§	1.56.010.	Misdemeanors—Infractions.		Chapter 1.60
§	1.56.020.	Responsibility.	EMPLOYEES, VENDORS AND
§	1.56.030.	Prohibited acts.	CONTRACTORS HOLDING ELECTED
§	1.56.040.	Punishment.		OFFICE
§ § §	1.56.050. 1.56.060. 1.56.070.	Continuing violations. Public nuisances. Procedure for arrest of violators.	§ 1.60.010. § 1.60.020. § 1.60.030.	Intent. Definitions. No disqualification or removal from elected office.
		Chapter 1.58 ENFORCEMENT	SENIOR	Chapter 1.61 CITIZENS' ADVISORY
§	1.58.010.	Issuance of citations by		COMMISSION
§	1.58.020.	designated employees. Procedures and rules concerning issuance of citations.	§ 1.61.010. § 1.61.020. § 1.61.030.	Established. Membership. Term—Appointment of
				successor.
		Chapter 1.59	§ 1.61.040.	Remuneration.
	ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS		§ 1.61.050.	Election of chairman of
				commission.
§	1.59.010.	Findings.	§ 1.61.060.	Removal from office.
§	1.59.020.	Applicability and scope.	§ 1.61.070.	Organization—Meetings—Records.
§	1.59.030.	Definitions.	§ 1.61.080.	Rules and regulations.
§	1.59.040.	Issuance of administrative	§ 1.61.090.	Annual report.
		citation—Contents thereof.	§ 1.61.100.	Disclosure requirements.
§	1.59.050.	Service of citation.	§ 1.61.110.	Purpose and functions.
§	1.59.060.	Imposition of administrative
		fines, late fees, interest
		charges, and reinspection
		fees—Payment and
		collection of fines, fees and
		other charges.

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