HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2888 - Amending Division 3 of Article IV of Chapter 2 of Santa Ana Municipal Code Regarding Emergency ServicesSRC 12/15/15
ORDINANCE NO. NS -2888
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING DIVISION 3 OF ARTICLE
IV OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING EMERGENCY
SERVICES
WHEREAS, NOAA, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration, is forecasting the arrival of El Nino weather conditions in the winter of
2015 -2016; and
WHEREAS, cities and counties throughout California are engaged in emergency
planning in order to respond to the potential El Nino - related emergencies; and
WHEREAS, in both the 1982 -83 and the 1997 -98 El Nino events, cities
throughout the State experienced unprecedented property damage and many
individuals sustained injuries, which in some cases resulted in fatalities; and
WHEREAS, the City anticipates certain emergency situations in the event that
the El Nino storms materialize as anticipated; and
WHEREAS, Section 415 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to adopt
an Urgency Ordinance when it finds that the ordinance is needed to protect health and
safety; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that based on the El Nino predictions and the
anticipated consequences of storms this Urgency Ordinance is necessary;
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Sections 2 -402 and 2 -403 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code are
hereby deleted in their entirety.
Section 2. The first paragraph of Section 2 -404 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Codes is hereby deleted and replaced with the following, but all the subsections (1)
through (9) shall remain unchanged:
"The city manager shall be the director of emergency services. The police chief
shall be the deputy director, who shall act for the director in his absence. In the event
that both the city manager and the police chief are absent, the OCFA Division Chief
assigned to the City shall act in their absence. The director is empowered to:"
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phase, or portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of
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any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions might subsequently
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately as an Urgency
Ordinance under Section 415 of the City Charter.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be posted as required by law.
ADOPTED this 15th day of December, 2015.
I / "/- -
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By: � ( c . & , 67V4
Sonia R. Carvalho
City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers: Amezcua Martinez, Reyna, Sarmiento
Tinaiero (5)
NOES: Councilmembers: None (0)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: Benavides Pulido (2)
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the attached
Ordinance No. NS -2888 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on December 15, 2015 and that said ordinance was published in
accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: /
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Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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