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ORDINANCE NO. 12 -961
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE
CITY, ADDING CHAPTERS FIXING TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN
ORDINANCES 12 -953 AND 12 -955 AND AMENDING THE DEFINITION
OF EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on June 5, 2012, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 12 -953 adding Chapter 10 to
Title 2 of the Temple City Municipal Code, which contained a new Section 2560 defining the term
"emergency," among other things; and,
WHEREAS, on June 5, 2012, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 12 -955 adding Chapter 10 to
Title 9 of the Temple City Municipal Code; and,
WHEREAS, subsequently, typographical errors were discovered in these ordinances relating to
where these ordinances should be located within the City's Municipal Code, and the City Council desires to
fix those errors; and,
WHEREAS, after the adoption of these ordinances, the City also noticed that the definition of
"emergency" in Section 2560 was inconsistent with the existing definition of "emergency" in Section 2701,
and the City Council desires to amend these definitions so that they are consistent.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Amendment of Ordinance 12 -953. Ordinance 12 -953 is amended to strike all
references to "Chapter 10" and replace those with "Chapter 5.5."
SECTION 2: Amendment of Ordinance 12 -955. Ordinance 12 -955 is amended to strike all
references to "Title 9" and replace those with "Title 2."
SECTION 3: Amendment of Section 2701. The City Council hereby amends Section 2701 of the
Temple City Municipal Code to read as follows:
"2701: DEFINITION:
As used in this chapter, 'emergency" shall mean, in accordance with California Government
Code Section 8558(c), the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme
peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of the city, caused by
such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe
energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, the Governor's warning of an
earthquake or volcanic prediction, or an earthquake, or other conditions, other than
conditions resulting from a labor controversy, which are or are likely to be beyond the control
of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the city and require the combined
forces of other political subdivisions to combat."
SECTION 4: Amendment of Section 2560(a). The City Council hereby amends Section 2560(a)
of the Temple City Municipal Code, as adopted by Ordinance 12 -953, to reads as follows:
"(a) "Emergency" shall be defined as provided in Section 2701."
SECTION 5: Severability. The City Council hereby declares that, should any provision, section,
subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Ordinance or any part thereof, be rendered
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or declared invalid or unconstitutional by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by
reason of any preemptive legislation, such decision or action shall not affect the validity of the remaining
section or portions of the Ordinance or part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have
independently adopted the remaining provisions, sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses,
phrases, or words of this Ordinance irrespective of the fact that any one or more provisions, sections,
subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6: Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance-and to its approval by the Mayor and shall cause the same to be published according to law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 18th day of September, 2012.
ATTEST:
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
I, Peggy Kuo, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No.
12 -961 was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple City held on the 21st
day of August, 2012, and was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council at the regular meeting
held on the 18th day of September 2012 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember -Blum, Chavez, Vizcarra, Sternquist, Yu
NOES: Councilmember -None
ABSENT: Councilmember -None
ABSTAIN: Councilmember -None
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