HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 15-10 Amending Title 12 Acceptance of roads and streetsORDINANCE NO. 15 -10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING CHAPTER 12.52 OF
TITLE 12 OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF ROADS
AND STREETS INTO THE CITY'S STREET
SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, Section 1806 of the California Streets and Highways Code provides
that, except upon the annexation of territory to the City, no public or private street or road
shall become a City street or road until the City Council, by resolution, has caused the street
or road to be accepted into the City street system; and
WHEREAS, said Section 1806 further provides that, in lieu of the procedure set
forth in the first recital, above, the City Council may, by ordinance, designate a City officer
to accept, on behalf of the City Council, streets and roads (or portions thereof) into the City
street system and to record conveyances to the City of real property interests for street and
road uses and purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange desires to designate the Director
of Public Works of the City to accept, on behalf of the City Council, streets and roads (or
portions thereof) into the City street system and to record conveyances to the City of real
property interests for street and road uses and purposes.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange does ordain as follows:
SECTION I
Chapter 12.52 of Title 12 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby amended by the
addition of a new Section 12.52.090 to read in full as follows:
12.52.090 Acceptance of Road or Street into City Street System.
The Director of Public Works of the City is authorized to accept,
on behalf of the City Council, streets and roads (or portions thereof)
into the City street system and to record conveyances to the City of
real property interests for street and road uses and purposes. The
Director of Public Works shall, prior to recording any conveyance
under this section, affix a certificate to the instrument stating the
acceptance into the City street system and designating the name or
number, or both, of the City street or road."
SECTION II:
Should any section, subsection, clause, or provision of this Ordinance for any reason
be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect
the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance; it being hereby
expressly declared that this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase hereof would have been prepared, proposed, approved and ratified irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION III:
A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of the full text
of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior to
the City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be adopted. A summary of this
Ordinance shall also be published once within fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance's passage
in a newspaper of general circulation, published, and circulated in the City of Orange. The
City Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of such
adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members voting for and
against the Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section 36933. This Ordinance
shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage.
ADOPTED this 1 lth day of January, 2011.
lyn V/Cve,Eche, Mayor, 00 of Orange
ATTEST:
May E City Clerk, City ogOrange
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 14 day of December, 2010, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said
City Council duly held on the 11 day of January, 2011, was duly passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS:Whitaker, Smith, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau
NOES:COUNCILMEMBERS:None
ABSENT:COUNCILMEMBERS:None
ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS:None
Mary E u City Clerk, range
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