HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 14-11 Probiting Installation of Automated Red Light Traffic Enforcement SystemsORDINANCE NO. 14 -11
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE ADDING A NEW SECTION
10.08.080 TO THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO
PROHIBIT THE INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATED
RED LIGHT" TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
SYSTEMS.
WHEREAS, despite being touted as promoting traffic safety, there is insufficient
evidence to show that red light automated traffic enforcement systems actually accomplish
this goal; and
WHEREAS, red light automated traffic enforcement systems primary
accomplishment has been to increase revenues, not traffic safety; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the installation of red light automated traffic
enforcement systems do not serve a significant public purpose and specifically not the stated
public purpose.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange hereby ordains as
follows:
SECTION I
A new section 10.08.080 shall be added to the Orange Municipal Code to read as
follows:
10.08.080 Prohibition on Installation of Automated Traffic Enforcement
Systems.
Automated traffic enforcement systems, as that term is used in California Vehicle Code
Section 21455.5, shall not be installed on any City street or highway that is within the
jurisdiction of the City."
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 9th day of August, 2011.
lyn V./C4vep6e, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Mary E. a ,City Clerk, ' of Orange
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 26 day of July, 2011, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said City
Council duly held on the 9th day of August, 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,>fTr Clerk, City of
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