HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-10-01 Amend Sec 2.04- Decorum at City Council MeetingsORDINANCE NO. 10-
01 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING SECTION 2.04.
210 AND 2.04.220 OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL
CODE AND ADDING SECTION 2.04.270 TO THE
ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DECORUM
AT CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS.WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized to enact regulations to promote
the orderly conduct of its meetings;
and WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized to impose penalties against persons
who intentionally disrupt its
meetings.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ORANGE DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:SECTION
I:Sections 2.04.210 and 2.04.220 of the Orange Municipal Code are deleted in
their entirety and replaced with the
following:1;'2.04.210 Decorum. A. By Council Members. While the Council is in session,
the members must preserve order and decorum, and a member shall neither, by conversation
or otherwise, delay or interrupt the proceedings of the peace of the Council nor disturbanymemberwhilespeakingorrefusetoobeytheordersoftheCounciloritspresiding
officer,except as otherwise provided in this
chapter.B. By Persons. Each person addressing the Council shall not make
personal,impertinent, slanderous, or profane remarks to any member of the Council, staff, or
general public. Any person who makes such remarks, or who utters loud, threatening, personal
or abusive language, or engages in any other conduct which disrupts, disturbs or
otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of any Council meeting shall, at the discretion of thepresidingofficer, be barred from further audience before the Council during that meeting,
unless permission to continue is granted by a majority vote of the
Council.2:.04.220 Enforcement of Decorum. The Chief of Police, or such member
or members of the Police Department as the presiding officer may designate, shall beSergeant-at-Arms of the Council meetings and be responsible for enforcing the rules of decorum
as set forth above. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall carry out all orders and
instructions given by the presiding officer for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum
at the Council meeting.Upon instructions of the presiding officer, it shall be the duty
remove from the meeting any person who violates the order and decorum of the meeting and
take any other action as necessary, including arrest."
SECTION II:
Section 2.04.270 of the Orange Municipal Code is added to Chapter 2.04 to read as
follows:
2.04.270 Penalty for Violation. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a term not exceeding six
months or both such fine and imprisonment."
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 October, 2001
ATTEST:
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of Orange
Cassandra J.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, CASSANDRA J. CATHCART, 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 25th day of September, 2001, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said
City Council duly held on the 9th day of October, 2001, was duly passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: SLA'rER, ALVAREZ, MURPHY, COONTZ, CAVECCHE
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
CA'..1.-'~Cassandra
J. Cathc DAD:
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