HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-27-96 Establish Term Limits for City Council and MayorORDINANCE NO. 27-
96 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
ESTABLISHING TERM LIMITS FOR THE OFFICES
OF CITY COUNCIL AND
MAYOR WHEREAS, on November 5, 1996, a majOlity of those voting in an election held on
that date in the City of Orange passed a measure which provides that the City of Orange
Council Members shall be limited to a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms and
the elected Mayor shall be limited to a maximum ofthree consecutive two-
year terms; and WHEREAS, in adopting this Ordinance the City Council of the City
of Orange IS carrying out the intent of a majority of those voting
in said election.NOW, THEREFORE, the people of the City of Orange do
ordain as
follows:SECTION I:Chapter 2.05 is added to the Orange Municipal Code to
read as follows:TERM LIMITS -, CITY COUNCIL
AND MAYOR Section 2.
05.010 Section 2.
05.020 Section 2.
05.030 Section 2.
05.040 Section 2.
05.050 Term Limits of City
Council Members Term Limits
of Mayor Term Limits for
Consecutive Offices Consecutive
Ternl Defined
Prospective Application Section 2.05.010 Term Limits of City Council Members. No person shall
serve more than two consecutive four-year terms as a membe:r of the City Council. No
person who has served more than six consecutive years as a member of the City Council,
whether appointed or elected, may serve an additional consecutive term as a member of
the City Council.Section 2.05.020 Term Limits of Mayor. No person shall serve
more than three consecutive two-year terms as Mayor. No person who has served
more than five consecutive years as Mayor, whether appointed or elected, may serve an
additional
consecutive term as Mayor.Section 2.05.030 Term Limits for Consecutive
Offices. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, no person shall serve more than 14 consecutive years
in the offices of City Council and Mayor. No person who has served more than 12
consecutive years in the offices of Mayor and City Council, whether appointed or elected,
may seek an additional consecutive
Section 2.05.040 Consecutive Term Defined. For purposes of determining consecutive
term limits and years pursuant to this Chapter, terms or years as Mayor or member of the City
Council shall not be considered consecutive if the person seeking the office has not held either
office for two years.
Section 2.05.050 Prospective Application. Pursuant to Goverrunent Code Section
36502(b), this Ordinance shall only apply to terms of offict~ of Mayor and member of the City
Council beginning on or after November 5,1996."
SECTION)]:
Severability. If any provision of this chapter is held to be invalid and of no force and
effect, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this chapter which can be enforced
without the invalid provision and to this degree, the provisions of this chapter are severable.
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 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 15 days after its passage: in a newspaper of general circulation 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 the adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members voting
for and against the Ordinance in accordance with Goverrunent Code Section 36933. Pursuant to
Elections Code Section 9217, this Ordinance shall be adopted on the date that the vote is declared
by the City Council and shall go into effect 10 days after that date.
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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 10th day of December _' 1996, and thereafter at a regular meeting of
said City Council duly held on the 14th day of January , 1997, was duly passed and
adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: SLA1'ER, COONTZ, SPURGEON, ALVAREZ
NOES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT:COUNCIL MEMBERS: MURPHY
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