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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.56.050 OF THE
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING
THE TIME OF MEETINGS OF THE PLANNING
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WHEREAS, the Chapter 2.56 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code
("Municipal Code") establishes the South San Francisco Planning Commission ("Planning
Commission") and sets forth rules and regulations for its structure and operation; and
WHEREAS, Planning Division Staff, recommends that the City Council adopt the
proposed ordinance to change regular Planning Commission meeting times from seven-
thirty p.m. to seven p.m.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT
The City Council hereby amends Section 2.56.050 of the South San. Francisco Municipal
Code to read as follows (with text in stfikeetit indicating deletion and double, underlined text
indicating addition). Sections that are not amended by this Ordinance are not included below,
and shall remain in -full force and effect.
2.56.050 Meetings.
(a) The commission shall meet on the first and third Thursdays of each month at
seveii thii4y p.ffi. seven p.m. in the community room, Municipal Services Building, 33 Arroyo
Drive, South San Francisco, California, except in case of necessity or emergency the chairman or
four commissioners may designate an alternate meeting place within the corporate limits of the
city. Legal notice of an emergency meeting shall be given at least twenty-four hours prior to the
time of the meeting. If a meeting is set for the regular meeting place of the commission, or duly
noticed for an alternate meeting place, and because of necessity or emergency, the commission is
required to meet in another place within the corporate limits of the city, then the secretary shall
appear at the regular or alternate meeting place, whichever is the case, at the time set for the
meeting, and publicly announce the new meeting place and post a notice of same on the door of
the regular meeting place. Notices of all meetings, except regular, meetings, shall be served on
each commissioner and to each person who has requested notice in writing of such meetings, at
least twenty-four hours prior to the time specified for the proposed meeting. Notices shall
comply with Government Code Section 54950 et seq., also referred to as the Ralph M. Brown
Act.
(b) If the day designated as a regular, adjourned regular, special or study meeting
falls upon a legal holiday, the commission shall meet upon the next succeeding day which is not
a holiday unless otherwise ordered by the commission.
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this Ordinance, including the
application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, provisions of this Ordinance are
severable. The City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby declares that it would
have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses, or phrases be held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforceable.
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall be published once, with the names of those City Councilmembers
voting for or against it, in the San Mateo Times, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of
South San Francisco, as required by law, and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and
after its adoption.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco, held the 14'h day of August, 2013.
Adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the
City Council held the 281h day of August, 2013, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Mark N. Addiego, Richard A. Garbarino, and Pradeep Gupta
Mayor Pro Tern Karyl Matsumoto and Mayor Pedro Gonzalez.
NOES: None.
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