ORD 266 ORDINANCE NO. 266
I/ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE USE OF
MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES TO FUND
PROGRAMS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION FROM
VEHICULAR SOURCES, ESTABLISHING AN AIR
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, RESTRICTING
THE USE OF MONIES DEPOSITED INTO THE AIR
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, AND AMENDING
THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. In accordance with California Health and
Safety Code Section 44243 (b) (1) , the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
does hereby express its support for the imposition by the South
Coast Air Quality Management District of a motor vehicle
registration fee increase as authorized by Health and Safety Code
Sections 44223 and 44225, for the purpose of using the fees so
generated to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to
the requirements of the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the
Air Quality Management Plan for the South Coast Air Quality
Management District, prepared and adopted pursuant to Health and
Safety Code Sections 40460 through 40470.
Section 2. Title 3 of the Rancho Palos Verdes
Municipal Code is amended by adding Chapter 3 . 36 to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 3 . 36
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND
3 . 36.010. Definitions. For the purposes of this
Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
A. "Mobile source air pollution reduction program"
shall mean any program or project implemented by the
City to reduce air pollution emitted from motor
vehicles pursuant to the California Clean Air Act of
1988 or the Air Quality Management Plan for the South
Coast Air Quality Management District prepared and
adopted in accordance with the provisions of Health and
Safety Code Sections 40460 through 40470.
B. "Fee Administrator" shall mean the Director of
Finance of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
3 . 36.020. Establishment of Fund. The Fee
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Administrator shall establish a separate interest-bearing trust
fund account with a financial institution authorized to accept
deposits of City funds. This account shall be known as the Air
Quality Improvement Trust Fund. All interest earned by the
account shall be credited to this account. All funds received by
City pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 44243 and 44244,
along with any other funds designated by the City Council, shall
be deposited in this account and shall be used for the sole
purpose of financing mobile source air pollution reduction
programs. The Fee Administrator shall be responsible for
depositing funds in the Air Quality Improvement Trust Fund.
3 . 36. 030. Audits. The City hereby consents to
audits, at least once every two years, of all programs and
projects funded by vehicle registration fees provided by Health
and Safety Code Section 44243 , provided that such audit shall be
conducted by an independent auditor selected by the South Coast
Air Quality Management District. Audit costs shall be funded as
provided in Health and Safety Code Section 44244 . 1.
Section 3 . It is the intent of the City Council that
the provisions of this ordinance and the interpretation of the
term "mobile source air pollution reduction programs" shall be
liberally construed to effectively carry out the purposes of this
ordinance, which are hereby found and declared to be to further
the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience, in
accordance with the requirements and limitations of Health and
Safety Code Sections 44243 and 44244.
Section 4. The City Clerk is directed to furnish a
certified copy of this Ordinance to the South Coast Air Quality
Management District on or before June 30, 1991.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 18th day of
June 18, 1991.
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
'tate of California )
County of Los Angles ) SS
City of Rancho Palos Verdes)
I, JO PURCELL, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the
City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Ordinance No.
266, passed first reading on June 5, 1991, was duly and regularly
adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
thereof held on June 18, 1991, and that the same was passed and
adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: BACHARACH, HUGHES, McTAGGART, RYAN AND MAYOR
HINCHLIFFE
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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•• RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ORD. NO. 266
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and
says:
That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is
the appointed City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
That on June 20, 1991 she caused to be
posted the following document entitled:
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES TP FUND
PROGRAMS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION FROM VEHICULAR SOURCES, ESTABLISHING AN
AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, RESTRICTING THE USE OF MONIES DEPOSITE
INTO THE AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, AND AMENDING THE RANCHO
PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
a copy of which is attached hereto, in the following
locations:
City Hall Los Angeles County Fire Station
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Miraleste Station
Rancho Palos Verdes 4000 Miraleste Plaza
Rancho Palos Verdes
U. S . Post Office
28649 S. Western Ave. Ladera Linda Community Center
Rancho Palos Verdes 32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes
Hesse Park
29301 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho -Palos Verdes Park
Rancho Palos Verdes 30359 Hawthorne Blvd. ,
Rancho Palos Verdes
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a
true and correct affidavit of posting.
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30940 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD / RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90274-5391 / (213) 377-0360
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