ORD MEASURE C MEASURE C
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ADDING
SECTION 2.04.060 TO THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE
AND IMPOSING A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE TERMS (NO
LIFETIME BAN) THAT A PERSON MAY SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DO
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 2.04 of Title 2 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal
Code is hereby amended by adding Section 2.04.060, to read as follows:
2.04.060. Term Limits.
a. No person shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms of office
as a member of the City Council.
b. For the purpose of this Section, a "term" shall mean any period of
service on the City Council that exceeds two years, and
"consecutive" shall mean immediately following, without an
intervening hiatus in service.
c. Any person who has served two (2) consecutive terms as a
Member of the City Council shall not be eligible to serve again until
the expiration of at least six months after the end of that person's
last term of office.
d. The term limits imposed by this Section shall apply prospectively
only to those terms of office that commence after November 4,
2003, the date this section was adopted by the voters."
Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable
by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions of this Ordinance shall
nonetheless remain in full force and effect. The people of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes hereby declare that they would have adopted each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any
one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions of this
Ordinance be declared invalid or unenforceable.
Section 3. Execution. The Mayor is hereby authorized to attest to the
adoption of this Ordinance by signing where indicated below upon certification by the
City Clerk that a majority of those electors voting on this Ordinance have voted in the
affirmative.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the voters at the regular
municipal election held on November 4, 2003.
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Mayor
Attest:
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City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Jo Purcell, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Measure C was approved by the voters at the regular
municipal election held on November 4, 2003.
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City Clerk
Measure C
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