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�_ ORDINANCE NO. 341
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, ADDING
CHAPTER 2.70, MOORPARK CITY LIBRARY, OF
TITLE 2, TO THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE
ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC MUNICIPAL LIBRARY
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to establish a municipal public library;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Moorpark has the authority to establish a public
municipal library pursuant to the California Education Code § 18900 et seq. and
the requirements therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the Moorpark Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding Chapter 2.70, Moorpark City Library, of Title 2,
Administration and Personnel, to read as follows:
"2.70.010 Library System Established.
The City Council of the City of Moorpark hereby establishes the Moorpark
City Library and adopts the provisions of an act of the legislature of the State of
California entitled "Municipal Libraries" as set forth in Education Code Section
18900 et. seq. regarding the regulation and maintenance of a public library
system. The establishment of the Moorpark City Library shall be effective
January 1, 2007.
2.70.020 Library Board.
The Moorpark City Library shall be managed by the Moorpark Library
Board. The members of the Moorpark City Council shall serve as the library
board and shall comprise the entire Moorpark Library Board. The Moorpark
Library Board may establish an advisory library committee or commission."
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,
part or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council
declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any
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one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days
after its passage and adoption.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances
of said City; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the
records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and
adopted; and shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption
thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark Star, a newspaper
of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of the Government Code, for
the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby designated for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of October, 2006.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk