ORDINANCE 1630CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
ORDINANCE NO. 1630
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 9 TO TITLE 5 OF THE EL
SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING MANDATORY
ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL REDUCTION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A new Chapter 9 entitled "Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal
Reduction" is added to Title 5 (Health and Sanitation) of the El Segundo Municipal Code
("ESMC") to read as follows:
"Chapter 9
MANDATORY ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL REDUCTION
5-9-1 Purpose.
This chapter is adopted in accordance with Article XI, § 7 of the California
Constitution and Public Resources Code § 40059 to protect public health,
safety and well-being, to control the spread of vectors, and to limit sources
of air pollution, noise and traffic within the City. This chapter is adopted to
supplement and implement the legal requirements of AB 939 and, in
particular, the SB 1383 Regulations.
5-9-2 Definitions.
Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the
following definitions govern the construction of the words and phrases
used in this chapter. Words and phrases not given a meaning by this
Chapter have the meaning set forth in the Act and the regulations
promulgated to implement the Act, if defined therein, and if not, to the
definitions found in RCRA and the regulations promulgated to implement
RCRA, as amended, or in this code (see Chapter 5-2). References to an
undesignated regulation are to Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations.
"AB 939" or "Act" means the California Integrated Waste Management Act
of 1989 codified in part at Public Resources Code, §§ 40000 et seq., as
amended.
"City Enforcement Official" means the city manager, or designee.
"Commercial Business" or "Commercial" means a firm, partnership,
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proprietorship, joint-stock company, corporation, or association, whether
for -profit or nonprofit, strip mall, industrial facility, or a multifamily
residential dwelling, or as otherwise defined in § 18982(a)(6). A Multi -
Family Residential Dwelling that consists of fewer than five units is not a
Commercial Business for purposes of implementing this chapter.
"Commercial Edible Food Generator" includes a Tier One or a Tier Two
Commercial Edible Food Generator as defined in this chapter or as
otherwise defined in 18982(a)(73) and (a)(74). For the purposes of this
definition, Food Recovery Organizations and Food Recovery Services are
not Commercial Edible Food Generators pursuant to § 18982(a)(7).
"Compliance Review" means a review of records by the city to determine
compliance with this chapter.
"Community Composting" means any activity that composts green
material, agricultural material, food material, and vegetative food material,
alone or in combination, and the total amount of feedstock and Compost
on -site at any one time does not exceed 100 cubic yards and 750 square
feet, as specified in § 17855(a)(4) or as otherwise defined by § 18982.
"Compost" has the same meaning as in § 17896.2(a)(4), which stated, as
of the effective date of this chapter, that "Compost" means the product
resulting from the controlled biological decomposition of organic Solid
Wastes that are Source Separated from the municipal Solid Waste
stream, or which are separated at a centralized facility.
"Compostable Plastics" or "Compostable Plastic" means plastic materials
that meet the ASTM D6400 standard for compostability, or as otherwise
described in § 18984.1 or § 18984.2.
"Edible Food" means food intended for human consumption, or as
otherwise defined in § 18982(a)(18). For purposes of this chapter or as
otherwise defined in § 18982(a)(18), "Edible Food" is not Solid Waste if it
is recovered and not discarded. Nothing in this chapter requires or
authorizes the Recovery of Edible Food that does not meet the food safety
requirements of the California Retail Food Code.
"Designee" means the person designated by the city manager pursuant to
§ 18981.2(b).
"Food Recovery" means actions to collect and distribute food for human
consumption that otherwise would be disposed, or as otherwise defined in
§ 18982(a)(24).
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"Food Waste" means Food Scraps, Food -Soiled Paper, and Compostable
Plastics.
"Gray Container" has the same meaning as in § 18982(28).
"Gray Container Waste" means Solid Waste that is collected in a Gray
Container that is part of a three -container Organic Waste collection
service that prohibits the placement of Organic Waste in the Gray
Container as specified in § 18984.1(a) and (b), or as otherwise defined in
§ 17402(a)(6.5).
"Green Container" has the same meaning as in § 18982(a)(29) and will be
used for the purpose of storage and collection of Source Separated Green
Container Organic Waste.
"Multi -Family Residential Dwelling" or "Multi -Family" means of, from, or
pertaining to residential premises with five or more dwelling units. Multi -
Family premises do not include hotels, motels, or other transient
occupancy facilities, which are considered Commercial Businesses.
"RCRA" means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act as set forth
at 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901, et seq., as amended.
"SB 1383" means Senate Bill 1383 of 2016 approved by the Governor on
September 19, 2016, which added Health and Safety Code §§ 39730.5,
39730.6, 39730.7, and 39730.8 and added Public Resources Code
Chapter 13.1 (commencing with § 42652), establishing methane
emissions reduction targets in a Statewide effort to reduce emissions of
short-lived climate pollutants as amended, supplemented, superseded,
and replaced from time to time.
"SB 1383 Regulations" or "SB 1383 Regulatory" means or refers to, for the
purposes of this chapter, the Short -Lived Climate Pollutants: Organic
Waste Reduction regulations found at Titles 14 (Chapter 12) and 27 of the
California Code of Regulations.
"Single -Family" means of, from, or pertaining to any residential premises
with fewer than five units.
"Source Separated Green Container Organic Waste" means Source
Separated Organic Waste that can be placed in a Green Container that is
specifically intended for the separate collection of Organic Waste by the
generator, excluding Source Separated Blue Container Organic Waste,
carpets, Non-Compostable Paper, and textiles.
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"Source Separated Recyclable Materials" means Source Separated Non -
Organic Recyclables and Source Separated Blue Container Organic
Waste.
5-9-3 Requirements for Single -Family Generators.
Except as otherwise provided for Self -Haulers, Single -Family Organic
Waste Generators must:
A. Subscribe to Organic Waste collection services for all generated Organic
Waste. City may review the number and size of a generator's containers to
evaluate adequacy of capacity provided for each type of collection service
for proper separation of materials and containment of materials. Single -
Family generators must adjust their collection service level as directed by
the City to maintain a level of service that is consistent with the purpose of
this chapter. Generators must manage their Organic Waste by preventing or
reducing their Organic Waste, managing Organic Waste on site, and/or
using a Community Composting site pursuant to § 18984.9(c).
B. Participate in the Organic Waste collection service by placing designated
materials in designated containers as described below. It is unlawful to place
Prohibited Container Contaminants in collection containers.
C. Generators must
1. Place Source Separated Green Container Organic Waste, including
Food Waste, in the Green Container;
2. Place Source Separated Recyclable Materials in the Blue
Container; and
3. Place Gray Container Waste in the Gray Container.
D. It is unlawful for Generators to place materials designated for the Gray
Container into the Green Container or Blue Container.
5-9-4 Requirements for Commercial Businesses and Multi -Family Residential
Dwellings.
A. Except as provided for Self -Haulers, all generators that are Commercial
Businesses or Multi -Family Residential Dwellings must subscribe to City's
three container collection services and comply with requirements of those
services as described below.
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B. City may review the number and size of a generator's containers and
frequency of collection to evaluate adequacy of capacity provided for each
type of collection service for proper separation of materials and containment
of materials.
C, Commercial Businesses and Multi -Family Residential Dwellings must adjust
their collection service level as directed by the City to maintain a level of
service that is consistent with the purpose of this chapter and to avoid
adverse impacts to public health, safety or welfare.
D. Commercial Businesses and Multi -Family Residential Dwellings must
participate in the City's Organic Waste collection service by placing
designated materials in designated containers as follows:
Place Source Separated Green Container Organic Waste, including
Food Waste, in the Green Container;
2. Place Source Separated Recyclable Materials in the Blue
Container; and
3. Place Gray Container Waste in the Gray Container. Generator must
not place materials designated for the Gray Container into the
Green Container or Blue Container.
E. Commercial Businesses and Multi -Family Residential Dwellings must
supply, and allow, employees, contractors, tenants, and customers
unfettered access to collection containers of adequate number and size,
consistent with City's Blue Container, Green Container, and Gray Container
collection service or, if self -hauling, per the Commercial Businesses'
instructions to support its compliance with its self -haul program. All collection
containers must be labeled or colored as set forth below.
F. Commercial Businesses and Multi -Family Residential Dwellings must
provide containers for the collection of Source Separated Green Container
Organic Waste and Source Separated Recyclable Materials in all indoor and
outdoor areas where disposal containers are provided for customers to
deposit materials generated by that business. Such containers do not need
to be provided in restrooms. If a Commercial Business does not generate
any of the materials that would be collected in one type of container, then
the business does not have to provide that particular container in all areas
where disposal containers are provided for customers.
G. Pursuant to § 18984.9(b), the containers provided by the business must
have either:
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1, A body or lid that conforms with the container colors provided
through the collection service provided by City, with either lids
conforming to the color requirements or bodies conforming to the
color requirements or both lids and bodies conforming to color
requirements. A Commercial Business is not required to replace
functional containers, including containers purchased before
January 1, 2022, that do not comply with the requirements of this
subsection before the end of the useful life of those containers, or
before January 1, 2036, whichever comes first.
2, Container labels that include language or graphic images, or both,
indicating the primary material accepted and the primary materials
prohibited in that container, or containers with imprinted text or
graphic images that indicate the primary materials accepted and
primary materials prohibited in the container. Pursuant § 18984.8,
the container labeling requirements are required on new containers
commencing January 1, 2022.
K Multi -Family Residential Dwellings are not required to comply with container
placement requirements or labeling requirements pursuant to § 18984.9(b).
1. Commercial Businesses must, to the extent practicable, prohibit employees
from placing materials in a container not designated for those materials per
the City's Blue Container, Green Container, and Gray Container collection
service or, if self -hauling, per the Commercial Businesses' instructions to
support its compliance with its self -haul program.
J. Commercial Businesses must periodically inspect Blue Containers, Green
Containers, and Gray Containers for contamination and inform employees if
containers are contaminated and of the requirements to keep contaminants
out of those containers pursuant to § 18984.9(b)(3).
K. Commercial Businesses must annually provide information to employees,
contractors, tenants, and customers about Organic Waste Recovery
requirements and about proper sorting of Source Separated Green
Container Organic Waste and Source Separated Recyclable Materials.
L. Commercial Businesses must provide education information before or within
14 days of occupation of the premises to new tenants that describes
requirements to keep Source Separated Green Container Organic Waste
and Source Separated Recyclable Materials separate from Gray Container
Waste (when applicable) and the location of containers and the rules
governing their use at each property.
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M. Commercial Businesses must provide or arrange access for City or
Designee to their properties during all Inspections conducted in accordance
with this chapter to confirm compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
N, If a Commercial Business wants to self -haul, it must meet the Self -Hauler
requirements in this chapter.
O. Nothing in this Section prohibits a generator from preventing or reducing
waste generation, managing Organic Waste on site, or using a Community
Composting site pursuant to § 18984.9(c).
P. Commercial Businesses that are Tier One or Tier Two Commercial Edible
Food Generators must comply with Food Recovery requirements.
5-9-5 De Minimis Waivers for Generators.
A. The City may waive a Commercial Business's obligation (including Multi -
Family Residential Dwellings) to comply with some or all of the Organic
Waste requirements of this chapter if the Commercial Business provides
documentation that the business generates below a certain amount of
Organic Waste material as described below.
B, Commercial Businesses requesting a de minimis waiver must submit an
application specifying the services that they are requesting a de minimis
waiver for and provide the following documentation:
1 The Commercial Business's total Solid Waste collection service is
two cubic yards or more per week and Organic Waste subject to
collection in a Blue Container or Green Container comprises less
than 20 gallons per week per applicable container of the business'
total waste; or
2. The Commercial Business' total Solid Waste collection service is
less than two cubic yards per week and Organic Waste subject to
collection in a Blue Container or Green Container comprises less
than 10 gallons per week per applicable container of the business's
total waste.
C. Notify City if circumstances change such that Commercial Business's
Organic Waste exceeds the threshold required for de minimis waiver, in
which case the waiver will be rescinded.
D. Acknowledge that if the City obtains information at any time that the
Commercial Business is exceeding the organic waste thresholds for the de
minimis waiver, that the City will rescind waiver.
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E. At least every five years after receiving a de minimis waiver, allow the City to
conduct an inspection for the purpose of verifying continued eligibility for the
de minimis waiver.
5-9-6 Physical Space Waivers.
A. City may waive a Commercial Business's or property owner's obligations
(including Multi -Family Residential Dwellings) to comply with some or all of
the Organic Waste collection service requirements of this code if the
Commercial Business or property owner provides documentation, or the City
obtains evidence, from a hauler, California licensed architect, or California
licensed engineer demonstrating that the premises lacks adequate space for
the collection containers required for compliance with this chapter.
B. A Commercial Business or property owner must request a physical space
waiver through the following process:
Submit an application form specifying the type(s) of collection
services for which a waiver is requested.
2. Provide documentation that the premises lacks adequate space.
3. If City grants a waiver, allow access by a Designee to verify the
ongoing need for a waiver.
5-9-7 Requirements for Commercial Edible Food Generators.
A. Tier One Commercial Edible Food Generators must comply with the
requirements of this section commencing January 1, 2022, and Tier Two
Commercial Edible Food Generators must comply commencing January 1,
2024.
B. Large Venue or Large Event operators not providing food services, but
allowing for food to be provided by others, must require Food Facilities
operating at the Large Venue or Large Event to comply with the
requirements of this section commencing January 1, 2024.
C. Commercial Edible Food Generators must:
Arrange to recover the maximum amount of Edible Food that would
otherwise be disposed.
2. Contract with, or enter into a written agreement with, Food
Recovery Organizations or Food Recovery Services for: (i) the
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collection of Edible Food for Food Recovery; or (ii) acceptance of
the Edible Food that the Commercial Edible Food Generator self -
hauls to the Food Recovery Organization for Food Recovery.
3. Allow City Enforcement Officials, upon reasonable notice, to access
the premises and review records pursuant to § 18991.4.
D, Additionally, Commercial Edible Food Generators must keep, for a minimum
period of five years, records that includes the documentation, contacts, and
such additional information needed to comply with § 18991.3(b) on forms
provided by the City or Designee.
E. Not later than March 31 st of each year commencing no later than February 1,
2023 for Tier One Commercial Edible Food Generators and February 1,
2025 for Tier Two Commercial Edible Food Generator, provide an annual
Food Recovery report to the City that includes the following information:
A copy of all contracts or written agreements established under §
18991.3(b).
2, The quantity of food, measured in annual pounds recovered,
collected or self -hauled to a Food Recovery Service or Food
Recovery Organization for Food Recovery.
3. The name, address and contact information of the Food Recovery
Service or Food Recovery Organization.
F. Nothing in this chapter will be construed to limit or conflict with the
protections provided by the California Good Samaritan Food Donation Act of
2017, the Federal Good Samaritan Act, or share table and school food
donation guidance pursuant to Senate Bill 557 of 2017.
5-9-8 Requirements for Food Recovery Organizations and Services.
A. A Food Recovery Service that has established a contract or written
agreement to collect or receive Edible Food directly from Commercial Edible
Food Generators must keep, for a minimum period of five years, records that
includes the documentation, contacts, and such additional information
needed to comply with § 18991.5 on forms provided by the City or Designee.
B. No later than March 31st of each year, commencing March 31, 2023 Food
Recovery Organizations and Food Recovery Services that have their
primary address physically located in the City and contract with or have
written agreements with one or more Commercial Edible Food Generators
pursuant to § 18991.3(b) must report to the City the total pounds of Edible
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Food recovered in the previous calendar year from the Tier One and Tier
Two Commercial Edible Food Generators they have established a contract
or written agreement with pursuant to § 18991.3(b).
C. In order to support Edible Food Recovery capacity planning assessments or
other studies conducted by the City Food Recovery Services and Food
Recovery Organizations operating in the City must provide information and
consultation to the City, upon request, regarding existing, or proposed new
or expanded, Food Recovery capacity that could be accessed by the City
and its Commercial Edible Food Generators. A Food Recovery Service or
Food Recovery Organization contacted by the City must respond to such
request for information within 60 days unless a shorter timeframe is
otherwise specified by the City.
5-9-9 Requirements for Haulers and Facility Operators.
A. An exclusive franchised hauler or permitted hauler providing residential,
Commercial, or industrial Organic Waste collection services to generators
within the City's boundaries must meet the following requirements and
standards as a condition of approval of a contract, agreement, or other
authorization with the City to collect Organic Waste:
Through written notice to the City annually on or before March 15tn
identify the facilities to which they will transport Organic Waste
including facilities for Source Separated Recyclable Materials and
Source Separated Green Container Organic Waste.
Z Transport Source Separated Recyclable Materials, Source
Separated Green Container Organic Waste to a facility, operation,
activity, or property that recovers Organic Waste.
3. Obtain approval from the City to haul Organic Waste, unless it is
transporting Source Separated Organic Waste to a Community
Composting site or lawfully transporting C&D in a manner that
complies with § 18989.1 or other applicable law including this code,
Bw Owners of facilities, operations, and activities that recover Organic Waste,
including, without limitation, Compost facilities, in -vessel digestion facilities,
and publicly -owned treatment works must, upon City request, provide
information regarding available and potential new or expanded capacity at
their facilities, operations, and activities, including information about
throughput and permitted capacity necessary for planning purposes. Entities
contacted by the City must respond within 60 days after a request is sent by
the City.
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C. Community Composting operators, upon City request, will provide
information to the City to support Organic Waste capacity planning,
including, without limitation, an estimate of the amount of Organic Waste
anticipated to be handled at the Community Composting operation. Entities
contacted by the City must respond within 60 days after a request is sent by
the City.
5-9-10 Requirements for Self -Haulers of Organic Waste.
A. Self -Haulers must source separate all recyclable materials and Organic
Waste (materials that City otherwise requires generators to separate for
collection in the City's organics and recycling collection program) generated
on site from Solid Waste in a manner consistent with §§ 18984.1 and
18984.2, or must haul Organic Waste to a High Diversion Organic Waste
Processing Facility as required by § 18984.3.
B. Self -Haulers must haul their Source Separated Organic Waste to a Solid
Waste facility, operation, activity, or property that processes or recovers
Source Separated Organic Waste.
C. Self -Haulers must keep a record of the amount of Organic Waste delivered
to each Solid Waste facility, operation, activity, or property that processes or
recovers Organic Waste; these records must be kept for a minimum of five
years and are subject to Inspection by the City upon request. The records
must include the following information:
Delivery receipts and weight tickets from the entity accepting the
waste.
2. The amount of material in cubic yards or tons transported by the
generator to each entity.
3. If the material is transported to an entity that does not have scales
on -site or employs scales incapable of weighing the Self-Hauler's
vehicle in a manner that allows it to determine the weight of
materials received, the Self -Hauler is not required to record the
weight of material but must keep a record of the entities that
received the Organic Waste.
D. Except for a residential Organic Waste Generator that self -hauls Organic
Waste, Self -Haulers that are Commercial Businesses (including Multi -Family
Self -Haulers) must provide any information required by City within 60 days
after City sends the request.
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5-9-11 Procurement Requirements for City Departments, Direct Service
Providers, and Vendors.
A. City's direct service providers must comply with the City's Recovered
Organic Waste Product and Recycled -Content Paper procurement policy.
B. All vendors providing Paper Products and Printing and Writing Paper must:
If fitness and quality are equal, provide Recycled -Content Paper
Products and Recycled -Content Printing and Writing Paper that
consists of at least 30 percent, by fiber weight, postconsumer fiber
instead of non -recycled products whenever recycled Paper
Products and Printing and Writing Paper are available at the same
or lesser total cost than non -recycled items or at a total cost of no
more than 10% of the total cost for non -recycled items.
2. Provide Paper Products and Printing and Writing Paper that meet
Federal Trade Commission recyclability standard as defined in 16
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 260.12 (January 1, 2013).
3. Certify in writing, under penalty of perjury, the minimum percentage
of postconsumer material in the Paper Products and Printing and
Writing Paper offered or sold to the City. This certification
requirement may be waived if the percentage of postconsumer
material in the Paper Products, Printing and Writing Paper, or both
can be verified by a product label, catalog, invoice, or a
manufacturer or vendor internet website.
4. Certify in writing, on invoices or receipts provided, that the Paper
Products and Printing and Writing Paper offered or sold to the City
is eligible to be labeled with an unqualified recyclable label as
defined in 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 260.12
(January 1, 2013).
5. Provide records to the City's Recovered Organic Waste Product
procurement recordkeeping Designee, in accordance with the City's
Recycled -Content Paper procurement policy(ies) of all Paper
Products and Printing and Writing Paper purchases within 30 days
of the purchase (both recycled -content and non -recycled content, if
any is purchased) made by any division or department or employee
of the City. Records must include a copy (electronic or paper) of the
invoice or other documentation of purchase, written certifications as
required by this chapter for recycled -content purchases, purchaser
name, quantity purchased, date purchased, and recycled content
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(including products that contain none), and if non -recycled content
Paper Products or Printing and Writing Papers are provided,
include a description of why Recycled -Content Paper Products or
Printing and Writing Papers were not provided.
5-9-12 Inspections and Investigations by City.
Designees are authorized to conduct inspections and investigations, at
random or otherwise, of any collection container, collection vehicle loads,
or transfer, processing, or disposal facility for materials collected from
generators, or Source Separated materials to confirm compliance with this
chapter by Organic Waste Generators, Commercial Businesses (including
Multi -Family Residential Dwellings), property owners, Commercial Edible
Food Generators, haulers, Self -Haulers, Food Recovery Services, and
Food Recovery Organizations, subject to applicable laws.
5-9-13 Enforcement.
Subject to the requirements of § 18995.4 including, without limitation, the
need for a 60-day compliance period after issuing a Notice of Violation,
the City may enforce this chapter in accordance with applicable law
including, without limitation, ESMC Chapters 1-2, 1-2A, and 5-2."
SECTION 2: Education Period for Noncompliance. Beginning January 1, 2022
and through December 31, 2023, City or Designee will conduct Inspections, Route
Reviews or waste evaluations, and Compliance Reviews, depending upon the type of
regulated entity, to determine compliance with this Ordinance. If City determines that
Organic Waste Generator, Self -Hauler, hauler, Tier One Commercial Edible Food
Generator, Food Recovery Organization, Food Recovery Service, or other entity is not
in compliance, it will provide educational materials to the entity describing its obligations
under this chapter and a notice that compliance is required by January 1, 2022, and that
violations may be subject to administrative civil penalties starting on January 1, 2024.
Beginning January 1, 2024, the City may enforce the ESMC in accordance with ESMC
Chapters 1-2, 1-2A, and 5-2.
SECTION 3. Environmental Review. This Ordinance was reviewed pursuant to
the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq.,
"CEQA") and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations
§§15000, et seq., the "CEQA Guidelines"). Based upon that review, this Ordinance is
exempt from further review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15061(b)(3) because it can be
seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the Ordinance may have a significant
effect on the environment.
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SECTION 4. Electronic Signatures. This Ordinance may be executed with
electronic signatures in accordance with Government Code §16.5. Such electronic
signatures will be treated in all respects as having the same effect as an original signature.
SECTION 5. Construction. This Ordinance must be broadly construed to
achieve the purposes stated in this Ordinance. It is the City Council's intent that the
provisions of this Ordinance be interpreted or implemented by the City and others in a
manner that facilitates the purposes set forth in this Ordinance.
SECTION 6. Enforceability. Repeal or amendment of any provision of the
MPMC will not affect any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred before, or preclude
prosecution and imposition of penalties for any violation occurring before this Ordinance's
effective date. Any such repealed part will remain in full force and effect for sustaining
action or prosecuting violations occurring before the effective date of this Ordinance.
SECTION 7. Severability. If any part of this Ordinance or its application is
deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the city council intends that such
invalidity will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and,
to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 8. Recording. The City Clerk is directed to certify the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance; cause it to be entered into the city of El Segundo's book of
original ordinances; make a note of the passage and adoption in the records of this
meeting; and, within 15 days after the passage and adoption of this Ordinance, cause it
to be published or posted in accordance with California law.
SECTION 9. Execution. The Mayor, or presiding officer, is hereby authorized
to affix his signature to this Ordinance signifying its adoption by the City Council of the
City of El Segundo, and the City Clerk, or duly appointed deputy, is directed to attest
thereto.
SECTION 10. Effectiveness. This Ordinance will take effect on the 30th day
following its final passage and adoption. It may be enforced commencing on January 1,
2022.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of December, 2021,
Drew A Mayor
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ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 1630 was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular meeting held
on the 16t" day of November, 2021, and was duly passed and adopted by said City
Council, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 7th day of December, 2021, and the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tern Pimentel, Council Member Pirsztuk, Council
Member Nicol, and Council Member Giroux
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Tracy Wea r ty Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mar,ensley, Cj,ty Attorney