ORDINANCE 1664ORDINANCE NO. 1664
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 6 (GENERAL
OFFENSES) OF TITLE 7 (NUISANCES AND OFFENSES) OF THE
EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE; ADDING CHAPTER 8
(PROHIBITED CAMPING) TO TITLE 7 (NUISANCES AND
OFFENSES) TO THE CODE; AMENDING CHAPTERS 1 (PARK
RULES AND REGULATIONS) AND 3 (BEACH REGULATIONS)
OF TITLE 10 (PARKS AND RECREATION); AND AMENDING
CHAPTER 7 (PUBLIC BUILDINGS) OF TITLE 9 (PUBLIC WAYS
AND PROPERTY) TO ESTABLISH ANTI -CAMPING AND
ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND
AUTHORIZE THE ADOPTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF EL
SEGUNDO PUBLIC LIBRARY RULES OF CONDUCT
THE CITY COUNCIL DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. The California Constitution provides that a city may make and enforce
within its limits all local, police, sanitary and other ordinances and
regulations not in conflict with general law.
B. The City of El Segundo ("City") is committed to protecting the life,
health, and safety of its residents and all people within the geographical
boundaries of the City.
C. The City currently prohibits camping in public parks and beaches as
well as using vehicles for human habitation in specified public areas.
D. The City Council desires to expand its current camping prohibitions to
establish more extensive regulations prohibiting camping on public
property throughout the City.
E. On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling on the City
of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson et al. case, upholding Grants Pass's
ordinance prohibiting camping on public property to tackle the issue of
homelessness.
F. The Grants Pass ruling provided cities with more regulatory tools to
regulate and enforce certain camping restrictions on public property.
G. On July 25, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-
1-24 directing stage agencies to adopt clear policies that urgently
address homeless encampments on state property in a humane
manner and encourages local governments to do the same.
H. the City Council is committed to protecting the rights of individuals who
cannot obtain shelter and to treating their personal property with
respect and consideration.
City streets, sidewalks, and parks are intended for safe and sanitary
shared use by a diverse community of users including businesses,
government, and the general public for gathering, recreating,
movement of people, maintenance, and cleaning, and are frequently
used by people relying on a variety of mobility devices.
To mitigate risks to health and safety of its citizens, the City Council
desires to adopt regulations prohibiting camping on public property,
regardless of the availability of shelter, due to the significant health and
safety risk to those in homeless encampments, the general public, and
the environment.
K. State law authorizes municipal library boards of trustees to "make and
enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the
administration, government, and protection of the libraries under its
management, and all property belonging thereto." (Ed. Code, § 18919.)
L. On December 4, 1990, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 3665
to establish the El Segundo Board of Library Trustees ("Library Board").
M. Subsequently, the Library Board has adopted various iterations of El
Segundo Library Rules of Conduct ("Library Rules"), in accordance with
state law.
N. Given increased violations of the Library Rules in recent years,
including numerous from individuals experiencing homelessness, the
City Council seeks to incorporated the Library Rules the El Segundo
Municipal Code to apply its enforcement options to violations of the
Library Rules and facilitate the safe and efficient operation of the
Library.
SECTION 2. Amendment. Section 7-6-1— Use of Vehicles for Human
Habitation — of the El Segundo Municipal Code is hereby amended and will read
as follows (deletions in e}riLe4h Muand additions in d_Q..Uble underline):
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Title 7 — NUISANCES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 6 — GENERAL OFFENSES
7-6-1 Use of Vehicles for Human Habitation
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A. Mobile Home, Campers: No person shall use or occupy or permit the use or
occupancy of any mobile home, camper, house trailer or other recreational
vehicle for human habitation, including, but not limited to, sleeping, eating or
resting, on any Wbfiq ert ±,_.y h as street, park, beach, square,
avenue, alley, public parking lot or public way, within the city between the
hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M.
B. Motor Vehicles: No person shall use or occupy or permit the use or
occupancy of any motor vehicle for human habitation, including, but not
limited to, sleeping, eating or resting, on any p-cer , rph� street,
park, beach, square, avenue, alley, parking lot or public way, within the city,
between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. For
purposes of this section, "motor vehicle" shall mean any self propelled vehicle
other than a house car, camper or trailer coach. For purposes of this section
"habitation" shall mean the use of a motor vehicle for a dwelling place, and
shall not mean the use of a motor vehicle for amelioration of sickness or other
temporary physical inabilities causing an inability to operate such a motor
vehicle.
SECTION 3. Amendment; Addition. Chapter 8 — Prohibited Camping — of
the El Segundo Municipal Code is hereby added to Title 7 — Nuisances and
Offenses — and will read as follows (deletions in StFikethrough and additions in
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SECTION 4. Amendment. Section 10-1-4 — Rules and Regulations — of the
El Segundo Municipal Code is hereby amended and will read as follows (deletions
in StFikethmu^" and additions in dout
Title 10 — PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 1 — PARK RULES AND REGULATIONS
10-1-4: Rules and Regulations
A. Park Rule One; Animals And Fowl: No person within any public park shall
hitch, fasten, lead, drive or let loose any animal or fowl of any kind; provided,
that this shall not apply to dogs when led by a cord or chain not more than six
feet (6') long.
B. Park Rule Two; Riding Or Driving Animals Or Vehicles: No person within any
public park shall ride or drive any horse or other animal, or propel any vehicle,
cycle or automobile, except in designated areas.
C. Park Rule Three; Consumption Or Possession Of Intoxicating Liquor: No
person shall drink any intoxicating liquor or possess an open container of an
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alcoholic beverage upon any street, sidewalk or parkway, park, playground,
or in any public place, or in any place open to the patronage of the public,
which premises are not licensed for the consumption of liquor on the
premises.
D. Park Rule Four; Injuring Structures, Vegetation: No person within any public
park shall cut, break, injure, deface or disturb any tree, shrub, plant, rock,
building, cage, pen, monument, sidewalk, paved area, fence, bench or other
structure, apparatus or property; or, pluck, pull up, cut, take or remove any
shrub, bush, plant or flower; or, mark or write upon, paint or deface in any
manner, any building, monument, fence, bench, sidewalk, paved area or
other structure.
E. Park Rule Five; Removing Vegetation, Gravel: No person within any public
park shall cut or remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand, gravel or
fertilizer.
F. Park Rule Six; Water Restrictions: No person within any public park shall
swim, fish in, bathe, wade in or pollute the water of any fountain, pond, lake
or stream; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be
construed as prohibiting the use for the purpose intended of any casting pool,
wading pool or bathing pool, specially provided for the particular use.
G. Park Rule Seven; Use Of Fires: No person within any public park shall make
or kindle a fire except in picnic stoves or fireplaces provided for that purpose.
H. Park Rule Eight; Camping: No person within any public park shall camp or
lodge therein r ancey oIT ti rov . qIT f hafa T:t1eTL9LA
Code, except by permission in writing from the City Council.
Park Rule Nine; Cooking: No person within any public park shall cook,
prepare, or sell any food except at the places provided, or unless the City has
issued a sidewalk vending permit or otherwise approved of such activities.
J. Park Rule Ten; Waste Liquid Disposal: No person within any public park shall
wash dishes or empty salt water or other waste liquids elsewhere than in the
sinks provided for such purposes.
K. Park Rule Eleven; Refuse Disposal: No person within any public park shall
leave any garbage, cans, bottles, papers or other refuse elsewhere than in
the receptacles provided therefor.
L. Park Rule Twelve; Playing Games: No person within any public park shall
play or engage in any baseball, softball, football, soccer ball, volleyball or
other game excepting at such places as shall be especially designated or set
apart for that purpose.
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M. Park Rule Thirteen; Gambling: No person within any public park shall play or
bet at or against any game which is played, conducted, dealt or carried on
with cards, dice or other device for money, chips, shells, credit or any other
representative of value, or maintain or exhibit any gambling table or other
instrument of gambling or gaming.
N. Park Rule Fourteen; Indecent Conduct; Disturbing Peace: No person within
any public park shall indulge in riotous, indecent conduct, or abusive,
threatening, profane or indecent language or operate any radio or musical
instrument in such a manner as to disturb in any manner any picnic, meeting,
services, concert, exercise or exhibition.
O. Park Rule Fifteen; Disturbing Concerts, Meetings: No person within any
public park shall disturb in any manner any picnic, meeting, services, concert,
exercise or exhibition.
P. Park Rule Sixteen; Distribution Of Handbills, Matter: No person within any
public park shall distribute any handbills or circulars, or post, place or erect
any bills, notice, paper or advertising device or matter of any kind.
Q. Park Rule Seventeen; Hours Of Operation: No person shall remain, stay or
loiter in any public park between the period commencing at ten o'clock (10:00)
P.M. on any day and ending one hour before sunrise of the following day,
except by special written permission of either the City Council or the Director
of Recreation, Parks, and Library.
R. Park Rule Eighteen; Permission To Hold Meetings, Concerts: No person
within any public park shall hold any meeting, service, concert, exercise or
exhibition without first obtaining written permission from the City Council to
do so.
S. Park Rule Nineteen; Permission For Certain Groups: No person, company,
society, organization, gathering or group of more than twenty five (25)
persons shall hold or conduct any picnic, celebration, parade, service,
exercise, gathering, assembly or meeting in any public park within the City
without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the Recreation, Parks,
and Library Department, and no person shall attend, take part in or be a
participant in any such picnic, celebration, service, exercise, gathering,
assembly or meeting in the public park, unless such permission has been first
obtained.
T. Park Rule Twenty; Women's Restroom Restricted: No male person over eight
(8) years of age shall enter or use any toilet or restroom for women in any
public park.
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U. Park Rule Twenty Two; Reserved Signs, Removal: No person within any
public park shall remove from any park equipment any sign indicating that the
equipment is reserved.
V. Park Rule Twenty Two; Reserved Tables, Space Or Facility: No person within
any public park shall use or attempt to use or interfere with the use of any
table, space or facility in the park which at the time is reserved by written
reservation then in effect issued to or for any other person; provided, however,
that all the reservations shall specify the period covered by same and shall
be subject to cancellation by the Recreation, Parks, and Library Department.
Unless the actual use of the table, space or facility referred to in any
reservation is commenced within thirty (30) minutes after the period covered
by the reservation begins, the reservation shall thereupon be void and all
rights under the reservation may be cancelled by the Recreation, Parks, and
Library Department.
SECTION 5. Amendment. Section 10-3-11 — Rules and Regulations — of
the El Segundo Municipal Code is hereby amended and will read as follows
(deletions in StFikethMu^" and additions in
Title 10 — PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 3 — BEACH REGULATIONS
10-3-11 Rules and Regulations
A. Alcoholic Beverages; Intoxication:
1. Possession Or Consumption Prohibited: No person shall enter, be or
remain on any beach while in possession of, transporting, purchasing,
selling, giving away or consuming any alcoholic beverage.
2. Intoxicated Persons: An intoxicated person in an intoxicated condition
shall not enter, remain on, or be on any beach.
1. Bringing To Beach Prohibited: No person shall maintain or bring on any
beach nor bring into the waters of the Pacific Ocean adjacent to any
beach, any cattle, horse, mule, goat, sheep, swine, dog, cat or other
animal of any kind, whether such animal is leashed or unleashed.
2. Riding Horses, OtherAnimals: No person shall ride a horse, mule, burro,
or donkey, or other similar animal, or lead such animal on, upon, along
any beach or in or along the waters of the Pacific Ocean adjacent to any
beach.
C. Ball Regulations: No person shall cast, toss, throw, kick, or roll any ball,
tube or any light object other than inflated rubber balls not less than ten
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inches (10") in diameter upon or over any beach regulated by this Chapter
or upon or over any waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite such beach.
D. Bathing, Swimming: No person shall swim, bathe, or immerse himself in the
waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite any beach regulated by this Chapter
more than two hundred (200) yards from shore except:
1. A person who is the owner of a vessel, or who acts at the request of
such owner while engaged in servicing or repairing such vessel, and
then only in the immediate area of such vessel.
2. A person engaged in the sport commonly known as aquaplaning, water
skiing, or any derivations thereof; provided, that such person is at all
times wearing a safety belt approved by the Director.
3. A skin diver equipped with swim fins and a face plate if at all times he
maintains within fifty (50) yards of himself a boat or a surf mat,
paddleboard or surfboard upon which there is a rectangular flag twelve
inches by fifteen inches (12" x 15"), orange -red in color with a white
diagonal stripe three inches (3") wide running from one corner to the
diagonally opposite corner. The flag shall be flown high enough so as
not to touch the water.
4. No person shall surf more than fifty (50) yards beyond the farthest
breaking wave when such farthest breaking wave is more than one
hundred fifty (150) yards from shore.
E. Boating: No person shall operate any vessel within three hundred (300)
yards of the shoreline of any beach regulated by this Chapter except when
necessary in taking it to or from its lawful mooring place or when necessary
in the case of emergency, or upon special permit issued by the City Council.
F, Disturbance: No person shall disturb the peace and quiet of any beach by:
1. Any unduly loud or unusual noise; or
2. By tooting, blowing, or sounding any automobile siren, horn, signal or
noise -making device; or
3. By any tumultuous conduct; or
4. By the use of any vulgar, profane or indecent language.
G. Fires: No person shall light or maintain any fire on any beach.
H. Flora And Turf: No person shall dig, remove, destroy, injure, mutilate, or cut
any tree, plant, shrub, bloom or flower, or any portion thereof, growing on
the beach. No person shall remove any wood, turf, grass, soil, rock, sand
or gravel from the beach.
Glass, Bottles: No person shall place, throw, leave, keep or maintain any
bottle, glass, crockery, sharp or pointed article or thing in such a manner
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that any person on a beach is or may be cut, pricked, or in any way injured
thereby.
J. Guy Wires: No person shall fasten or maintain any guy wire, guy rope or
exterior bracing or support of any tent, lodge, shelter or structure between
it or any portion thereof, and any structure, stake, rock or thing outside of
such tent, lodge, shelter or structure.
K. Inflated Equipment: No person shall use in the Pacific Ocean opposite any
beach regulated by this Chapter, any inflated equipment of any kind except
a standard surf mat which is:
1. Constructed of a durable material with a nonslippery surface;
2. So constructed that, when inflated for use, it will not fold in any
direction;
3. Not smaller than twenty four inches by forty inches (24" x 40");
4. Not larger than thirty inches by sixty inches (30" x 60");
5. Equipped with a safety rope.
L. Loitering: No person shall loiter on any beach at any time between the
hours of twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight and six o'clock (6:00) A.M.
M. Overnight Use And Camping: No person shall camp on or use for overnight
sleeping purposes any beach or bring a house -trailer or similar vehicle onto
any beach.rrce with tb�rrrAoniter Nef I Ink -Co .
N. Pollution:
1. Oil:
a. No person shall deposit, place, throw, divert, or in any manner
dispose of, or cause or permit to be deposited, placed, thrown,
diverted, or in any manner disposed of, any crude petroleum, refined
petroleum, engine oil, or any oily byproduct thereof or any tar or any
product containing tar, or any oily substance into the waters of the
Pacific Ocean, or into or upon the waters of any lagoon, bay, inlet, or
tributary thereof; or deposit, place, throw, divert, or in any manner
dispose of any crude petroleum, refined petroleum, engine oil, or any
oily byproduct thereof, or any tar, or any product containing tar, or
any oily substance upon any beach, tideland, or submerged land, or
any portion thereof.
b. No person shall deposit, place, throw, divert, keep, maintain, or in
any manner dispose of, or cause or permit to be deposited, placed,
thrown, diverted, kept, maintained, or in any manner disposed of any
crude petroleum, refined petroleum, engine oil, or any oily byproduct
thereof, or any tar, or any product containing tar or any oily substance
into, along, or upon any land, premises, or place in such a manner
that the same, or any portion thereof, may run or be transferred or
carried to, or be in any manner deposited upon or conveyed to any
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beach, tideland or submerged land, or any portion thereof, or into or
upon the waters of the Pacific Ocean, or into or upon the waters of
any lagoon, bay, inlet, or tributary thereof.
2. Other: No person shall deposit, place, throw, or in any manner dispose
of any dead animal or any portion thereof, or any vegetable or animal
matter, or any offal, night soil, manure, rubbish, trash, garbage, or any
decaying or putrid matter, material or substance which might decay or
become putrid, or any matter, material or substance which is or might
become injurious to health or which is or might become a nuisance or
offensive to the senses of any person coming in proximity thereto, into
the waters of the Pacific Ocean, or into the waters of any lagoon, bay,
inlet or tributary thereof, of, in, upon, or along any beach, tideland, or
submerged land, or any portion thereof, or keep or maintain or cause or
permit to be kept or maintained upon any premises or in or at any place,
any article, substance, or thing hereinabove in this Section enumerated,
in such manner that any such article, substance or thing, or any portion
thereof may be transferred or carried to, or be in any manner deposited
upon or conveyed to any beach, tideland, or submerged land, or any
portion thereof, or into or upon the waters of the Pacific Ocean, or into
or upon the waters of any lagoon, bay, inlet or tributary thereof.
O. Buildings And Structures:
1. Recreation Building: No person shall use any recreation building at any
time except between the hours of eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. and twelve
o'clock (12:00) midnight of any day except upon written permit from the
Chief of Police.
2. Structures And Facilities: No person, other than a duly authorized
employee of the City, in the performance of his duties shall:
a. Cut, break, injure, deface or disturb any rock, building, cage pen,
monument, sign, fence, bench, structure, apparatus, equipment
or property on a beach, or any portion thereof;
b. Mark or place thereon or on any portion thereof, any mark,
writing, or printing;
c. Attach thereto any sign, card, display or other similar device.
P. Rubbish: No person shall throw, place or dispose of any garbage refuse, or
can in any place on a beach or into or upon the waters of the Pacific Ocean
other than into a garbage can or other receptacle maintained there for that
purpose. No person shall throw, place or dispose of, any waste paper or
combustible refuse in any place on a beach or into or upon the waters of
the Pacific Ocean other than into a receptacle maintained for that purpose.
Q. Shelters: No person shall erect, maintain, use or occupy on a beach any
tent, lodge, shelter or structure unless such tent, lodge, shelter or structure
shall have two (2) sides thereof entirely open, and unless there shall be an
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unobstructed view into such tent, lodge, shelter, or structure from the
outside thereof on at least two (2) sides thereof.
R. Shooting: No person shall discharge or shoot any firearms, air gun,
slingshot or bow and arrow anywhere on a beach.
S. Solicitation: No person shall solicit in any manner or for any purpose, or sell
or offer for sale, any goods, wares or merchandise, or distribute or pass out
any handbills, advertising matter or literature on a beach.
T. Surfboards, Surf Mats, Paddleboards:
1. Waters Restricted:
a. No person shall use, possess or operate in the waters of the
Pacific Ocean opposite any beach regulated by this Chapter any
object commonly known as a surfboard, paddleboard or similar
device (but not including surf mats and belly boards) at such
times when said waters are restricted for swimming and bathing
only.
b. Such restrictions shall be effective when a yellow flag having
dimensions of not less than two feet by two feet (2' x 2') and
having a solid black circle in the center (commonly known as a
"blackball flag") is prominently displayed from a lifeguard tower,
lifeguard station, pier or similar structure under the control of the
City. At such times as the blackball flag is displayed, swimming
and bathing only shall be permitted in the waters of the Pacific
Ocean opposite those areas of the beach within two hundred
(200) yards of the point of display of said blackball flag; provided,
however, that where said blackball flag is displayed from
consecutive operational lifeguard towers, lifeguard stations and
similar structures under the control of the City along a beach
regulated by this Chapter, then all waters of the Pacific Ocean
opposite said beach shall be restricted to swimming and bathing
only.
c. Such restrictions shall also be indicated by pairs of red flags put
in place by the chief of police. At such times as said red flags are
displayed, swimming and bathing only shall be permitted in the
waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite those areas of the beach
lying between a given pair of such red flags.
2. Distances From Shore: No person shall use, possess or operate in the
waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite any beach regulated by this
chapter any object commonly known as a surf mat, paddleboard, belly
board, surfboard, or similar device except within two hundred (200)
yards from shore or seventy five (75) yards seaward of the point at which
the average wave is breaking, whichever distance is greater, or when
used by a skin diver to hold a flag required by subsection D of this
section.
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3. Near Other Persons: No person shall bring or permit or allow in the
waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite any beach regulated by this
chapter any object commonly known as, or used as, a paddleboard or
surfboard, within one hundred feet (100') of any person in the waters
thereof who was not at the time using or possessing a similar object.
4. Area For Exclusive Use: Notwithstanding any provision of this section,
the chief of police may from time to time designate certain areas to be
used exclusively by persons using surfboards and paddleboards. Such
designation may be revoked at any time and the area covered by any
such designation may be enlarged or reduced at any time. No person
shall swim or bathe in the waters of the Pacific Ocean included in an
area so designated except while using a surfboard or paddleboard or as
is necessary in order to use a surfboard or paddleboard.
5. Leaving Area During Restriction: A person in violation of the restrictions
set forth in this subsection shall not fail, refuse or neglect to leave the
waters of the Pacific Ocean opposite any beach regulated by this
chapter when such restrictions are in force.
U. Nudity And Disrobing:
1. No person shall appear, bathe, sunbathe, walk, change clothes, disrobe
or be on any beach in such manner that the genitals, vulva, pubis, pubic
symphysis, pubic hair, buttocks, natal cleft, perineum, anus, anal region
or pubic hair region of any person, or any portion of the breast at or
below the upper edge of the areola thereof of any female person, is
exposed to public view, except in those portions of a comfort station, if
any, expressly set aside for such purpose.
2. This subsection shall not apply to persons under the age of ten (10)
years, provided such children are sufficiently clothed to conform to
accepted community standards.
3. This subsection shall not apply to persons engaged in a live theatrical
performance in a theater, concert hall, or similar establishment which is
primarily devoted to theatrical performances.
V. Smoking Prohibited: It is unlawful to smoke on any public beach within the
city of El Segundo. For the purpose of this section, "smoking" means
inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe.
For the purpose of this section, "beach" does not include parking lots or
roadways.
SECTION 6. Amendment. Section 9-7-2— Public Library — of the El Segundo
Municipal Code is hereby amended and will read as follows (deletions in
StFikethrough and additions in double un rlilne):
A. There is hereby established in and for the City, a public library to be known
as the "El Segundo Public Library."
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SECTION 7. Environmental Assessment. The City Council finds that this
Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"),
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or
reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and
15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA
Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no
potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
In the alternative, the City Council finds that the Ordinance falls within the "common
sense" exemption set forth in State CEQA Guidelines section 15061, subdivision
(b)(3), which exempts activity from CEQA where "it can be seen with certainty that
there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on
the environment." Here, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that
the Ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment because the
Ordinance simply strikes an outdated reference to an overruled Ninth Circuit
decision; it will not result in any development or in any new activity with the
potential to impact the environment.
SECTION 8. 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 9. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty
(30) days after adoption.
SECTION 10. Publication. The City Clerk is directed to certify the passage
and adoption of this Ordinance causing it to be posted as required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17t" day of September, 2024.
ATTEST:
Tracy Wea0r, City Clerk
Dre , Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM
By:
Mark Hensley, City. orney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
CERTIFICATION
SS
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. 1664 was duly introduced by said City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 31d day of September, 2024, 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 17th day of
September, 2024, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tern Pimentel, Council Member Giroux,
and Council Member Baldino
NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Member Pirsztuk
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this I I day of
September, 2024.
T cy Weaver, City Clerk
of the City of El Segundo,
California
ORDINANCE NO. 1664
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