Ordinance 1888CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 1888
New Series
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING
SECTION 17 -137 TO ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 1, TITLE XVII
THEREOF, AUTHORIZING CIVILIAN POLICE EMPLOYEES TO
ISSUE CITATIONS AND ENFORCE PROVISIONS OF THE
ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE
CODE RELATING TO STANDING OR PARKING OF VEHICLES AND
OPERATION OF BICYCLES IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that:
Section 1 . The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended
by adding Section 17 -137 to Article 3 of Chapter 1, Title XVII
thereof, to read:
Sec. 17 -137 The terms "police officer" or "officer ",
when used in this Title, shall include regularly employed
non -sworn salaried employees of the Alameda Police Depart-
ment designated by the Chief of Police to enforce those
sections of the Vehicle Code of the State of California
which permit enforcement by employees and those sections
of the Alameda Municipal Code regulating, and authorizing
persons to regulate the standing or parking of vehicles
and the operation of bicycles in the City of Alameda.
Employees so designated by the Chief of Police are
designated by the City Council to enforce such regula-
tions.
Section 2. This ordinance is one of great necessity and
urgency within the meaning of Section 3 -12 of the City Charter
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is introduced and passed at the same Council meeting and shall
become effective on October 19, 1977.
Section 3 . The facts constituting the necessity and
urgency hereof are:
1. That traffic regulations are essential for the
orderly flow and control of traffic within the City.
2. That such regulations should necessarily be immediately
effective on passage to insure that maximum preservation of
public welfare is obtained.
3'. That a potential health and safety problem will exist
if such amendments are not immediately effective.
4. That, in light of such potential health and safety
problems involved, the normal delay between enactment of this
ordinance and its effective date would be injurious.
5. This Council hereby finds, determines and declares
that it is in the best interest and necessity that this
ordinance be introduced and passed at the regular meeting of the
IL y City Council held October 18, 1977, and that this ordinance
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o become and be in full force and effect October 19, 1977.
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City Clerk
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NOTICE AND DIGEST
ORDINANCE NO. 1888, NEW SERIES
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 17 -137
TO ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 1, TITLE XVII THEREOF, AUTHORIZING
CIVILIAN POLICE EMPLOYEES TO ISSUE CITATIONS AND ENFORCE PROVISIONS
OF THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE
RELATING TO STANDING OR PARKING OF VEHICLES AND OPERATION OF
BICYCLES IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
DIGEST
This ordinance amends the Alameda Municipal Code by adding Section 17 -137,
to Article 3 of Chapter 1-Title XVII, to authorize regularly employed non -sworn
employees of the Alameda Police Department designated by the Chief of Police
to enforce regulations regarding standing or parking of vehicles and operation of
bicycles in the City of Alameda.
This ordinance was enacted as an emergency ordinance under the provisions
of Section 3 -12 of the Alameda City Charter by a vote of 5 Ayes, 0 Noes,
0 absent, effective October 19, 1977.
Three full copies are available for use and examination by the public in
the office of the City Clerk.
Notice thereof is hereby published pursuant to Section 3 -14 of the
Alameda City Charter.
Celia A. Conger
Deputy City Clerk
PUBLISH: Friday: October 21, 1977
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
duly and regularly introduced and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda
in regular meeting assembled on the 18th day of October, 1977, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Beckam, Diament, Sherratt, Tillman and
President Corica, (5).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this 19th day of October, 1977.
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Deputy City Clerk of the Q ty of Alameda