Ordinance - 436ORDINANCE NO.436
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ',WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE N0.136 OF SAID
CITY CREATING A CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND RLTEALING ORDINANCE
NO.209 OF SAID CITY, -DECLARING THE URGENCY HEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No.136 of the
City of West Covina, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A PLANNING
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COMMISSION IN SAID CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE
MEMBERS THEREOF AND PRESCRIBING THEIR DUTIES", adopted April 30,
1947, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended. so
as to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. A Planning Commission is hereby created,
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 65300 et sequi
of the Government Code of the State of California,
which said Commission shall function in unbroken
succession to the Planning Commission previously exist-
ing in said City, except as herein modified, and which
Commission shall consist of five (5) members who shall
be qualified electors of the City of West Covina. but.
• who shall not be officials of said City.
The members of the Commission shall be appointed
by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council."
SECTION 2. The immediate adoption of this Ordinance is
urgently required for the preservation of the public peace, safety
and general welfare and the following is a statement of the facts
constituting such urgency: The.City Council has determined and
found that the membership of the Planning Commission as provided
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for in this Ordinance will more adquately and efficiently
carry out and perform the duties and responsibilities assigned
to the Commission and the immediate clarification of the
status of such membership and the changes herein ordained are
required in order that the Commission may function properly
and in the manner prescribed by law as well as within the
intent of the City Council by whose authority said Commission
is established.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once
in the West Covina Tribune, a weekly newspaper published and
circulated in the City of Ifest Covina and thereupon and there-
after the same shall take effect and be in force.
ATTEST
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I HEZEBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ord:iharide was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of West
Covina., held on the 24th day of October, 1955, by the affirmative
vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilman JAMES W. KAY J. CAL SPERLINE JAY D. BROWN JOE HURST, MAYOR
NOES: I% 0 iv e-
ABSENT: BERT C. VAN HORN
Ci y Clerk of the City of West Covina
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