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HomeMy WebLinkAbout50B - ORD - REPEAL BIKE REGREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 18, 2014 TITLE: ADOPT ORDINANCE REPEALING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING BICYCLE LICENSING AND REGISTRATION {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, #1} CITY MA ER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 18' Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Adopt an ordinance repealing Article III of Chapter 10 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code relating to bicycle licensing and registration. DISCUSSION The Police Department recommends repealing Article III of Chapter 10 requiring mandatory bicycle licensing and registration based upon the fact that the vast majority of the City's residents do not obtain the required license and do not register their bicycles. The Police Department will continue to offer a bicycle registration program, but residents will not be required to participate. The Police Department encourages residents to voluntarily register their bicycles so that their bicycles can be easily identified and returned if lost or stolen. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item allows the City to meet Goal #1 Community Safety, Objective #1, Modernize the Community Policing philosophy to improve customer service, crime prevention and traffic safety /pedestrian /bicycle safety. FISCAL IMPACT Ther n is pact associated with this action. Carlos Rojas Chief of Police Santa Ana Police Department 50B -1 50B -2 ORDINANCE NO. NS -XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REPEALING ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 10 ENTITLED REGARDING BICYCLE LICENSING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The City's current mandatory bicycle licensing program is not utilized by a large majority of the City's residents; B. However, the City believes that residents should have a way of voluntarily registering their bicycles to aid law enforcement in returning a bicycle to the rightful owner in the event that the bicycle is misplaced or stolen; and C. To that end, the City will continue to maintain a bicycle registration program which is now voluntary through the Santa Ana Police Department. Section 2. Chapter 10, Article III of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its eh5re -to re—ad as-follmm __ -- - - - - - -- Secs. 10. 196 -10 -204. Reserved. Secs. 10- 206 -10 -209. Reserved. ADOPTED this day of 2014 Miguel A. Pulido Mayor Ordinance No. NS -XXX Page 1 of 2 50B -3 APPROVED AS TO FORM: By: 4'a u'+A- A . l� ►L� 'Lt Sonia R. Carvalho City Attorney AYES: Councilmembers NOES: Councilmembers ABSTAIN: Councilmembers NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the attached Ordinance No. NS -XXX to be the original ordinance adopted by the City - -Comncii of theity of -5anta An—a on- November 18, 2014' and that said- was published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Date: Ordinance No. NS -XXX Page 2 of 2 Clerk of the Council City of Santa Ana 50B -4