HomeMy WebLinkAbout1251 - Enforce Violations of Business License RegulationsORDINANCE NO. 1261
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH AMENDING ARTICLE 6,
CHAPTER 1, DIVISION 2 OF THE CITY CODE TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY'S
CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS
LICENSE REGULATIONS.
The City Council of the City of Ukiah hereby ordains as follows:
SECTION ONE.
Article 6 in Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Ukiah City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
§ 2170 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AS ENFORCING AUTHORITY
It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance, and he/she is hereby directed to enforce each and all of the
provisions of this Chapter. The Chief of Police and Chief Code Enforcement Official are hereby directed
to render such assistance in the enforcement hereof as may from time to time be required by the Director
of Finance. Every member of the Police Department and Code Enforcement Division of the Community
Development Department are hereby appointed an Assistant License Inspector and directed to assist the
Director of Finance in the enforcement of this Chapter.
§2171 DUTY TO EXAMINE EACH BUSINESS
It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance, acting through his deputies and assistants, to examine each
business to determine that this Chapter is being complied with. He or she and any of his or her deputies
and assistants, including police officers and code enforcement officers, may enter any business free of
charge and demand exhibition of the business license. Refusal of any person to so exhibit such license
shall be a misdemeanor.
SECTION TWO.
1. Publication: Within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, this Ordinance shall be published once
in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Ukiah. In lieu of publishing the full text of the
Ordinance, the City may publish a summary of the Ordinance once 5 days prior to its adoption and
again within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
2. Effective Date: The ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days,after its adoption.
3. Severability: If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of
this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid
or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the
remaining sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this
Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of
Ukiah hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections,
subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases hereof be declared invalid or
unenforceable.
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Introduced by title only on January 15, 2025, by the following roll call vote: 0
AYES: Councilmembers Rodin, Criss, Orozco, Sher, and Mayor Crane.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
Adopted on February 5, 2025, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Rodin, Criss, Orozco, Sher, and Mayor Crane.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ATTEST:
Arace i Sa doval, D puty City Clerk
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uglas F. rane, Mayor