HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2332 ORDINANCE NO. 2332
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF
HARBORS, BEACHES, RECREATION, AND PARKS
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows:
SECTION I. Chapters 2.44 and 2.60 of the Huntington Beach Municipal
Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. There is hereby added a new chapter to the Huntington
Beach Municipal Code, to be numbered Chapter 2.30, which said chapter reads
as follows:
Chapter 2.30. Harbors, Beaches, Recreation and Parks.
2.30.010. Established. There is hereby established a department of
Harbors, $eaches, Recreation, and Parks.
2.30.020. Obiectives. The objectives of the department shall be as
follows:
(a) To establish, facilitate, and maintain ample and sufficient safety
services for the Harbors and Beaches owned and controlled by the City.
(b) To operate and maintain the municipal parking lot, and other beach
and harbor facilities of the City.
(c) To encourage, foster, facilitate, establish and maintain a
systematized recreation, park acquisition and development, and human services
program as directed by the City Council.
(d) To assist advisory boards, commissions, and committees including,
but not limited to, the Recreation and Parks Commission, the Human
Resources Council and the Council on Aging.
(e) To cooperate with other governmental agencies and civic groups in
the advancement of sound recreational and park planning under the direction
of the City Council.
(f) To be responsible for human services, including limited direct service
delivery as well as the enhancement of communication, cooperation, and
coordination among agencies, organizations, and those individuals providing
services to the residents of the City, such services to be offered on any of
the properties owned or controlled by the City or on any other properties
with the consent of the owners and the authorities thereof.
RCS:sh I.
11/16/78
2.30.030 Director - Powers and duties. The director of Harbors,
Beaches, Recreation and Parks shall be appointed by the City Administrator
with the approval of the City Council. The director shall have the following
powers and duties:
(a) Plans, organizes and directs programs and activities in Harbors,
Beaches, Recreation and Parks.
(b) Directs and coordinates all activities and phases of operations within
the department.
(c) Advises on acquisition, design and construction of recreational,
beaches and park facilities.
(d) Insures recreation, beaches, harbor and parks needs are met and
maintained within established framework, and executes policy rules and
regulations as established by the City Council.
(e) Investigates and authorizes purchase of materials and equipment
necessary to implement and operate programs.
(f) Determines department policies and procedures.
(g) Communicates program plans and activities to various City,
inter-city and community groups.
(h) Prepares and administers departmental budget.
(i) Formulates and administers lease agreements.
(j) Serves as secretary to the Recreation and Parks Commission or
appoints deputy to so serve.
(k) Perform such other duties and have such other powers as the City
Council may establish hereafter by resolution.
2.30.040 Appointment of subordinates. The director, with the approval
of the City Administrator, shall appoint all other officers, assistants, deputies,
and employees of the Harbors, Beaches, Recreation and Parks Department.
2.30.050 Fees and charges. The department has authority to charge
reasonable fees for use of city buildings, property, and facilities, and for
participation in recreational activities to help defray public expense, subject
to approval of the City Council.
2.30.060 Acceptance of gifts. The department may accept all gifts,
devises, legacies, or bequests from any source, public or private, in the name
of the city subject to the approval of the City Council. All monies so
obtained by the department shall be deposited by the director or his duly
authorized subordinate in the general fund of the Treasury of the city or in
any special fund the City Council may designate.
2.30.070 Annual budget. The City Council shall annually establish a
Harbors, Beaches, Recreation and Parks budget.
2.
2.30.080 Terms. Wherever the terms "Harbors and Beaches Department"
and "Recreation, Parks and Human Services Department" are used in this
code, or in any resolution adopted by the City Council, they shall be deemed
to mean and read "Harbors, Beaches, Recreation and Parks Department."
Wherever the terms "Director of Harbors and Beaches" and "Director of
Recreation, Parks and Human Services" are used in this code, they shall be
deemed to mean and read "Director of Harbors, Beaches, Recreation and
Parks."
SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the other provisions or remainder of this ordinance or
any prior ordinance and if this ordinance or any provision hereof is found
invalid or unconstitutional, this ordinance will not have the effect of repealing
any portion of any prior ordinance amended by such invalid or unconstitutional
provision.
SECTION 4. Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby
of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of
ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date
hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provision of such ordinances
relating to the collection of any fees, taxes, interest or penalty or the penal
provisions applicable to any violation thereof, and all rights and obligations
thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause same to be published within fifteen (15) days of its
passage in the Huntington Beach Independent, a newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the County of Orange.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach at a regular meeting held there=t4 &da 4,Bereleber, 1978.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
GAIL HUTTON
City Clerk City A torney
APPROVED:
r
ry Administrator
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Ord. No. 2332
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 20th day of November
19 78, and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 4th day of December 19 78 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Shenkman, Thomas, MacAllister, Pattinson
NOES: Councilmen:
Bailey, Mandic, Siebert
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
1, Alicia '�1- Wentworth CITY
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