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December 30, 2014
Joan L Flynn, CMC, MPA
City of Huntington Beach
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Amendments to the Charter of the City of Huntington Beach, ratitied by the voters at the
election on November 4, 2014, were filed in this office on December 22, 2014 and
assigned Charter Chapter Number 13 for publication in the Statutes of 2014.
Sincerely,
Special Filings Unit
California Secretary of State
www.sos.ca.gov
(916)653-3984
(g) "Person" includes firm and corporation.
Section 802.VIOLATIONS. The violation of any provision of this Charter shall be a misdemeanor.
Section 803.PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION MEASURE.
(a) The City shall not enact or enforce any measure which mandates the price or other consideration payable
to the owner in connection with the sale, lease,rent,exchange or other transfer by the owner of real property. Any such
measure is hereby repealed.
(b) The word "mandates" as used in subsection(a) includes any measure taken by ordinance, resolution,
administrative regulation or other action of the City to establish,continue, implement or enforce any control or system of
controls on the price or other terms on which real property in the city may be offered, sold, leased,rented,exchanged or
otherwise transferred by its owner. The words "real property"as used in subsection(a)refer to any parcel of land or site,
either improved or unimproved,on which a dwelling unit or residential accommodation is or may be situated for use as a
home,residence or sleeping place.
(c) This Section 803 shall not apply to:
(1) any real property which contains serious health, safety, fire or building code
violations, excluding those caused by disasters,for which a civil or criminal citation has been
issued by the City and remains unabated for six months or longer;
(2) any real property owned by a public entity, and real property where the owner
has agreed by contract with the public entity, including the City and any of its related agencies,to
accept a financial contribution or other tangible benefit including without limitation, assistance
under the Community Redevelopment Law;
(3) any planning or zoning power of the City as relates to the use,occupancy or
improvement of real property and to any real property which the City or any of its related
agencies may acquire by eminent domain,purchase, grant or donation;
(4) any power of the City to require a business license for the sale or rental of real
property,whether for regulation or general revenue purposes;
(5) any dwelling unit or accommodation in any hotel,motel or other facility when
the transient occupancy of that dwelling unit or accommodation is subject to a transient
occupancy tax; or
(6) to impair the obligation of any contract entered into prior to the enactment of this
Section 803 or otherwise required by State law.
Section 804.CHARTER REVIEW. The City Council shall determine if there is a need to convene a citizen's Charter
Review Commission to conduct a review of the City Charter no less frequently than every ten years.
Section 805. SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS. It shall be lawful to possess, sell,display,use or discharge within the
City,those fireworks that are defined and classified as Safe and Sane Fireworks(a.k.a. "state-approved fireworks") in the
California State Fireworks Law(sections 12500 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code and the relevant sections of Code of
Regulations Title 19, Subchapter 6) subject to regulation by City Council.
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