File #: 19-491    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance to Repeal Intimidating Solicitation Ordinance
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Meeting Date: 10/7/2019 Final action: 10/7/2019
Enactment date: 10/7/2019 Enactment #: Ordinance 2019-014
Title: ORDINANCE of the City of San Leandro City Council Repealing Title 4, Chapter 4-1, Article 9 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Pertaining to Intimidating Solicitation
Sponsors: Liz Warmerdam, Rich Pio Roda
Related files: 19-490
Title
ORDINANCE of the City of San Leandro City Council Repealing Title 4, Chapter 4-1, Article 9 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Pertaining to Intimidating Solicitation
Body
WHEREAS, in 2004, the San Leandro City Council adopted an ordinance pertaining to intimidating solicitation, codified as Title 4, Chapter 4-1, Article 9 of the San Leandro Municipal Code ("Intimidating Solicitation Ordinance"); and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the City Council provided direction to staff and the City Attorney's Office to review the City's Intimidating Solicitation Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that the legal landscape regarding solicitation regulations has evolved since the City's Intimidating Solicitation Ordinance was adopted in 2004; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to repeal the Intimidating Solicitation Ordinance in its entirety.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council for the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. RECITALS. The above recitals are true and correct, and made a part of this ordinance.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE. San Leandro Municipal Code Title 4, Chapter 4-1, Article 9, "Intimidating Solicitation", is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 3. CEQA. Approval of the ordinance is exempt from further environmental review under the general rule in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) that CEQA only applies to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. As a series of text amendments and additions, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 4. 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 vali...

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