ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF COTATI REPEALING CHAPTER 11.11.101 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO REMOVE THE EXISTING
BAN ON ROUNDABOUTS AND TRAFFIC CIRCLES IN THE CITY OF COTATI BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF COTATI:
SECTION 1: FINDINGS. The voters of the City of Cotati hereby find and declare as follows:
a. Ordinance 838 was placed on the ballot by a citizen’s initiative as Measure U at the November 2012 election.
b. At the November 2012 election, a majority of Cotati voters adopted Measure U, which imposed a ban on the construction of roundabouts, traffic circles, or any other similar traffic features within the city limits of Cotati.
c. Measure U was codified in Chapter 11.11.101 “Roundabouts and Traffic Circles” of the Cotati Municipal Code.
d. On July 2, 2024, the City received a Citizen’s Initiative Petition to repeal Chapter
11.11.101 of the Cotati Municipal Code.
e. On July 8, 2024, the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters certified that the petition received the required number verified of signatures.
f. On July 9, 2024, the City Council of the City of Cotati voted to send the proposed Ordinance to Cotati voters on the ballot for the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election.
g. On December 4, 2024, the City of Cotati received the Statement of Votes from the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters, certifying that the Ordinance, designated as “Measure S” was approved by the voters by a simple majority vote.
SECTION 2: AMENDMENT TO MUNICIPAL CODE. Section 11.11.101 “Roundabouts and Traffic Circles” of the Cotati Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its entirety.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance and the application of such provision to other person or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance, if approved by a majority of the voters of the City of Cotati at the election on November 5, 2024, shall become effective ten (10) days after the declaration of the results of that election by the City Council of the City of Cotati, pursuant to Elections Code Section 9217.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION. The Clerk of the City of Cotati shall cause this ordinance to be published in accordance with applicable provisions of law.
SECTION 7. EXECUTION. The Mayor is hereby authorized to attest to the adoption of the Ordinance by the voters of the City by signing where indicated below.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the foregoing ordinance was APPROVED by the following vote of the People of the City of Cotati on November 5, 2024:
YESES: 2,278
NOES: 1,499
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFIED that the forgoing Ordinance No. __ was ADOPTED by Declaration of the November 5, 2024 election results by the City Council of the City of Cotati on December 10, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
RESULT:
MOVER:
SECONDER:
AYES:
Approved:___________________________
Mayor
Attest:______________________________
Kevin Patterson, Deputy City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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City Attorney
This document is a true and correct copy of Ordinance Number ### and has been published or posted pursuant to law. California Government Code § 40806
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Kevin Patterson, Deputy City Clerk