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2 None of the proposed minor code clean ups require C ommission recommendation or public hearing pursuant to the California Government Code.
POLICY / RULE
Pursuant to Section 1.01.021 (Adoption), the Folsom Municipal Code (FMC) was adopted by Ordinance 297 in 1973. Any subsequent amendment to the Folsom Municipal Code must also be adopted by Ordinance. Proposed Amendments to Tit les 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 16 do not require public hearing.
ANALYSIS
This section of the report lists and summarizes the staff recommended minor code clean up items throughout the Folsom Municipal Code in numerical order.
Title 2 Administration and Personnel
1. Section 2.11.120 Personnel department. Replace all references to the personnel department with the human resources department.
2. Section 2.11.160 Folsom community correctional facility. Repeal section as no longer pertinent.
3. Section 2.12.010 Designated (City Clerk Salary). Repeal section as no longer pertinent.
4. Chapter 2.16 Official Bonds. Repeal chapter as no longer pertinent.
5. Chapter 2.36 Purchase of supplies, equipment, and m aterial. Add a section on fee waiver for City projects to codify that City won’t charge itself permit and processing fees for City projects.
6. Section 2.36.080 Award of contracts. Modify the limit on contract contingencies from 10% to a minimum of 10%.
Title 3 Revenue and Finance
7. Chapter 3.28 Fee Structure for Commuter Bus Service. Repeal as no longer pertinent.
8. Chapter 3.29 Fare Structure for Folsom Stage Lines. Repeal as no longer pertinent.
Title 7 Animals
9. Section 7.04.080 Restrictions in keeping certain li vestock and other animals. Increase the number of chickens allowed on residential lots from 2 to 6 hens (excluding roosters) and clarify setback to separation from neighboring dwellings consistent with current best practices and regional comparisons.
Title 9 Public Peace, Morals, and Safety
10. Chapter 9.90 Commission on Substance Abuse. Repeal as no longer pertinent.
Title 10 Vehicles and Traffic
11. Chapter 10.36 Anti-Cruising. Repeal because cities are no longer authorized to prohibit cruising under AB436 (effective 1/1/2024).
12. Section 10.20.140 Antiquated reference to taxi stan ds Eliminate the reference as unnecessary.
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3 13. Sections 10.20.410 – 10.20.430 Slugs and substitute s, Tampering, Improper Use.
Repeal because there are no parking meters in the City.
14. Sections 10.24.010 – 10.24.060 Bicycle Licenses Eliminate
15. Section 10.24.075 Folsom dam road riding prohibitio n. Repeal because the road no longer publicly accessible.
Title 16 Subdivisions
16. Chapter 16.56 Lighting and Landscaping District Adv isory Committee. Various updates relative to the Lighting and Landscaping Di strict Advisory Committee - remove antiquated references to city staff responsibilities and update language to reflect current districts and best practices.
As listed above, the vast majority of the minor cod e cleanups to the Folsom Municipal Code involve repeal of chapters and sections that are no longer relevant or pertinent. Other modifications include minor changes to reflect curr ent best practices or updated conditions.
Staff bundled these modifications into a single ord inance for resource efficiency and expediency.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no financial impact on the General Fund.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The proposed City Council action to adopt Ordinance No. 1359 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA G uidelines Section 15378 (b)(4) “Project” and Section 15061(b)(3) “ Common Sense Ex emption”. Under Section 15378, the action does not constitute a “project” under CEQA, as it pertains solely to administrative or procedural matters that do not result in direct phy sical environmental changes. Furthermore, Section 15061(b)(3) - the “common sense exemption” -applies because it can be determined with certainty that the adoption of this updated document will not lead to significant effects on the environment.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance No. 1362 – An Ordinance of the City of Folsom Amending Certain Sections of the Folsom Municipal Code for Minor Code Cleanups to Re move Outdated References and to Reflect Current Best Practices or Laws
Submitted,
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Pam Johns, Community Development Director
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ORDINANCE NO. 1362
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FOLSOM AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
THE FOLSOM MUNICIPAL CODE FOR MINOR CODE CLEANUPS TO REMOVE
OUTDATED REFERENCES AND TO REFLECT CURRENT BEST PRACTICES OR LAWS
The City Council of the City of Folsom does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1 PURPOSE
The purpose of this ordinance is to amend several s ections of the Folsom Municipal Code to remove outdated references, to reflect current best practices, or ensure consistency with applicable laws. The City Council finds that such change is necessary to promote the public health, safety, and welfare.
SECTION 2 AMENDMENT TO CODE
Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), Section 2.11.160 (Folsom community correctional facility), Section 2.12.010 (Designated), and Chapter 2.16 (Official Bonds) of the Folsom Municipal Code are hereby repealed; and Title 2 (Administration and Personnel), Section 2.11.120 (Personnel department) and Section 2.36.080 (Award of contracts) of the Folsom Municipal Code are hereby amended; and Section 2.36.280 of the Folsom Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows:
2.11.120 Personnel Human resources department.
The personnel human resources department is created, the head of which shall be the personnel human resources director. The personnel human resources department shall generally be responsible for all personnel human resources functions, and shall administer the city personnel merit system, maintain all personnel human resources files and records, and shall accept all notices, requests for hearings, complaints and other official documents relative to city employee matters or affecting city employees, including disciplinary matters, grievances, claims of harassment or discrimination and provide for the proper and timely investigation, hearing, response or other appropriate action. (Ord. 994 § 2 (part), 2003)
2.11.160 Folsom community correctional facility.
The Folsom community correctional facility shall be a division of the police department and shall operate the Folsom community correctional facility. (Ord. 994 § 2 (part), 2003)
2.12.010 Designated.
The salary of the city clerk is $115 per month. (Prior code § 200) Chapter 2.16 Official Bonds (entire chapter)
2.36.080 Award of contracts.
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B. A contingency appropriation shall be included in the total project appropriation for all construction contracts awarded by either the city council or city manager. The contingency appropriation shall be a minimum of ten percent of the construction contract amount and shall be administered by the city manager or his/her designee. The contingency appropriation shall be used to fund only construction contract change orders and shall be funded in the same manner as the appropriation for the construction contract.
2.36.280 City Project Fee Exemption .
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, except as stated in this section, no permit, plan review, or processing fees shall be required for any project initiated, owned, or operated by the City for a public purpose. For the exemption to apply, the department head responsible for the project shall certify in writing that the project is a City-sponsored activity and that fees are not reimbursable by a third party or non-general fund source. This exemption shall not apply to fees required by State or Federal law, direct costs for third-party inspections or specialized consulting services, or enterprise funds that maintain independent budgets.
SECTION 3 AMENDMENT TO CODE
Title 3 (Revenue and Finance), Chapter 3.28 (Fee S tructure for Commuter Bus Service) and Chapter 3.29 (Fare Structure for Folsom Stage Lines) of the Folsom Municipal Code are hereby repealed in entirety.
Chapter 3.28 FEE STRUCTURE FOR COMMUTER BUS SERVICE. (entire chapter) Chapter 3.29 FARE STRUCTURE FOR FOLSOM STAGE LINES. (entire chapter) SECTION 4 AMENDMENT TO CODE
Title 7 (Animals), Section 7.04.080(C) of the Fols om Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
7.04.080 Restrictions in keeping certain livestock and other animals.
C. Turkeys and geese shall not be kept within any zoning district of the city other than agricultural and agricultural combining districts. Additionally, not more than any combination of two six chickens, and not more than any combination of two ducks, pigeons and/or rabbits shall be kept as pets within any zoning district of the city other than agricultural or agricultural combining districts, and said animals shall be kept or maintained at least twenty five feet from any property line and at least twenty feet from neighboring dwellings. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, roosters shall not be kept within any zoning district of the city.
SECTION 5 AMENDMENT TO CODE
Title 9 (Public Peace, Safety, and Morals), Chapte r 9.90 (Commission on Substance Abuse) of the Folsom Municipal Code is hereby repealed in entirety.
Chapter 9.90 COMMISSION ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
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SECTION 6 AMENDMENT TO CODE
Title 10 (Vehicles and Traffic), Chapter 10.36 (An ti-Cruising), Section 10.20.140 (Taxi stands), Sections 10.20.410 through 10.20.430 (Slugs and substitutes, Tampering, Improper Use), Sections 10.24.010 through 10.24.060 (Bicycle Licen ses), and Section 10.24.075 (Folsom dam road riding prohibition) of the Folsom Municipal Code are hereby repealed in entirety.
Chapter 10.36.010 Cruising (entire chapter)
10.20.140 Taxi stands
The city manager may designate any portion of a pub lic street as a taxi stand. Any area so designated and marked by posted signs shall be for the exclusive use of a licensed commercial taxicab and no other vehicle may be parked in that area. (Ord. 794 § 1 (part), 1994)
10.20.410 Slugs and substitutes.
It is unlawful for any person to deposit or cause t o be deposited in any parking meter or other fee collection device, any slug, device or other substi tute for any United States coin, or any city parking token. (Ord. 794 § 1 (part), 1994)
10.20.420 Tampering.
It is unlawful for any person, other than an author ized employee of the city, to open or remove fees from any parking meter or other fee-collection device. It is unlawful for any person to damage, injure, tamper with, break, impair the usefulness of, or willfully destroy any parking meter or other fee-collection device. (Ord. 794 § 1 (part), 1994)
10.20.430 Improper use.
No person shall hitch any animal or vehicle to any parking meter, or use any parking meter or other fee-collection device for any purpose other than the payment of fees. (Ord. 794 § 1 (part), 1994)
10.24.010 License—Issuance.
The chief of police or his designee shall issue upo n written application, bicycle licenses which shall be effective until January 1, 1979, and shall be issued thereafter with expiration dates of the first day of January of every third year following January, 1979. Any such license shall expire earlier upon the date of transfer of ownership, which shall be reported by the owner to the chief of police. License fees for newly acquired bicycles ma y be prorated by the chief of police on a quarterly basis. Any person failing to renew a license for a bicycle within 30 days after the date of expiration of its license shall pay a fee of that e stablished in Section 10.24.050. (Ord. 338 (part), 1976: Ord. 301 § 1, 1973: Ord. 285 § 1, 1972; prior code § 9910)
10.24.020 License—Effect.
Licenses, when issued, shall entitle the licensee to operate such bicycle, for which the license has been issued, upon all the streets, alleys, and publ ic highways, exclusive of the sidewalks thereof, of the city. (Prior code § 9911)
10.24.030 License—Type.
The license shall be the license tag or decal desig nated by the state of California in accordance with Section 39001 of the California Vehicle Code, and shall be permanently affixed to the bicycle
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in a visible location and which bears a unique number permanently assigned to that bicycle by the state. (Ord. 388 (part), 1976: prior code § 9912)
10.24.040 License—Records.
The chief of police or his designee shall maintain records on each bicycle licensed. Such records shall include but not be limited to the license num ber, the serial number of the bicycle, the make, type, and model of the bicycle, and the name and ad dress of the licensee. Records shall be maintained during the period of validity of the license or upon notification the bicycle is no longer to be operated. (Ord. 388 (part), 1976: prior code § 9913)
10.24.050 License—Fee.
The license fee to be paid for each bicycle shall be $1 per year and the license shall remain in effect until it expires as set forth in Section 10.24.010. All fees collected shall be retained in a fund known as the “Bicycle Fund” which shall be used for the support of this chapter of the municipal code, to improve bicycle safety programs, and establish bicycle facilities, including bicycle paths and lanes, within the corporate limits of the city. (Ord. 388 (part), 1976: Ord. 285 § 2, 1972: prior code § 9914)
10.24.060 License—Publicity.
The chief of police shall take such steps as are reasonably necessary and desirable to properly give publicity to this chapter and shall work in conjunc tion with school authorities to see that all bicycles are properly licensed. (Prior code § 9915)
10.24.075 Folsom dam road riding prohibition.
When signs are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle on Folsom Dam Road between Folsom-Auburn Road and E ast Natoma Street. The violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in Government Code Section
36.900(b). (Ord. 618 § 1, 1988)
SECTION 7 AMENDMENT TO CODE
Title 16 (Subdivisions), Chapter 16.56 Lighting an d Landscaping District Advisory Committee) of the Folsom Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 16.56 Lighting and Landscaping District Advisory Committee.
16.56.010 Purpose.
The purpose of the city of Folsom landscaping and l ighting district advisory committee (“the committee”) is to help establish lines of communica tion between city staff and elected/appointed city bodies. The citizens’ committee may also make recommendations to the City Representative landscaping and lighting district manager, public w orks director and the neighborhood services director concerning the maintenance and associated costs to maintain and improve landscaping and lighting districts. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.020 Functions of the committee.
The committee shall have the following functions:
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A. To inform and educate landscaping and lightin g district residents as to the necessity and functions of landscaping and lighting districts, an d the associated costs to maintain and improve such districts.
B. To study and make recommendations to the City Representative landscaping and lighting district manager, public works director and neighbo rhood services director on matters related to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.030 Membership qualifications—Appointment and terms.
A. The committee shall be comprised of one person from each landscaping and lighting district.
The members shall be registered voters and resident s or owners with their respective landscaping and lighting district. The members shall serve for a period of four years.
B. The mayor shall appoint each of the members, subject to the approval of the city council.
C. The committee shall be divided into two groups: Group 1 and Group 2.
D. Four-year appointments will be alternated bet ween Group 1 and Group 2., except for appointments made in 2005, in which appointments will be made in both groups and terms of those representatives will have shortened terms.
E. The terms of the members for landscaping and lighting districts described as Group 1 shall expire on the date of the first regularly scheduled meeting of the city council in December of 2006 and the terms of the members for landscaping and li ghting districts described in Group 2 shall expire on the date of the first regularly scheduled meeting of the city council in December of 2008.
All appointments made in subsequent years will be in accordance to this section.
Group 1 will consist of:
Briggs Ranch
Hannaford Cross
Broadstone
Lake Natoma Shores
Broadstone Unit No. – 3
Broadstone No. - 4
Los Cerros
Cobble Ridge
Natoma Station
Cobble Hills Ridge II/Reflections
Prairie Oaks
Folsom Heights/California Hills
Silverbrook
Folsom Height No. 2
Prairie Oaks No. 2
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Group 2 will consist of:
American River Canyon North
Sierra Estates
American River Canyon North No. 2
Steeplechase
Blue Ravine Oaks
The residences at American River Canyon
Fieldstone Meadows
Willow Creek Estates East
Natoma Valley
Willow Creek South
La Collina dal Lago
Willow Springs
American River Canyon No. 3
Blue Ravine Oaks No. 2
Prospect Ridge
The Residences at American River Canyon II
Willow Creek Estates No. 2
F.E. New districts will be added to a group in an alternate manner beginning with Group 1. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.040 Vacancies and replacement of membership.
A. The mayor may remove any member of the committee at any time, subject to the approval of the city council. No public hearing shall be requir ed prior to removal of any member of the committee and no cause for removal need be shown.
B. A vacancy in office resulting from death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or any other cause shall be filled by an appointment from the mayor, subject to the approval of the city council.
C. A committee member is subject to disqualifica tion and removal from the committee if he or she has they have three unexcused absences from any regularly scheduled meetings. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.050 Officers.
A. The officers of the committee shall be chairperson and vice chairperson.
B. The chairperson and the vice chairperson shall be elected by the committee every year by the first meeting in February by majority vote of the committee members. An officer can be replaced by majority vote of the committee at any time. No public hearing shall be required prior to removal of the officer and no cause for removal need be shown.
C. The chairperson and vice chairperson of the c ommittee, or such other members as may be presiding in the aforementioned positions, shall no t be deprived of any of the rights or privileges
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of any member by reason of his/her occupying the ch air and may move, second, and debate from the chair, subject only to such limitations of debate as are by these rules imposed on all members.
D. The chairperson shall preside and preserve or der at all regular and special meetings of the committee.
E. In the absence of the chairperson, the vice chairperson shall perform the duties and obligations of the office of the chairperson.
F. Staff support to the committee shall be provi ded as designated by the city manager or his or her their designee. The clerk/secretary of the comm ittee shall serve as clerical support to the committee. Staff designated to support the committe e shall not be an officer or member of the committee. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.060 Meetings.
A. Regular meetings of the committee shall be he ld at City Hall, 50 Natoma Street, Folsom, California. Regular meetings shall be held on the t hird Thursday of each month, and time to be determined by the committee at the location posted on the agenda at 7:00 p.m. The committee shall not meet during the months of July and August. A re gularly scheduled meeting may be canceled at any time.
B. Special meetings may be called in the manner specified by applicable state law.
C. A quorum shall consist of a simple majority o f currently appointed landscaping and lighting representatives. Districts lacking an appointed rep resentative shall not be counted against a valid quorum. When there is no quorum present at a meetin g, the chairperson or any member of the committee shall adjourn the meeting until the next regularly scheduled meeting.
D. The chairperson or, in the absence of the chairperson, the vice chairperson shall take the chair at the hour appointed for the meeting and shall cal l the committee to order. In the absence of the chairperson and vice chairperson, the City represen tative neighborhood director or their his/her representative shall call the committee to order whereupon a temporary chairperson will be elected from among the representatives present. Upon the ar rival of the chairperson or vice chairperson, the temporary chairperson shall relinquish the chai r upon the conclusion of the item before the committee. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005)
16.56.070 Agendas—Order of business—Voting.
A. Committee members may place items on an agend a by contacting the chairperson, neighborhood services director or his/her City repr esentative. Citizens or interested parties may address the committee during public comment on agen da items or during the business from the floor portion of the meeting. Agendas shall be published as required by state law.
B. At the regular meetings of the committee, the following shall be the order of business:
1. Roll call;
2. Review of summary/minutes (if applicable);
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3. Business from the floor/good of the order;
4. Agenda items of the landscaping and lighting district advisory committee;
5. Adjournment.
C. On all matters acted upon by the committee, t he voting shall be a roll-call vote of the representatives present. The “ayes” and “noes” of t he members shall be recorded upon the summary of the meeting. All actions of the committe e shall require an affirmative vote of the majority of the committee present and eligible to vote at the particular meeting where action is to take place.
D. All rules of order not provided in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order, Revised.
E. The committee may adjourn any regular or spec ial meeting to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment, whether or not a quorum h as been established. If a quorum is not established, no business other than adjournment may be transacted. (Ord. 1030 § 2 (part), 2005) SECTION 8 SCOPE
Except as set forth in this ordinance, all other provisions of the Folsom Municipal Code shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 9 SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or p hrase in this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, invalid, or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council declares that it would have passed each section irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase be declared unconstitutional, invalid, or ineffective.
SECTION 10 NO MANDATORY DUTY
This Ordinance is not intended to and shall not be construed or given effect in a manner that imposes upon the City or any officer or employee thereof a mandatory duty of care towards persons and property within or without the City, so as to provide a basis of civil liability for damages, except as otherwise imposed by law.
SECTION 11 EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after its passage and adoption, provided it is published in full or in summary within twenty (20) days after its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.
This ordinance was introduced and the title thereof read at the regular meeting of the City Council on February 24, 2026, and the second reading occurred at the regular meeting of the City Council on March 10, 2026.
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On a motion by Councilmember seconded by Counci lmember , the foregoing ordinance was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Folsom, State of California, this 10th day of March 2026, by the following roll-call vote:
AYES: Councilmember(s):
NOES: Councilmember(s):
ABSENT: Councilmember(s):
ABSTAIN: Councilmember(s):
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Justin Raithel, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Christa Freemantle, CITY CLERK
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Staff Report
1 MEETING DATE:
2/24/2026
AGENDA SECTION:
New Business
ITEM TITLE: Presentation on the Water and Sewer Rate Study and Direction to Staff
FROM: Utilities Department
BACKGROUND / ISSUE
The City of Folsom will host its first public meeti ng about a water and sewer rate study with the Folsom City Council during this meeting. The rate s tudy will develop five-year and ten-year financial models that review operations and mainten ance expenses, capital needs, and revenue requirements that support water and sewer services. During the meeting, city staff will present and seek City Council direction related to the following:
Objectives of the study.
The rate study process.
Cost of service analysis and rate design.
Capital improvements for water and sewer services.
Surcharge rates for water supplies.
Financial reserve recommendations for water and sewer funds. Staffing needs and projections.
Legal requirements.
Public outreach.
Rate study schedule.
Current status and next steps.
Submitted,
Marcus Yasutake, Utilities Director
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