Agenda Report
Fullerton City Council
MEETING DATE: APRIL 21, 2025
TO: CITY COUNCIL / SUCCESSOR AGENCY
SUBMITTED BY: LUCINDA WILLIAMS, CITY CLERK
PREPARED BY: LUCINDA WILLIAMS, CITY CLERK
SUBJECT: FULLERTON MUNICIPAL CODE RECODIFICATION
SUMMARY
Staff presents a recodified Fullerton Municipal Code for City Council adoption. Recodification comprehensively reorganizes and modernizes the municipal code into a more easily useable format for the public and city officials to access while maintaining all substantive content.
PROPOSED MOTION
Introduce Ordinance No. XXXX for first reading and waive further reading of the ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO. XXXX - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING EXISTING CITY OF FULLERTON GENERAL ORDINANCES WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE FULLERTON MUNICIPAL CODE
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS
Approve the Proposed Motion
Other options brought by City Council.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the Proposed Motion.
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
None.
PRIORITY POLICY STATEMENT
This item matches the following Priority Policy Statement:
Fiscal and Organizational Stability.
FISCAL IMPACTS
No fiscal impact to adopt the recodification. Staff included funding for recodification in the FY 2025-26 adopted budget.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Piecemeal amendments to the Fullerton Municipal Code have resulted in a disorganized and outdated Code that hinders access and reduces efficiencies. Recodification is a clerical process to reorganize and renumber chapters, consolidate provisions, update obsolete language, standardize grammatical conventions and enhance online searchability. Recodification does not alter substantive content of the adopted codes.
Staff worked with the City codification vendor, American Legal, to conduct a comprehensive recodification review and update for the Fullerton Municipal Code. All City departments and the City Attorney reviewed and approved the draft recodification. The City Clerk’s Office has a copy of the proposed recodification available for review. Staff requests City Council introduce an ordinance to accept the recodified language.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 – Draft Ordinance XXXX
cc: City Manager Eddie Manfro
FMC Recodification
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