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ORDINANCE NO. 2026-624
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENS, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION 1.12.050 (C) OF
CHAPTER 1.12 OF TITLE 1 OF THE HAWAIIAN GARDENS MUNICIPAL
CODE REGARDING AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE CITATIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Hawaiian Gardens, California (“City”) is a municipal corporation, duly organized under the California Constitution and laws of the State of California;
WHEREAS, Hawaiian Gardens Municipal Code (“HGMC”) section 1.12.050 (C) specifies the classifications of officers and employees of the City who are authorized to issue citations pursuant to Penal Code section 836.5; and WHEREAS, the City has created a new position with the title, “Parking Enforcement Officer”; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to authorize the “Parking Enforcement Officer” to issue citations pursuant to Penal Code section 836.5; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance amends HGMC section 1.12.050 (C) to add “Parking Enforcement Officer” to the list of classifications of officers and employees of the City who are authorized to issue citations; and
WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and are hereby adopted and incorporated as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. Amendment. Section 1.12.50 (C) of Chapter 1.12 (Enforcement of Codes), Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Hawaiian Gardens Municipal Code is hereby amended to add paragraph 14 to read as follows: “14. Parking Enforcement Officer”.
SECTION 3. CEQA. This Ordinance is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, as it is not a “project” and has no potential to result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment. (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15378(a).). Further, Section 15378 explicitly excludes from the definition of “project”, “[o]rganizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.” (§ 15378(b)(5).) Even if the Ordinance is considered a “project” subject to CEQA, it is categorically exempt because there is no possibility that this Ordinance or its implementation would have a significant negative effect on the environment. (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3).) Staff is further directed to file a Notice 65320.00001\44418860.3
of Exemption for this Ordinance with the County Clerk and the State Clearinghouse in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any entity, person or circumstance is held for any reason to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of Hawaiian Gardens hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
SECTION 6. Records. The documents and materials associated with this Ordinance that constitute the record of proceedings on which the City Council’s findings and determinations are based are located at City Hall, 21815 Pioneer Boulevard, Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716.
SECTION 7. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance. Not later than fifteen (15) days following the passage of this Ordinance, the Ordinance, or a summary thereof, along with the names of the City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Hawaiian Gardens, California at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 11th day of February 2026.
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Maria Teresa Del Rio, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Pablo Rubio, City Clerk