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ORDINANCE NO. _____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 8.70 TO
THE LANCASTER MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING USE
OF GASOLINE POWERED LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT BY
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE BUSINESSES
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to exercise its authority under Sections 5 and 7 of Article XI of the California Constitution and Section 100 of the Charter of the City of Lancaster to modify its prohibition on the use of gasoline powered landscape equipment by landscape maintenance businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 8.70 is hereby amended as follows:
Section 8.70.020 is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“8.70.020 - Prohibition against use of gasoline powered landscape equipment.
Effective April 1, 2027, a landscape maintenance business shall not use gasoline powered landscape equipment within the city.”
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is held for any reason to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of t e remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Lancaster hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law in that regard and this Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its final passage. 4 2
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I, Andrea Alexander, City Clerk of the City of Lancaster, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading on the __ day of _______, 2024, and placed upon its second reading and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the ___ day of _____, 2024 by the vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
ANDREA ALEXANDER R. REX PARRIS
City Clerk Mayor
City of Lancaster City of Lancaster
STATE OF CALIFORNIA) )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF LANCASTER )
CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCE
CITY COUNCIL
I, ________________________, ________________________City of Lancaster, California, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Ordinance No. ________, for which the original is on file in my office.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, on this _________ day of _________________, __________
(seal)