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1 ORDINANCE NO. ____________
AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING SECTIONS
10.04.035 AND 10.04.040 OF THE LANCASTER MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO VEHICULAR CRUISING
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 21100(k) of the California Vehicle Code (as then in effect), the City Council (“City Council”) of the City of Lancaster (“City”) adopted and enacted Ordinance No. 726, which added Sections 10.04.035 and 10.04.040 to the Lancaster Municipal Code (“Municipal Code”) to prohibit, subject to certain exceptions, vehicular cruising and to impose a criminal penalty for any violation; and
WHEREAS, since the City enacted Ordinance No. 726, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 436, which amended Section 21100(k) of the California Vehicle Code to delete the statutory authorization upon which Ordinance No. 726 was based; and WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to repeal Sections 10.04.035 and 10.04.040 of the Municipal Code to conform to and align with state law.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER DOES HEREBY ORDAIN, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Lancaster hereby finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. Sections 10.04.035 and 10.04.040 of the Municipal Code are hereby repealed and deleted in their entirety.
Section 3. 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 the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council 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 4. 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 adoption. 2 6
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1 I, Andrea Alexander, 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 ________________, 2025, and placed upon its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of the City Council on the ____ day of ________________, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
____________________________ ______________________________ ANDREA ALEXANDER R. REX PARRIS
City Clerk Mayor
City of Lancaster City of Lancaster
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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 ________________, ________.
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