Item No. 25
AGENDA REPORT
DATE: June 9, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Ana V. Sauseda, Director of General Services/City Clerk Trevor Benson, Public Safety Manager
SUBJECT: Second Reading of Ordinance No. 454
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council conduct a public hearing to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 454, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Yucaipa, California, Adopting by Reference Section
16.0226 of Chapter 2 of Division 6 of Title 1 of the San Bernardino County Code to Establish a Schedule of Fees for Firearms Storage and Other Sheriff s Department Services Rendered Within the City.
Attachment(s):
1. Ordinance No. 454
2. Notice of Public Hearing
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ATTACHMENT 1
ORDINANCE NO. 454
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YUCAIPA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE SECTION 16.0226 OF
CHAPTER 2 OF DIVISION 6 OF TITLE 1 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY CODE TO ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR
FIREARMS STORAGE AND OTHER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
SERVICES RENDERED WITHIN THE CITY
WHEREAS, the City of Yucaipa contracts with the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department to provide law -enforcement services, including the secure intake and storage of firearms that must be surrendered under federal or state law; and WHEREAS, Section 16.0226 of the San Bernardino County Code establishes a schedule of fees that reimburses the Sheriff's Department for the direct costs of receiving, cataloging, storing, and releasing surrendered firearms; and
WHEREAS, adopting that fee schedule for firearms -storage services rendered within the City will promote consistency with surrounding jurisdictions, recover the City's contract costs, and ensure that those who use the service bear its reasonable cost; and WHEREAS, the City Council therefore desires to incorporate Section 16.0226 of the San Bernardino County Code into the Yucaipa Municipal Code by reference, except where the Council has established a different fee.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YUCAIPA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Adoption by Reference.
Section 2.28.055 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code is hereby adopted to read as follows:
2.28.055 Adoption by Reference of Section 16.0266 of San Bernardino County Code Section 16.0226 of the San Bernardino County Code, as codified Chapter 2 of Division 6 of Title 1 of the San Bernardino County Code, by which the Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County has fixed the fees for services provided by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department personnel, is adopted by reference for those same services when provided by San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department personnel within the jurisdiction of the City of Yucaipa, except to the extent such fees have been otherwise established by the Yucaipa City Council.
Section 2. Severability.
If any provision of this Ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, such invalidity has no effect on the other provisions or applications of the Ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this extent, the provisions
of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance irrespective of the invalidity of any portion thereof.
Section 3. CEQA.
The adoption of this ordinance is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the following, each a separate and independent basis: CEQA Guidelines, Section 15378 (not a project) and Section 15061 (b)(3) (no significant environmental impact).
Section 4. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from its passage by the City Council of the City of Yucaipa.
Section 5. Publication and Posting.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause the following summary of this Ordinance to be published by a newspaper of general circulation that is printed, published, and circulated in the City of Yucaipa.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 9th day of June, 2025.
Jon Thorp, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM
Ana V. Sauseda, MMC Steven Graham Pacifico
Director of General Services/City Clerk City Attorney
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Yucaipa City Council will hold a public hearing on the date and time indicated below to receive and consider the oral and written statements of all persons who wish to be heard relative to the proposal(s) described below. Please note that the City Council may amend, in whole or in part, the proposal(s).
Please check the City Council agenda for the June 9, 2025 meeting, which will be available on the City's website w www.yucaipa.gov at least 72 hours prior to the start of the Council meeting for information as to how to participate in the City Council meeting.
HEARING DATE:
HEARING TIME:
HEARIN AT:
PROPOSAL:
LOCATION:
ON FILE:
June 9, 2025
6:00 p.m. (or as soon as possible thereafter)
Yucaipa City Hall — 34272 Yucaipa Blvd, Yucaipa, CA 92399 Ordinance No. 454 Firearms Storage Fees. The purpose of this proposed ordinance is to adopt a new user fee related to the storage and retrieval of firearms by the Yucaipa Police Department.
City-wide
Project information and documentation, including the comprehensive user fee schedule, as proposed to be updated, and data indicating the amount of cost or estimated cost required to provide the services and revenue sources anticipated to provide the services, will be available on the City's website at wvwv.yucaipa.gov. Additional backup related to how the proposed fee was derived will be made available upon request of the City Clerk.
PLEASE NOTE that if you challenge any decision regarding the above proposal(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised during public testimony regarding that proposal or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are invited to attend said hearing and express opinions or submit evidence for or against the proposal(s) as outlined above. If there are any further questions, please contact Trevor Benson, Public Safety Manager, at (909) 797-2489, ext. 260, or at [email protected].