Ordinance No. 947 - Amending Chapter 1.20 of the Rosemead Municipal Code Relating to Preliminary Review of Administrative CitationsORDINANCE NO. 947
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ROSEMEAD
AMENDING CHAPTER 1.20 OF THE ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS
WHEREAS, Chapter 1.20.090 of the City of Rosemead Municipal Code provides
for Preliminary Review of administrative citations upon timely request; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to expand the scope of preliminary reviews
of administrative citations;
NOW, THEREFORE, Chapter 1.20.090 of the Rosemead Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as stated on Attachment A, attached hereto and by this
reference incorporated herein.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
THIS 13 DAY OF JANUARY, 2015.
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William Alarcon, Mayor
City of Rosemead, California
ATTEST:
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City of Rosemead, California:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Rachel H. Richman, City Attorney
Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
1.20.090 - Preliminary Review.
A. A person issued an administrative citation may request a preliminary review, if the request
is made within fourteen (14) days of the date the citation is issued. A notice of
noncorrection of a building violation shall not be subject to a request for preliminary
review.
B. To obtain a review, the citee shall contact the City Manager's office within fourteen (14)
days of the date the citation was issued. The citee must present a copy of the citation and a
completed and signed written request stating the reasons for the preliminary review. All
requests shall be date stamped upon receipt.
C. The preliminary review shall be conducted by the City Manager or designee. The reviewer
shall not be the Enforcement Officer who issued the citation. The purpose of the review is
to uncover and cancel any mistakenly issued citations due to errors that are easily
verifiable, or to resolve factual disputes concerning the violation that is the subject of the
citation, or to present information as to the reasons that citation should not have been
issued, or other extenuating circumstances regarding the citee's ability to comply within
the indicated time frames.
D. The preliminary review shall consist of a review of the citation and the written request and
any other evidence submitted at the time of the request by the citee and, at the discretion of
the reviewer, any other related information. The City Manager or designee shall complete
the review of the matter within five working days of receipt of the request, or the citation
shall be cancelled.
E. The citee shall be notified of the results of the review by being given a written notice of
the decision by the City Manager or designee. The citee may also be given additional
notice by facsimile, text message, or email when practicable.
F. If the reviewer concludes that no code violation occurred or that the citee was not
responsible for the violation, the citation shall be canceled.
G. The City Manager or designee shall also have the authority to extend any time periods for
compliance, including the fine due date. If no extensions are provided by the City
Manager, any time period for compliance including the fine due date, the time any
correction period ends, and the time to request an administrative hearing shall remain the
same.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF ROSEMEAD 1
I, Gloria Molleda, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 947 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regularly meeting of the City Council on the 9th of December, 2014. Thereafter, said Ordinance
was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 13th of January, 2015
by the following vote to wit:
Yes:
Alarcon, Clark, Low, Ly
No:
None
Abstain:
None
Absent:
Armenta
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Gloria Molleda
City Clerk
ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
807.7 STAFF REPORT
TO:' THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JEFF ALLRED, CITY MANAGER
DATE: JANUARY 13, 2015
SUBJECT: ORDINANCE NO. 947 —SECOND READING: AMENDING MUNICIPAL
CODE CHAPTER 1.20 RELATING TO PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS
SUMMARY
On December 9, 2014, the City Council introduced Ordinance No. 947, amending
chapter 1.20 of the municipal code relating to preliminary review of administrative
citations. Ordinance No. 947 is now before Council at the required second reading for
adoption.
Staff Recommendation
Staff requests that City Council ADOPT Ordinance No. 947 at its second reading.
PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS
This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process.
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GLORIA MOLLEDA
CITY CLERK
Attachment A — Ordinance No. 947
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