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BACKGROUND As a general law city, many of the provisions of the Pleasanton Municipal Code must reflect California law. Each year, city staff track changes in state law and propose related municipal code amendments. In addition, the municipal code can be updated to reflect current city practices, as well as delete out-of-date provisions and references. Many of these changes are too minor to warrant a stand-alone staff report and council action. Thus, staff combines these non-controversial updates into a single omnibus ordinance. During this omnibus review, related changes are often proposed to the Master Fee Schedule and for resolutions to reflect other city practices. DISCUSSION Each of the proposed amendments to the municipal code are described below and shown in Attachment 1.1 §1.24.125 Right to judicial review. Amendment to clarify that an action, not solely a petition, may be filed pursuant to Cal. Government Code §53069.4 by a person aggrieved by an administrative decision. Also updates reference from municipal court to superior court because California no longer has municipal courts. Ch. 3.40 Delete the expired North Sycamore area development impact fee. The North Sycamore Area Development Impact Fee was adopted in 1999 by Ordinance No. 1772, and is codified in Chapter 3.40. By its terms (see §3.40.120), the fee expired after fifteen years in 2014. Chapter 3.40 is proposed to be removed from the municipal code because this fee has expired and is no longer in effect. No related change is proposed for the Master Fee Schedule as this fee was no longer listed therein after its expiration. §§11.52.010 — 11.52.050 Remove local bicycle licensing requirement. For many years, the Police Department has noted that bicycle theft and resale occurs via on-line platforms nationally for valuable bicycles, and less valuable bicycles are chopped up for parts or scrap metal. As such, the local registration of bicycles to aid recovery after theft is no longer effective. Therefore, the local bicycle registration requirements in §§11.52.010-050, first adopted by Ordinance No. 819 in 1977 are proposed to be deleted, as well as the bicycle licensing fees in the Master Fee Schedule (see below). The Police Department will instead refer interested bicycle owners to 529 Garage, a national bicycle registration company. 529 Garage has joined with the National Bike Registry to create the largest online bicycle registry in the United States. Registration with 529 Garage is free of charge. §11.64.060 Clarify rights of special event street closure permit holders. When an organization or person receives a special event street closure permit or a parade permit ' The ordinance shows proposed amendments in track changes. If introduced by the council on May 1st, at the subsequent meeting where the ordinance is adopted /second reading, the amendments will be shown in final form as required by the code compilation company. Page 2 of 5