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ORDINANCE NO. 2250 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 9.06 LEAF BLOWER RESTRICTIONS TO BAN GASOLINE- POWERED LEAF BLOWERS EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2024, WHEREAS, on October 9, 2021, Assembly Bill 1346 added Section 43018.11 of the Health and Safety Code, requiring the California Air Resources Board, by July 1, 2022, to adopt cost-effective and technologically feasible regulations to prohibit engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small off-road engines, as defined by the state board; and WHEREAS, the changes to Health and Safety Code by Assembly Bill 1346 are effective January 1, 2024, or as soon as the state board determines is feasible; and WHEREAS, in December 2021, the California Air Resource Board commenced a small off-road engines rulemaking process that provides a path for the transition of small off-road engines equipment to zero-emission equipment beginning with model year 2024; and WHEREAS, on May 2021, the City Council held a duly-noticed public hearing and approved the FY 2021/22-FY 2022/23 Work Plan that includes a priority action to adopt a City ordinance banning the use of gasoline-powered (gas-powered) leaf blowers in Pleasanton; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the Pleasanton Municipal Code implement the requirements of state law and add local policies that are within the scope of the state law; and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton’s Climate Action Plan (CAP 2.0), adopted by Resolution No. 22-1271, which was subject to an Initial Study and Negative Declaration adopted by Resolution No. 22-1270, includes sections P6 and P7, that encourages transition to electric landscape equipment and ban gas-powered leaf blowers. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Find that the proposed amendments to the Pleasanton Municipal Code have no possibility to have a significant effect on the environment per Title 14 California Code of Regulations (CEQA Guidelines) § 15061(b)(3). SECTION 2. Amends the Pleasanton Municipal Code as shown in Exhibit A, attached and incorporated by this reference. SECTION 3.A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in “The Valley Times,” a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the City Clerk’s office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. SECTION 4.This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption. Page 27 of 270