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Page 2 of 5 RECOMMENDATION Introduce the omnibus ordinance and waive first reading, and adopt two resolutions. BACKGROUND The municipal code must be amended regularly to reflect new California laws as well as actual City practices. These routine updates are combined into a single omnibus ordinance. Two resolutions are also proposed to amend the Purchasing Procedures and Manual to better guide contracting, and update the Master Fee Schedule. DISCUSSION Each of the proposed amendments to the municipal code are described below and shown in Attachment 1. In Chapter 1.22 Voluntary campaign contribution and expenditure limitation - Changes to California law (AB 571) have made certain election campaign contribution limits newly applicable to candidates for local office. Now, a local candidate that has qualified as a committee must establish a separate controlled committee and campaign bank account for each specific office. Local candidates may not redesignate a committee for one election for another election. An amendment is proposed to state that requirement in §1.22.025. In Chapter 1.24 Administrative Citations - Under the current municipal code, a person with property that violates the zoning code (for example, illegal use of property, unpermitted outdoor storage, etc.) is subject to a criminal infraction (see Ch. 1.12 General Penalty) or a civil injunction (see Ch. 1.16 injunctive Relief). In staff’s experience, administrative citations are a more effective means of achieving code compliance, and are allowed for zoning code violations under Cal. Government Code §53069.4. Amendments are proposed to §§1.24.010 and 1.24.030 to allow citations for zoning code violations. In Chapter 5.20 Exemptions - Recent changes to California law (SB 234 amending Cal. Health & Safety Code §1597.45(b)) now exempt large and small family day care homes from local business license requirements. An amendment is proposed to state that exemption in Title 5 Business Licensing and Taxation, Chapter 5.20 Exemptions. In Chapter 6.56 Alarms - Amend §6.56.050 Termination of police service. Police Department patrol units respond to commercial and residential alarms, but over 95% are false alarms. To encourage proper system operation, and discourage false alarms, the City imposes fines for false alarms. Fines were set in 1985 and have not changed for almost 40 years. The proposed amendment would update the code to reflect actual department practices for responding to multiple false alarms, update fines in the Master Fee Schedule to reflect a portion of the actual cost of police response, maintain higher fines for repeat false alarms (allowed by Cal. Govt. Code §36901), and include an automatic inflation adjustment. In Chapter 13.08 Parks and Recreation Facilities – Amend §13.08.080 Dogs in public parks. To prevent animal waste on tennis, pickleball, volleyball and bocce ball courts, and damage to court surfacing, an amendment is proposed to prohibit dogs from these courts, whether leashed or unleashed. This is similar to the existing prohibition of dogs in the fenced areas of the softball and baseball fields. Page 7 of 559