HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 6528 2015-01-12 RESOLUTION NUMBER 6528
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO PREPARE A NEW DRAFT
OF THE SEAL BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCORPORATE
QUALITY CODE PUBLISHING'S STANDARD EDITORIAL
PROCEDURES
THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY RESOLVES, FINDS, AND DETERMINES AS
FOLLOWS:
1. The City previously retained the services of Quality Code
Publishing (QCP) to review the Seal Beach Municipal Code and recommend
changes for republication or recodification, as necessary. Based on the review
and consultation with the City Attorney, it was determined that only non-
substantive formatting and stylistic changes are required at this time.
2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to work with QCP and the City
Attorney to prepare a new draft of the Municipal Code that incorporates QCP's
Standard Editorial Procedures as presented to the City Council at its meeting on
January 12, 2015.
3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at a
regular meeting held on January 12, 2015 by the following vote:
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I, Tina Knapp, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number 6528 on file in
the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at
a regular meeting held on the 12th day of January , 2015.
City Clerk
QCP STANDARD EDITORIAL PROCEDURES
Following is a brief overview of QCP's editorial procedures, which are based on the Associated
Press (AP) style handbook. These guidelines may be amended as the city prefers.
A. Capitalization
I. City officers and agencies are lowercase unless the full title is given, as in "City Man-
ager John Doe," City Councilmember Jane Doe," "Seal Beach Department of Public
Works," "City Council of Seal Beach," "Mayor Elizabeth Doe," and so on.
Otherwise: city council, department of public works, finance director, fire chief,
mayor, etc.
2. State and Federal officers, departments, agencies etc. are capitalized, as in "Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles," "Internal Revenue Service," "Federal Communications
Commission," "State Revenue Department," etc.
3. If a full title /chapter /section number: "Chapter 3.54," Title 2," "Section 8.12.020," etc.
If alone without a corresponding number, then not capitalized, as in "this chapter,"
"this section."
4. "State of California" and "City of Seal Beach" are capitalized, but "state law," "the
city," federal statute," etc.
B. Numerals
All numerals, as in 7 days, 80 feet, $253, 15 %, 7:00 p.m., 8:00 a.m.
However, spell "one."
C. Outlining
Whenever a code section, because of its length, requires a logical division into lettered and
numbered parts, the following system of lettering, numbering, and indentation is used:
A., B., C., etc. will indicate subsections, the first level of division.
L, 2., 3., etc. will indicate paragraphs, the second level of division.
a., b., c., etc. will indicate subparagraphs, the third level of division.
i., ii., iii., etc. will indicate subparagraphs, the fourth level of division.
(A), (B), (C), etc. will indicate the fifth level of division.
(1), (2), (3), etc., will indicate the sixth level of division.
(a), (b), (c), etc. will indicate the seventh level of division.
Note: In sections that contain lists of definitions, individual definitions are not lettered or num-
bered. Definitions are set out in alphabetical order, as in:
"Bicycle parking zone" means that space reserved exclusively for the parking of bicy-
cles.
"Block" means one side of any street between the next intersecting streets.
"Curb" means the lateral boundary of the roadway whether such curb is marked by
curbing construction or not.
D. Section History Notes
Section history notes will be arranged in chronological order, latest ordinance first, includ-
ing the year of adoption, as in: (Ord. 1524, 2014; Ord. 1508, 2012; Ord. 1212, 2001)
E. Changing Language to be Gender Neutral
The entire code will be gender neutral. Examples:
"He" to "he or she," as in "The city manager shall prepare the budget annually and
submit it to the city council, and he or she shall be responsible for its administration
after adoption."
"His," "him" or "himself' to be "his or her," "him or her" or "himself or herself," as in
"The city manager may designate in writing a qualified administrative officer of the
city to perform his or her duties during his or her temporary absence.
"Policeman" to "police officer," "fireman" to "firefighter," "councilman" to "coun-
cilmember," "chairman' to "chair," "flagman" to `flagger," etc.
► If you have concerns about any of QCP's editorial procedures, please bring them up so that
we may arrive at an editorial style that conforms to the city's wishes.
► The city representative's signature below confirms the city's understanding and approval of
the editorial procedures described herein.
The city specifically approves the following editorial procedures
A. Capitalization:
[X ] yes [ ] no
B. Numerals:
[X ] yes [ ] no
C. Outlining
[X ] yes [ ] no
D. History Notes
[X ] yes [ ] no
E. Changing Language to be Gender Neutral
[X ] yes [ ] no
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SEAL BEACH
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