6562ORDINANCE NO. 6562
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
AMENDING CHAPTER 3.04 OF TITLE 3 OF THE
ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE AND FINDING AND
DETERMINING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT
SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT (CEQA) BECAUSE IT WILL NOT
RESULT IN A DIRECT OR REASONABLY
FORESEEABLE INDIRECT PHYSICAL CHANGE IN
THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THERE IS NO
POSSIBILITY IT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND IT IS NOT A
PROJECT PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES
SECTIONS 15060(C)(2), 15060(C)(3) AND 15378
WHEREAS, pursuant to the City's police power, as granted broadly under Article XI,
Section 7 of the California Constitution and Section 400 of the City Charter, the City Council has
the authority to enact and enforce ordinances and regulations for the public peace, health and
welfare of the City and its residents; and
WHEREAS, Title 3 of the Anaheim Municipal Code imposes license taxes upon
businesses, trades, professions, calling and occupations in the City of Anaheim; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.24.010 (Contractors — License Tax) requires every person who
engages in the business of general or engineering contracting within the City ("Contractors") to
pay a license tax; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.24.010 (Contractors — License Tax), the term
Contractor includes subcontractor and specialty contractor; and
WHEREAS, any person required or desiring to obtain a business license pursuant to Title
3 must submit a license application submitting the information required by the City in the
manner designated by the Collector, which is the City official charged with the administration of
Title 3; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 15.03 (Building Standards Codes and Administrative
Provisions pertaining to Building and Construction), the City Council of the City of Anaheim has
adopted, by reference, the 2022 Edition of the California Building Code that among other things,
requires an owner or an owner's authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair,
move, demolish or change the occupancy of a building or structure, to make an application to the
City's Building Official and obtain the required permit; and
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WHEREAS, the City's Building Official may suspend or revoke a permit issued pursuant
to Chapter 15.03 whenever the permit is issued in error or on the basis of incorrect, inaccurate or
incomplete information; and
WHEREAS, prior to building permit issuance, Contractors must provide a
Subcontractors/Professional Service List identifying the licensing information for all contractors,
subcontractors, professional services and individuals performing any work on building structures
or projects; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to expand the scope of the information disclosed by
Contractors to include any final determinations for state or federal labor code violations within
the prior five (5) years, and make the same disclosures applicable only to projects involving 20
or more residential dwelling units or 20,000 or more square feet of commercial or industrial
development; and
WHEREAS, these disclosures are intended to recognize and promote the value of fair
labor and business practices; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Title 1 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, the Community
Preservation Manager and Community Preservation Officer have the duty and authority to
enforce Titles 3 and 15 of the Anaheim Municipal Code and also collect a fee intended to
provide full cost recovery for administrative and operational costs expended for inspection or
reinspection, which fees are separate and apart from any fines or penalties imposed for violation
of the Anaheim Municipal Code or State law; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources
Code Section 21000 et seq. herein referred to as "CEQA") and the State of California Guidelines
for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (commencing with Section
15000 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations; herein referred to as the "State CEQA
Guidelines"), the City is the "lead agency" for the preparation and consideration of
environmental documents for this Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that this Ordinance is not subject to
CEQA pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, because
it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment
because there is no possibility it will have a significant effect on the environment and it is not a
"project", as defined in Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That new subsections .080, .090, and .095 of Section 3.04.140 (License
Application) of Chapter 3.04 (General Provisions) of Title 3 (Business Licenses) of the Anaheim
Municipal Code be, and the same are, hereby added to read in full as follows:
.080 If the application is for Contractors as defined in Chapter 3.24 of this
Title, at least ten (10) business days prior to permit issuance, Contractors shall
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under penalty of perjury provide a complete list of all subcontractors, professional
services or individuals for which a license is required under this Title on a form
provided by the Collector and/or the Building Official as that term is defined in
Chapter 15.05 of Title 15.
At any time between permit issuance and final inspection, if a change occurs in
any information submitted to the City pursuant to this Section, Contractors shall
submit updated information to the City within 72 hours of Contractors'
knowledge of such change, excluding weekends and Holidays. If a Contractor is
a subcontractor, the subcontractor must submit updated information to the
Contractor within 72 hours of subcontractor's knowledge of such change,
excluding weekends and Holidays.
.090 If an applicant is applying for a permit under this Code to perform work on
a project consisting of 20 or more residential dwelling units or 20,000 or more
square feet of commercial and industrial development, the information provided
pursuant to subsection .080 of Section 3.04.140 shall disclose any final
determinations pertaining to state or federal labor code violations and any
criminal convictions, judgments or penalties paid to a government agency related
to the provisions of the California Labor Code or the Federal Labor Standards Act
within the prior 5 years.
.095 It shall be unlawful for any applicant to fail to comply with the
requirements of this section and failure to comply shall be deemed to be a
violation of Chapter 3.04. Failure to provide correct, accurate and complete
information to the Building Official is also a violation of Chapter 15.03 and the
City shall have the unqualified right to suspend or revoke building permits
pursuant to the California Building Code as adopted by the City of Anaheim
pursuant to Chapter 15.03.
SECTION 2. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA
Guidelines because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment, because there is no possibility it will have a significant effect on the
environment, and it is not a "project", as defined in Section 15378 of the State CEQA
Guidelines.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares that should any section,
paragraph, sentence, phrase, term or word of this Ordinance be declared for any reason to be
invalid, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have adopted all other portions of this
Ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared
invalid. If any section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for
any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have
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passed this Ordinance, and each section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause and phrase
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (or more) section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
Neither the adoption of this Ordinance nor the repeal of any other ordinance of this City
shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or
penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof. The provisions of this
Ordinance, insofar as they are substantially the same as ordinance provisions previously adopted
by the City relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and
continuations, and not as new enactments.
SECTION 5. CERTIFICATION.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance
or a summary thereof to be printed once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim
Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Anaheim.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after its final
passage.
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THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 7th day of November , 2023, and
passed and adopted on the 2R day of November , 2023, by the following roll call
vote:
Mayor Aitken and Council Members Rubalcava, Leon,
AYES: Kurtz, Faessel and Meeks
NOES: Council Member Diaz
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
ITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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CITY OF ANAHEIM
By:
AYOR OF T ITY OF-AHEIM
CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, THERESA BASS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the
original Ordinance No. 6562 introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Anaheim, held on the 7th day of November, 2023, and that the same was duly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 28th day of November, 2023, by the
following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Aitken and Council Members Rubalcava, Leon, Kurtz, Faessel and Meeks
NOES: Council Member Diaz
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 2911 of November, 2023.
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clerk of the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper that has been
adjudged to be a newspaper of general circulation by the
Superior Court of the County of Orange County, State of
California, on December 28, 1951, Case No. A-21021 in and
for the City of Irvine , County of Orange County, State of
California; that the notice, of which the annexed is a true
printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire
issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on
the following dates, to wit:
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laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and
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SUMMARY PUBLICATION
CITY OF ANAHEIM
ORDINANCE NO. 6562
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AMENDING CHAPTER 3.04 OF TITLE 3 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE AND
FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT (CEQA) BECAUSE IT WILL NOT RESULT INA DIRECTOR REASONABLY FORESEEABLE INDIRECT PHYSICALCHANGE IN
THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY IT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
AND IT IS NOT A PROJECT PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15060(C)(2), 15o60(C)(3) AND 15378
This ordinance amends Chapter 3.04 (General Provisions) of Title 3 (Business Licenses) of the Anaheim Municipal Code to require
Subcontractors to disclose recent labor code Violations when obtaining a business license.
I, Theresa Bass, City Clerkof the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Is a summary of Ordlnance No. 6562, which ordinance
was Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim on the 7th day of November, 2023 and was duly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of sold Council on the 28t1]j 01-_N1) 'e lbe.G_2023. by the following roll call vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Aitken and Council Members Rubalcava, Leon, Kurtz, Faessel and Meeks
NOES: Council Member Diaz
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
The above summary Is a brief description of the subject matter contained In the text of Ordinance No. 6562, which has been prepared
Pursuant to Section 512 of the Charter of the City of Anaheim. This summary does not Include or describe every provision of the ordinance
and should not be relled on as a substitute for the full text of the ordinance.
To obtain a copy of the full text of the ordinance, please contact the Office of the City Clerk, (714) 765-5166, between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM,
Monday through Friday. There 1s no charge for the copy.
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, THERESA BASS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is the original Ordinance No. 6562 and was published in the Anaheim Bulletin on the Ph
day of December, 2023, pursuant to Section 512 of the City Charter of the City of
Anaheim.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)