10.101.
Discrimination. There shall be no discrimination
with respect to any County position, contract or other County action
because of race; creed; color; age; religion; national origin; gender;
disability; ancestry; political affiliation or activity or lack thereof;
or union membership or non-membership.
10.102.
Any officer or employee of the County whose pay is fixed by
this Charter or by ordinance may not receive additional pay for any
other services or duties for the County.
10.103.
No former Council member or former elected County Officer shall
appear before any County official or body as an "Elected local government
official lobbyist" as defined in Section 105.470, RSMo., until one
(1) year after leaving the office to which the Council member or elected
County Officer was elected.
10.104.
No former elected County Officer shall hold any compensated
appointive office or employment with the County until one (1) year
after the expiration of the term for which the elected County Officer
was elected. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit
the County or the Council from selecting any current or former elected
County Officer to represent the County on the governing boards of
any regional or other intergovernmental agency.
10.130.
Automated Traffic Enforcement Systems. Notwithstanding any other provision of this St. Charles County Charter,
red light cameras or similar photograph devices or automated traffic
enforcement systems may not be used in enforcing traffic regulations
adopted by St. Charles County or by any municipality within St. Charles
County that prohibit drivers from entering intersections when controlled
by red traffic lights, and no such municipality may exercise the legislative
power to use such cameras or devices or systems. This prohibition
is the only limit imposed by this Charter upon the County or any municipality
within it in performing their functions of regulating traffic and
imposes no additional costs that need to be financed.
The Articles, Sections, Paragraphs, Subparagraphs, sentences,
clauses, and all other parts of this Charter are severable, it being
the purpose of this Charter to provide for the Government of St. Charles
County, Missouri, in compliance in all respects with applicable law
governing said County. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall
adjudge invalid any one (1) or more Articles, Sections, Paragraphs,
Subparagraphs, sentences, clauses or other parts of this Charter,
such judgment or decree shall not affect, impair, invalidate or nullify
the remainder of this Charter, but the effect thereof shall be confined
to the Articles, Sections, Paragraphs, Subparagraphs, sentences, clauses
or other parts of this Charter so adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional.
Other provisions in this Charter notwithstanding, no department
head appointed prior to the adoption of this Charter shall be required
to fulfill residency qualifications as specified herein; excepting,
however, that if at the time of adoption of this Charter, or any time
thereafter, a department head is, or becomes a resident of St. Charles
County, such residency qualifications shall be required as specified.
10.401.
No officer or employee of the County, whether elected or appointed,
shall in any manner whatsoever be interested in or receive any benefit
from the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work, activity,
function, or service for the County. No officer or employee shall
act or refrain from acting in any capacity in which he is lawfully
empowered to act as such an official or employee by reason of any
payment, offer to pay, promise to pay, or receipt of anything of actual
pecuniary value, other than compensation to be paid by the County.
No candidate for County office, County officer-elect, serving County
officer or County employee shall knowingly accept any service or thing
of value, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation
having dealings with the County, upon more favorable terms than those
granted to the public generally. The County shall make a list of entities
having dealings with the County available to all candidates and County
officer-elects as well as serving County officers and employees. No
officer or employee shall knowingly receive, directly or indirectly,
any part of any fee, commission or other compensation paid by or payable
to the County, or by any person in connection with any dealings with
the County, or by any person in connection with any dealing with or
proceedings before any office, officer, department, board, commission
or other agency of the County. No such officer or employee shall directly
or indirectly be the broker or agent who procures or receives any
compensation in connection with the procurement of any type of bonds
for County Officers, employees or persons or firms doing business
with the County guaranteeing the performance of any contract with
the County.
10.402.
No officer or employee shall use confidential information obtained
in the course of or by reason of his employment or official capacity
in any manner with intent to result in financial gain for himself,
his spouse, his dependent child in his custody, or any business with
which he is associated. No officer or employee shall disclose confidential
information obtained in the course of or by reason of his employment
or official capacity in any manner with intent to result in financial
gain for himself or any other person.
10.403.
The provisions of this Section shall be broadly construed and
strictly enforced for the purpose of preventing candidates for County
office, County officers elect, or serving County officers and employees
from securing any pecuniary advantages, however indirect, from their
public affiliations, other than their County compensation.
10.404.
Any officer or employee of the County who willfully conceals
any such interest or violates any of the provisions of this Section
shall forfeit his office. Any contract made in violation of this Section
may be declared void by the County Executive or by resolution of the
County Council.
10.405.
The County Council may enact ordinances to guard against injustices
and to supplement the provisions and extend prohibitions against conflicts
of interest not inconsistent herewith.
10.406.
All officers and employees of the County shall be bound by all
applicable laws that pertain to conflicts of interest of such officers
and employees such as those contained in the Revised Statutes of Missouri,
1991, or its successor Statutes.
10.501.
In order to eliminate duplication of services and to provide
for an equitable distribution of costs to all County residents, all
departments, officers, boards and commissions provided for in this
Charter, or later created, shall cooperate and coordinate their respective
activities with the cities, towns, and villages and special purpose
districts of the County. Any new service or activity provided for
or available to all unincorporated County residents, shall be provided
to or made available for all municipal residents provided such new
service or activity is requested by resolution of the city, town,
or village.
10.502.
Any City, Town, or Village of this County may contract with
the County for service delivery by either entity on a proportional
cost basis. The County is hereby prohibited from setting fees or otherwise
assessing charges in contracts with Cities, Towns, or Villages within
the County in excess of the actual cost of delivering such service,
excepting however, such State Statutory requirements for those charges
such as for election or assessment of property. All service contracts
and rates shall be subject to validation by independent audits by
the City, Town, or Village.
10.503.
New Incorporation.
10.503.1.
Prior to the adoption of any ordinance submitting
the question of incorporation of a city, town, or village, to the
voters, or prior to the declaration that any town or village is incorporated,
the County Council shall hold a public hearing to determine whether
the proposed incorporation meets the requirements of applicable law.
10.503.2.
The language of the ballot proposition of
incorporation must state all taxes to be established to provide municipal
services.
10.503.3.
After determining the existence of the aforementioned
circumstances, the ordinance of incorporation shall be passed upon
the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the County Council,
subject to the approval of the County Executive.
10.601.
Nothing in this Charter, nor any ordinance adopted by the County
Council, shall prohibit the rebatement to the Cities, Towns, or Villages
of road and bridge taxes collected on properties within such jurisdictions.
The County shall continue its rebatement program and shall not reduce
the percentage of tax rebated to Cities, Towns, or Villages below
the percentage level rebated in the year 1991.
10.602.
All equipment, facilities, infrastructure and other County held
assets shall remain the property of County's residents and shall
be uniformly available and procured for public use until disposed
of as provided by applicable law.
10.603.
The County shall not intervene, or otherwise participate, in
favor of, or in opposition to, any annexation of territory to any
City, Town, or Village, unless and until the City, Town or Village
shall present a purported annexation to the County that County officials
determine violates the requirements of the Missouri Constitution or
Statutes. Either the County Prosecuting Attorney or the County Counselor
shall have the authority to bring any appropriate legal action to
resolve the validity of such annexation.
10.604.
Nothing in this Charter, nor any ordinance adopted by the County
Council, shall reduce or eliminate any County services provided within
any municipality unless such service is uniformly reduced or eliminated
throughout the County or except where mutually agreed by the affected
City, Town, or Village.
10.605.
This Charter and all ordinances, resolutions, orders and proceedings
of the County Council may be proved by the certificate of the Registrar
of the County Council under the County's Seal, and the same or
copies thereof when so certified or when printed and published by
authority of the County Council shall be received in evidence in cases
and places, and by all courts, in accordance with law and Appellate
Court decisions.
Copies of the books, records and papers, or parts thereof, of
any department, office, officer, board, commission or agency of the
County, and copies of any instrument filed for record or with the
Registrar, when duly certified by the officer having custody and control
thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of the recitals therein contained
and shall be received in evidence in all places and by all courts
without further proof, provided that same meet and comply with the
rules of evidence as established by law and the decisions of the Appellate
Courts of the State of Missouri.
10.606.
If a Code or other volume or volumes containing this Charter
or the ordinances, resolutions or orders of the County be published
by authority of the County Council, the same shall be received in
evidence in all courts and other places without further proof, provided
that same meet and comply with the rules of evidence as established
by law and the decisions of the Appellate Courts of the State of Missouri.
10.607.
Any fees authorized by law to any officer or employee of the
County or courts, except notaries public, shall be transferred to
the General Fund of the County, unless otherwise provided by applicable
law.
10.608.
If before January 1, 1993, the County Commission was serving
any Drainage District as its Board of Trustees, then after January
1, 1993, such Board of Trustees shall be appointed by the County Council
from the residents of the Drainage District.
10.609.
In the event that any of the powers or duties of Counties or
County Officers prescribed by the Constitution or by Statute are withdrawn
or assumed by the State, the implementation thereof and the closing
or abolition of any County office may be effectuated by ordinance.
10.701.
Elections for elective County offices shall be held on a partisan
basis with independent candidates running in accordance with applicable
law.
10.702.
Filing fees and procedures shall be determined by applicable
law.
10.703.
The Director of Elections shall be the election authority for
the County.
10.704.
Before entering into his duties, every officer shall file with
the Director of Elections a certificate of election or appointment
and shall take and shall subscribe before and file with the Director
of Elections, his oath or affirmation that he possesses all the qualifications
of the office to which he is chosen, he is not subject to any disqualifications
in this Charter named, that he will support the Constitution of the
United States and of the State of Missouri and that he will demean
himself faithfully in office.
[Ord. No. 18-070, 8-27-2018[1]]
10.801.
Title. This Section shall be known as the St. Charles County Smoke-Free
Air Act of 2018.
10.802.
BAR
BUSINESS
CASINO
CIGAR BAR
ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYER
ENCLOSED
GAMBLING FACILITY
HEALTH CARE FACILITY
HOOKAH
MEMBERSHIP CLUB
10.802.1.
10.802.2.
10.802.3.
10.802.4.
10.802.5.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC PLACE
RESTAURANT
RETAIL TOBACCO STORE
SMOKING
SPORTS ARENA
Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this
Section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Subsection:
An establishment devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages
for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving
of food is only incidental to the consumption of those beverages,
including, but not limited to, taverns, nightclubs, cocktail lounges,
and cabarets.
A sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
limited liability company (LLC), or other business entity, either
for-profit or not-for-profit, including retail establishments where
goods or services are sold; professional corporations and other entities
where legal, medical, dental, engineering, architectural, or other
professional services are delivered.
An excursion gambling boat licensed or regulated by the Missouri
Gaming Commission under provisions of Sections 313.800 to 313.850
of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, as amended.
A business with a permit to sell alcoholic beverages that
generates twenty-five percent (25%) or more of its quarterly gross
revenue from the sale of cigars, pipes, pipe tobacco, humidors and/or
the rental of humidor space, has a humidor on the premises, and does
not allow any individuals under eighteen (18) years of age to enter
the establishment.
Any product containing or delivering nicotine or any other
substance intended for human consumption that can be used by a person
in any manner for the purpose of inhaling vapor or aerosol from the
product. The term shall include any such device, whether manufactured,
distributed, marketed or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe,
e-hookah, or vape pen, or under any other product name or descriptor.
A person who is employed by an employer in consideration
for direct or indirect monetary wages or profit or a person who volunteers
his or her services for a non-profit entity.
A person, business, partnership, association, corporation,
including a municipal corporation, trust, or non-profit entity that
employs the services of one (1) or more individual persons.
Encompassing all space between a floor and a ceiling that
is bounded on more than two (2) sides by walls, doorways, or windows,
whether open or closed. A wall includes any retractable divider, garage
door, or other physical barrier, whether temporary or permanent and
whether or not containing openings of any kind.
Any establishment where individuals may participate in bingo,
gambling games of skill or chance on an excursion gambling boat, pari-mutuel
wagering or any other form of gambling approved by amendment to the
Missouri Constitution, including sports gambling.
An office or institution providing care or treatment of diseases,
whether physical, mental, or emotional, or other medical, physiological,
or psychological conditions, including, but not limited to, hospitals,
rehabilitation hospitals or other clinics, including weight control
clinics, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, homes for the aging
or chronically ill, laboratories, and offices of surgeons, chiropractors,
physical therapists, physicians, psychiatrists, dentists, and all
specialists within these professions. This definition shall include
all waiting rooms, hallways, private rooms, semiprivate rooms, and
wards within health care facilities.
A water pipe and any associated products and devices which
are used to produce fumes, smoke, and/or vapor from the burning of
material, including, but not limited to, tobacco, shisha, or other
plant matter.
The facilities owned, operated, or leased by any organization,
whether incorporated or not, which:
Is the owner, lessee, or occupant of a building or portion thereof
used exclusively for club purposes at all times;
Is operated solely for a congressionally chartered veterans
organization or for a recreational, fraternal, social, patriotic,
political, benevolent, charitable, or athletic purpose, but not for
pecuniary gain, and which only sells alcoholic beverages incidental
to its operation;
The affairs and management of the organization are conducted
by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar body chosen
by the members at an annual meeting;
Has established bylaws and/or a constitution to govern its activities;
and
Has been granted an exemption from the payment of Federal income
tax as a club under 26 U.S.C. Section 501.
An area under the control of a public employer or private
employer, including, but not limited to, work areas, private offices,
employee lounges, restrooms, conference rooms, meeting rooms, classrooms,
employee cafeterias, hallways, temporary offices, and vehicles leased,
owned, or operated by the employer. Any child care, adult day care,
group home or health care facility shall be considered a place of
employment, whether located in a public place or private residence.
An area to which the public is invited or in which the public
is permitted, including, but not limited to, banks, bars, educational
facilities, gambling facilities, health care facilities, hotels and
motels, laundromats, membership clubs, parking structures, public
transportation vehicles and facilities, reception areas, restaurants,
retail food production and marketing establishments, retail service
establishments, retail stores, shopping malls, sports arenas, theaters,
and waiting rooms.
An eating establishment, including, but not limited to, coffee
shops, cafeterias, sandwich stands, and private and public school
cafeterias, which gives or offers for sale food to the public, guests,
or employees, as well as kitchens and catering facilities in which
food is prepared on the premises for serving elsewhere. The term ''restaurant''
shall include a bar area within the restaurant.
A retail store that generates twenty-five percent (25%) or
more of its gross annual revenue from the sale of tobaccos, including
but not limited to snuff tobacco, chewing tobacco, or dipping tobacco,
pipes, cigars, cigarettes, smoking sundries, electronic smoking devices,
or vapor cartridges or other containers of liquid that are intended
to be used with or in an electronic smoking device, and in which the
sale of other products is incidental.
Inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted or heated
cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco
or plant product intended for inhalation, including hookahs and marijuana,
whether natural or synthetic, in any manner or in any form. "Smoking''
shall not include the use of an electronic smoking device which creates
an aerosol or vapor, in any manner or in any form, or smokeless tobacco,
non-tobacco and non-plant products.
A place where people assemble to engage in physical exercise,
participate in athletic competition, or witness sports or other events,
including sports pavilions, stadiums, gymnasiums, health spas, boxing
arenas, swimming pools, roller and ice rinks, and bowling alleys.
10.803.
Smoking Prohibited.
10.803.1.
Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed areas controlled
by the County of St. Charles, including buildings and vehicles owned,
leased, or operated by the County; and outdoor space within a distance
of fifteen (15) feet outside entrances, operable windows, and ventilation
systems of such enclosed areas where smoking is prohibited.
10.803.2.
Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed public places within
the County of St. Charles, including, but not limited to, any bar,
gambling facility, health care facility, hotel or motel, membership
club, restaurant, retail store, or sports arena.
10.803.3.
Smoking shall be prohibited in all enclosed places of employment.
This includes, but is not limited to, common work areas, auditoriums,
classrooms, conference and meeting rooms, private offices, elevators,
hallways, medical facilities, cafeterias, employee lounges, stairs,
restrooms, vehicles owned, leased, or operated by the employer, and
all other enclosed facilities. This prohibition on smoking shall be
communicated to all existing employees by the effective date of this
Section and to all prospective employees upon their application for
employment.
10.803.4.
Smoking shall be prohibited in outdoor space within a distance
of fifteen (15) feet outside entrances, operable windows, and ventilation
systems of enclosed areas where smoking is prohibited. "Entrance"
shall mean an entryway primarily used by the public as a means to
enter or exit a public place from a public street or public sidewalk.
10.803.5.
Subsections (C)(1) through (C)(4) above shall be in effect in the unincorporated area and within an incorporated municipality within St. Charles County. Pursuant to Article VI, Section 18(c), of the Constitution of Missouri, any municipality shall have the authority to prohibit smoking in additional places not herein enumerated pursuant to independent powers the municipality may have by law, but no municipality shall have the power to grant exceptions or exemptions from the prohibition on smoking unless approved by voters as an amendment to the Charter of St. Charles County.
10.804.
Exceptions To Smoking Prohibitions. Notwithstanding any other provision
of the Charter to the contrary, the use of an electronic smoking device
shall not be prohibited by this Section, and smoking in enclosed public
places or places of employment shall not be prohibited within the
following:
10.804.1.
Any bar or restaurant that restricts access to its buildings
or facilities at all times to persons who are twenty-one (21) years
of age or older, provided the bar or restaurant also posts a clear
and conspicuous sign at all entrances identifying the bar or restaurant
as a smoking establishment;
10.804.2.
An area within a business, bar, or restaurant that is separately
ventilated and physically separated from the area designated as non-smoking,
provided that such smoking area is restricted at all times to persons
who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older and the business, bar,
or restaurant also posts a clear and conspicuous sign at all entrances
stating that smoking is allowed only in the physically separated area;
10.804.3.
Membership clubs, provided such membership club posts a clear
and conspicuous sign at all entrances to its building or facility
stating that smoking is allowed;
10.804.4.
Cigar bars, provided that smoke from such bars does not infiltrate
into areas where smoking is otherwise prohibited;
10.804.5.
Retail tobacco stores that prohibit any individuals under eighteen
(18) years of age from entering their premises, provided that smoke
from such stores does not infiltrate into areas where smoking is otherwise
prohibited;
10.804.6.
Non-enclosed areas of public places, including open-air patios,
porches, or decks provided that smoke from such areas does not infiltrate
into areas where smoking is otherwise prohibited. "Open air-patios,
porches, or decks" have no more than two (2) solid walls. A solid
wall extends from the floor to the ceiling and may include windows
and doorways. A solid wall includes a retractable divider, garage
door, or other solid physical barrier, but only when closed. A solid
wall does not include a security barrier or retractable security door
that is closed only when the business is closed for security purposes,
nor does it include a ceiling;
10.804.7.
Any casino, provided such casino prohibits smoking on at least
fifty percent (50%) of the floor area on which gambling games are
permitted within the casino;
10.804.8.
Private homes, private residences and private motor vehicles,
unless such homes, residences or motor vehicles are being used for
child care, adult day care, group home, or health care facility, or
unless the private vehicle is being used for public transportation;
10.804.9.
Commercial vehicles when such vehicle is occupied solely by
the owner/operator; and
10.804.10.
Federal Food and Drug Administration licensed medical research
facilities where smoking is a factor being studied in the effects
of medicine or medical treatment.
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Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an owner, operator, manager,
or other person in control of an establishment, facility, or outdoor
area from declaring that smoking is prohibited in the entire establishment,
facility, or outdoor area. Such owner, operator, manager, or other
person in control of the establishment, facility, or outdoor area
shall post a sign conforming to the requirements of Subdivision (1)
of Subsection (E) of this Section.
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10.805.
Owner And Operator Duties. The owner, operator, manager, or other
person in control of a place of employment or public place where smoking
is prohibited by this Section shall:
10.805.1.
Clearly and conspicuously post ''No Smoking''
signs or the international ''No Smoking'' symbol,
consisting of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed
in a red circle with a red bar across it, in such place of employment
or public space.
10.805.2.
Clearly and conspicuously post at every entrance to such place
a sign stating that smoking is prohibited or, in the case of outdoor
places, clearly and conspicuously post ''No Smoking''
signs in appropriate locations as determined by the St. Charles County
Department of Public Health or an authorized designee.
10.805.3.
Clearly and conspicuously post on every vehicle owned, operated
or leased by an employer under this Section at least one (1) sign,
visible from the exterior of the vehicle, stating that smoking is
prohibited.
10.805.4.
Remove all ashtrays from any area where smoking is prohibited
by this Section, except for ashtrays displayed for sale and not for
use on the premises.
10.806.
Retaliation. No person or employer shall discharge, refuse to hire,
or in any manner retaliate against an employee, applicant for employment,
customer, or resident of a multiple-unit residential facility because
that employee, applicant, customer, or resident exercises any rights
afforded by this Section or reports or attempts to prosecute a violation
of this Section. Notwithstanding Subsection (H) of this Section, violation
of this Section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to
exceed one thousand dollars ($1000.00) for each violation.
10.807.
Enforcement.
10.807.1.
This Section shall be enforced by the St. Charles County Department
of Public Health or an authorized designee.
10.807.2.
Notice of the provisions of this Section shall be given to all
applicants for a business license in the County of St. Charles.
10.807.3.
Any citizen who desires to register a complaint under this Section
may initiate enforcement with the St. Charles County Department of
Public Health.
10.807.4.
The St. Charles County Department of Public Health, Fire Department,
or their designees shall, while an establishment is undergoing otherwise
mandated inspections, inspect for compliance with this Section.
10.807.5.
An owner, manager, operator, or employee of an area regulated
by this Section shall direct a person who is smoking in violation
of this Section to extinguish or turn off the product being smoked.
If the person fails to comply with such direction, the owner, manager;
operator, or employee shall refuse service and shall immediately ask
the person to leave the premises. If the person in violation refuses
to leave the premises, the owner, manager, operator, or employee may
contact a law enforcement agency.
10.807.6.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, an employee
or private citizen may bring legal action to enforce this Section.
10.807.7.
In addition to the remedies provided by the provisions of this
Section, the St. Charles County Department of Public Health or any
person aggrieved by the failure of the owner, operator, manager or
other person in control of a public place or a place of employment
to comply with the provisions of this Section may apply for injunctive
relief to enforce those provisions in any court of competent jurisdiction.
10.808.
Penalties.
10.808.1.
A person who smokes in an area where smoking is prohibited by
the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of an infraction, punishable
by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00).
10.808.2.
Except as otherwise provided in Subdivision (1) of this Subsection,
a person who owns, manages, operates, or otherwise controls a public
place or place of employment and who fails to comply with the provisions
of this Section shall be guilty of an infraction, punishable by:
10.808.2.1.
A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first
violation;
10.808.2.2.
A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second
violation within one (1) year; and
10.808.2.3.
A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each
additional violation within one (1) year.
10.808.3.
In addition to the fines established by this Section, violation
of this Section by a person who owns, manages, operates, or otherwise
controls a public place or place of employment may result in the suspension
or revocation of any County permit or license issued to the person
for the premises on which the violation occurred.
10.808.4.
Violation of this Section is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance, which may be abated by the St. Charles County Department
of Public Health by restraining order, preliminary and permanent injunction,
or other means provided for by law, and the St. Charles County may
take action to recover the costs of the nuisance abatement, as allowed
by law.
10.808.5.
Each day on which a violation of this Section occurs shall be
considered a separate and distinct violation.
10.809.
Financing. Enforcement of this Section shall be financed through
the general revenues of St. Charles County.
10.810.
Severability. If any provision of this Section or the application
thereof to anyone or to any circumstance shall be held invalid, the
remainder of the provisions of this Section and the application of
such provisions to others or other circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.
10.811.
Effective Date. The provisions of this Section shall be effective
on the date of election certification as provided for by this Charter.
[1]
Editor's Note: These provisions passed by majority vote at
the 11-6-2018 election.
