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City Charter
 
The Charter Of The City Of Santa Clara, California
 
Article I. Name of City Article X. Appointive Boards and Commissions
Article II. Boundaries Article XI. Civil Service
Article III. Succession
Article IV. Powers
Article V. Form of Government Article XIV. Franchises
Article VI. The Elective Officers Article XV. Reserved
Article VII. The Council Article XVI. Reserved
Article VIII. City Manager, Ordinances, Meetings
Article IX. Officers and Employees Article XVIII. Miscellaneous
 
Article XVIII. Miscellaneous

Sec. 1800 Definitions.

Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, as used in the Charter:

(a) "Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.
(b) "City" is the City of Santa Clara and "department," "board," "commission," "agency," or "employee," is a department, board, commission, agency, officer or employee as the case may be, of the City of Santa Clara.
(c) The masculine and feminine gender include the neuter. (Amended by electors at an election held March 7, 2000, Charter Chapter 11 of the State Statutes of 2000)

Sec. 1801 Violations.

The violation of any provision of this Charter shall be deemed a misdemeanor and be punishable upon conviction by a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for a term of not exceeding one year or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 1802 Validity.

If any provisions of this Charter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Charter and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

Sec. 1803 Effective date.

For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the City Council, this Charter shall take effect from the time of its approval by the legislature. For all other purposes it shall take effect on the Tuesday next succeeding the date of election of the first City Council at 8:00 P.M.