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City Council Resolutions and Ordinances

What are Resolutions and Ordinances?

An ordinance is a law adopted by the City Council. Ordinances usually amend, repeal or supplement the Municipal Code; provide zoning specifications; or appropriate money for specific purposes. Most ordinances require two hearings: an introductory hearing, generally followed two weeks later by a second public hearing. Most ordinances go into effect 30 days after the date of final passage.

A resolution is a formal expression of opinion or intention of the City Council. Resolutions go into effect on the date of final passage.

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Council Resolutions and Ordinances by Year

Resolutions and ordinances from 1817-1970 can be found on our Historical Resolutions & Ordinances page.

Official City Documents

Date Doc Num
09/08/1998 O-18573/ O-98- AMENDMENT TO THE COASTAL ZONE HEIGHT LIMITATION
08/07/1998 O-18563/ O-99-18 THREE ACTIONS RELATED TO A BALLOT MEASURE AMENDING CITY CHARTER SECTION 94 RELATING TO SURETY BONDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.
08/07/1998 O-18565/ O-99-31 THREE ACTIONS RELATED TO A BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING REDEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A BALLPARK.
08/07/1998 O-18568/ O-99-4 TWO ACTIONS RELATED TO A BALLOT MEASURE CHANGING THE DESIGNATION OF PACIFIC HIGHLANDS RANCH WITHIN SUBAREA III OF THE NORTH CITY FUTURE URBANIZING AREA FROM 'FUTURE URBANIZING' TO 'PLANNED URBANIZING.'
08/07/1998 O-18569/ O-99-20 TWO ACTIONS RELATED TO BALLOT MEASURE AUTHORIZING THE EXCHANGE OF PORTIONS OF PUEBLO LOT NOS. 1304 AND 1306 IN RETURN FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE SAN DIEGUITO RIVER VALLEY.
08/07/1998 O-18561/ O-99-8 THREE ACTIONS RELATED TO A BALLOT MEASURE AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER BY ADDING SECTION 94.2 RELATING TO DESIGN- BUILD CONTRACTS.
08/07/1998 O-18564/ O-99-19 THREE ACTIONS RELATED TO A BALLOT MEASURE AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER BY ADDING SECTION 94.3 RELATING TO BOND REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.
08/07/1998 O-18560/ O-99-2 TWO ACTIONS RELATED TO A BALLOT MEASURE AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER BY ADDING SECTION 90.3 RELATING TO VOTER APPROVAL FOR MAJOR PUBLIC PROJECTS CONFERRING SIGNIFICANT PRIVATE BENEFIT.
08/07/1998 O-18570/ O-99-17 TWO ACTIONS RELATED TO BALLOT MEASURE AUTHORIZING THE EXCHANGE OF PORTIONS OF PUEBLO LOT NOS. 1304 AND 1306 IN RETURN FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE SAN DIEGUITO RIVER VALLEY.
08/07/1998 O-18559/ O-98-159 CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO ON NOVEMBER 3, 1998.
08/07/1998 O-18566/ O-99-15 THREE ACTIONS RELATED TO A BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE NOVEMBER 3, 1998 ELECTION - SEA WORLD INITIATIVE TO AMEND COASTAL ZONE HEIGHT RESTRICTION.
08/07/1998 O-18567/ O-99-5 TWO ACTIONS RELATED TO A BALLOT MEASURE CHANGING THE DESIGNATION OF BLACK MOUNTAIN RANCH WITHIN SUBAREA 1 OF THE NORTH CITY FUTURE URBANIZING AREA FROM 'FUTURE URBANIZING' TO 'PLANNED URBANIZING.'
08/07/1998 O-18562/ O-99-7 THREE ACTIONS RELATED TO A BALLOT MEASURE AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER BY ADDING SECTION 94.1 RELATING TO JOB ORDER CONTRACTS.
08/07/1998 R-290617/ R-99-197 IN THE MATTER OF RIDER V. CITY OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT CASE NO. S058956, AND THE IMPACT OF ITS DECISION ON THE FINANCING OF PUBLIC PROJECTS BY THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO
08/04/1998 R-290608/ R-99-152 MATTER OF MID-CITY COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE, PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCING PLAN, AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE MID- CITY COMMUNITIES PLANNED DISTRICT ORDINANCE.
08/04/1998 R-290607/ R-99-151 MATTER OF MID-CITY COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE, PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCING PLAN, AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE MID- CITY COMMUNITIES PLANNED DISTRICT ORDINANCE.
08/04/1998 R-290606/ R-99-162 MATTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 8A SPECIFIC PLAN/PRECISE PLAN AND RELATED PLAN AMENDMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS ON 391 ACRES LOCATED IN THE CARMEL VALLEY COMMUNITY PLANNING AREA SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 56, EAST OF INTERSTATE 5.
08/04/1998 R-290597/ R-98-1041 THREE ACTIONS RELATED TO A STREET VACATION AND SLOPE EASEMENT ABANDONMENT IN A PORTION OF CASS STREET AND RUTGERS ROAD IN CONJUNCTION WITH LDR-96-8294.
08/04/1998 R-290615/ R-99-320 MATTER OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PROGRESS GUIDE AND GENERAL PLAN, MIRA MESA COMMUNITY PLAN, A REZONE, A VESTING TENTATIVE MAP 96-7371, A STREET ACTION, A PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, A PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
08/04/1998 R-290598/ R-98-1042 THREE ACTIONS RELATED TO A STREET VACATION AND SLOPE EASEMENT ABANDONMENT IN A PORTION OF CASS STREET AND RUTGERS ROAD IN CONJUNCTION WITH LDR-96-8294.
08/04/1998 R-290591/ R-99-316 MATTER OF THE BUIE OFFICE COMPLEX, A SORRENTO HILLS PROJECT TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM A-1-1 TO M-IP IN THE SORRENTO HILLS COMMUNITY PLAN AREA.
08/04/1998 R-290590/ R-99-154 MATTER OF THE BUIE OFFICE COMPLEX, A SORRENTO HILLS PROJECT TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM A-1-1 TO M-IP IN THE SORRENTO HILLS COMMUNITY PLAN AREA.
08/04/1998 R-290620/ R-99-213 SETTLEMENT TO THE CLAIM BETWEEN DELOITTE AND TOUCHE LLP AND THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO
08/04/1998 R-290609/ N/A RESOLUTION NUMBER WAS INADVERTENTLY ASSIGNED TO ITEM
08/04/1998 R-290610/ R-99-153 MATTER OF MID-CITY COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE, PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCING PLAN, AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE MID- CITY COMMUNITIES PLANNED DISTRICT ORDINANCE.
08/04/1998 R-290594/ R-99-317 MATTER OF A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE SABRE SPRINGS COMMUNITY PLAN TO ALTER THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY ON VARIOUS PARCELS, REDUCE ANTICIPATED BUILDOUT, ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES ON AN UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL SITE IF COMMERCIAL USE IS NOT IN
08/04/1998 R-290592/ R-99-155 MATTER OF A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE SABRE SPRINGS COMMUNITY PLAN TO ALTER THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY ON VARIOUS PARCELS, REDUCE ANTICIPATED BUILDOUT, ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES ON AN UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL SITE IF COMMERCIAL USE IS NOT IN
08/04/1998 R-290604/ R-99-160 MATTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 8A SPECIFIC PLAN/PRECISE PLAN AND RELATED PLAN AMENDMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS ON 391 ACRES LOCATED IN THE CARMEL VALLEY COMMUNITY PLANNING AREA SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 56, EAST OF INTERSTATE 5.
08/04/1998 R-290611/ R-99-118 MATTER OF THE GRANT HILL REVITALIZATION ACTION PROGRAM.
08/04/1998 R-290602/ R-99-186 SETTLEMENT TO THE CLAIM BETWEEN LUIS J. HERMOSILLO AND THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO
08/04/1998 R-290601/ R-99-111 REPEAL OF THE 1981 BORDER HIGHLANDS LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM LAND USE PLAN AND ADOPTION OF THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM LAND USE PLAN. THE PROPOSED TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM LAND USE PLAN (TRVLCP/LUP) EFFECTIVELY REPLACES
08/04/1998 R-290619/ R-99-196 THREE ACTIONS RELATED TO A BALLOT MEASURE FOR THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING REDEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A BALLPARK.
08/04/1998 R-290616/ R-98-1588 MATTER OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PROGRESS GUIDE AND GENERAL PLAN, MIRA MESA COMMUNITY PLAN, A REZONE, A VESTING TENTATIVE MAP 96-7371, A STREET ACTION, A PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, A PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
08/04/1998 R-290600/ R-99-110 REPEAL OF THE 1981 BORDER HIGHLANDS LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM LAND USE PLAN AND ADOPTION OF THE TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM LAND USE PLAN. THE PROPOSED TIJUANA RIVER VALLEY LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM LAND USE PLAN (TRVLCP/LUP) EFFECTIVELY REPLACES
08/04/1998 R-290605/ R-99-161 MATTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 8A SPECIFIC PLAN/PRECISE PLAN AND RELATED PLAN AMENDMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS ON 391 ACRES LOCATED IN THE CARMEL VALLEY COMMUNITY PLANNING AREA SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 56, EAST OF INTERSTATE 5.
08/04/1998 R-290613/ R-98-1587 MATTER OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PROGRESS GUIDE AND GENERAL PLAN, MIRA MESA COMMUNITY PLAN, A REZONE, A VESTING TENTATIVE MAP 96-7371, A STREET ACTION, A PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, A PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
08/04/1998 R-290614/ R-99-319 MATTER OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PROGRESS GUIDE AND GENERAL PLAN, MIRA MESA COMMUNITY PLAN, A REZONE, A VESTING TENTATIVE MAP 96-7371, A STREET ACTION, A PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, A PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
08/04/1998 R-290596/ R-98-1043 THREE ACTIONS RELATED TO A STREET VACATION AND SLOPE EASEMENT ABANDONMENT IN A PORTION OF CASS STREET AND RUTGERS ROAD IN CONJUNCTION WITH LDR-96-8294.
08/04/1998 R-290593/ R-99-156 MATTER OF A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE SABRE SPRINGS COMMUNITY PLAN TO ALTER THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY ON VARIOUS PARCELS, REDUCE ANTICIPATED BUILDOUT, ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES ON AN UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL SITE IF COMMERCIAL USE IS NOT IN
08/04/1998 R-290612/ R-98-1586 MATTER OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PROGRESS GUIDE AND GENERAL PLAN, MIRA MESA COMMUNITY PLAN, A REZONE, A VESTING TENTATIVE MAP 96-7371, A STREET ACTION, A PLANNED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, A PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
08/04/1998 R-290595/ R-99-318 MATTER OF A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE SABRE SPRINGS COMMUNITY PLAN TO ALTER THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY ON VARIOUS PARCELS, REDUCE ANTICIPATED BUILDOUT, ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES ON AN UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL SITE IF COMMERCIAL USE IS NOT IN
08/04/1998 R-290599/ R-98-1168 EXCLUSIVE SALE - PORTION OF RUTGERS ROAD.
08/04/1998 R-290603/ R-99-179 SETTLEMENT TO THE CLAIM BETWEEN ROLAND BLOCKSON AND THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO
08/03/1998 R-290585/ R-99-171 FOUR ACTIONS RELATED TO APPROVING THE FINAL SUBDIVISION MAP OF CALIFORNIA TERRACES UNIT NO. 3B.
08/03/1998 R-290550/ R-99-141 OTAY MESA-NESTOR LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOOD/ECONOMIC NEED FUND - PALM AVENUE.
08/03/1998 R-290572/ R-99-132 VACATING A PORTION OF WEXFORD STREET IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF IVY HILL II AT SCRIPPS RANCH NORTH (PRD-96-7915).
08/03/1998 R-290543/ R-99-128 LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT AND EASEMENT ABANDONMENT ¿ PARCEL MAP W.O. NO. 98-008.
08/03/1998 R-290560/ R-99-66 CCDC AREA 2 PHASE II (12TH AVENUE TO 17TH STREET AND MARKET STREET TO 'K' STREET) UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT.
08/03/1998 R-290556/ R-99--75 DECLARING A CONTINUED STATE OF EMERGENCY REGARDING THE DISCHARGE OF RAW SEWAGE FROM TIJUANA, MEXICO.
08/03/1998 O-18558/ O-98-151 TWO ACTIONS RELATED TO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAS FLORES APARTMENTS AND SUMMERSET VILLAGE APARTMENTS MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE BONDS.