HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-544 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 89-544
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, REDUCING NOXIOUS FUMES AND SMOKE
EMITTED BY VEHICLES
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga recognizes
air pollution as one of the most obvious and potentially harmful by-products
of modern life in Southern California and knows no political boundaries and
significantly affects the lives of each of us who live in this region; and
WHEREAS, nowhere else in the nation is the air as bad as ours and
although progress has been made, our failure to attain Federal and State Air
Quality Heal th Standards exposes ourselves and our children to an unacceptable
health risk and potential cost the gravity of such risk is only now becoming
fully appreciated; and
WHEREAS, scientists now believe technology exists to achieve Federal
Clean Air Heal th Standards which can eliminate emergency episodes of
particulates from soot and smoke which reduce visibility and penetrate deep
into our lungs; and
WHEREAS, in time, we can meet the Federal standard for ozone, our
most serious air pollution health threat and the most difficult problem to
control; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga desires a
proactive enforcement approach be initiated to further reduce air pollution by
citing vehicles emitting noxious fumes and smoke from their vehicles and
citing those vehicles with expired license registrations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga is
committed to improving the quality of life by reducing the noxious fumes and
smoke emitted by vehicles and places a high priority on decreasing the number
of expired license registrations due to non-compliance with State Vehicle
Emission Standards.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does
hereby resolve and encourages all cities within San Bernardino County to adopt
same or similar resolution, banding together to effectively develop and
implement a program to cite violators and ensure compliance wi th state
standards as part of overall law enforcement strategies to reduce air
poll ution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 1st day of November, 1989.
AYES: Alexander, Buquet, Brown, Stout, Wright
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Resolution No. 89-544
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ATTEST:
'~6~i~ J. ,AKclams, City Clerk
I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed,
approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 1st day of
November, 1989.
Executed this 2nd day of November, 1989 at Rancho Cucamonga,
California.
Debra J../~ams, City Clerk