Chapter 4.10
ELECTORAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
Sections:
4.10.030 District-based elections.
4.10.010 District boundaries.
The following district boundaries are hereby adopted as the electoral districts for the five City Council members of the City of Palmdale through the general municipal election in November 2030:
District #1
The portion of the City of Palmdale bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of Palmdale City Boundary and 20th St W, and proceeding easterly along Palmdale City Boundary to 50th St E, and proceeding southerly along 50th St E to Palmdale City Boundary, and proceeding westerly along Palmdale City Boundary to 15th St E, and proceeding southerly along 15th St E to E Ave R, and proceeding westerly along E Ave R to Southern Pacific RR, and proceeding southerly along Southern Pacific RR to Palmdale Siding 2 RR, and proceeding southerly along Palmdale Siding 2 RR to Sierra Hwy, and proceeding southerly along Sierra Hwy to Palmdale City Boundary, and proceeding westerly along Palmdale City Boundary to Tract 910217 Block 1018 Boundary, and proceeding northerly along Tract 910217 Block 1018 Boundary to TLID:241215641, and proceeding easterly along TLID:241215641 to TLID:241208656, and proceeding northerly along TLID:241208656 to TLID:649209981, and proceeding northerly along TLID:649209981 to Tract 910217 Block 1018 Boundary, and proceeding northerly along Tract 910217 Block 1018 Boundary to Tract 910217 Block 1008 Boundary, and proceeding northerly along Tract 910217 Block 1008 Boundary to Tract 910217 Block 1006 Boundary, and proceeding northerly along Tract 910217 Block 1006 Boundary to TLID:142705408, and proceeding easterly along TLID:142705408 to TLID:142705407, and proceeding easterly along TLID:142705407 to TLID:142705405, and proceeding easterly along TLID:142705405 to TLID:142705403, and proceeding easterly along TLID:142705403 to TLID:141524676, and proceeding easterly along TLID:141524676 to TLID:141845802, and proceeding easterly along TLID:141845802 to TLID:141845803, and proceeding easterly along TLID:141845803 to TLID:241112777, and proceeding easterly along TLID:241112777 to TLID:642190418, and proceeding easterly along TLID:642190418 to TLID:642192917, and proceeding easterly along TLID:642192917 to TLID:638631443, and proceeding easterly along TLID:638631443 to Tierra Subida Ave, and proceeding northerly along Tierra Subida Ave to Palmdale City Boundary, and proceeding northerly along Palmdale City Boundary to TLID:648860693, and proceeding westerly along TLID:648860693 to Summerwind Dr, and proceeding westerly along Summerwind Dr to Ave P-8, and proceeding westerly along Ave P-8 to 20th St W, and proceeding northerly along 20th St W to W Ave P, and proceeding westerly along W Ave P to 20th St W, and proceeding northerly along 20th St W to the point of beginning.
District #2
The portion of the City of Palmdale bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of Palmdale City Boundary and Tract 910217 Block 1018 Boundary, and proceeding easterly along Palmdale City Boundary to 20th St W, and proceeding southerly along 20th St W to W Ave P, and proceeding easterly along W Ave P to 20th St W, and proceeding southerly along 20th St W to Ave P-8, and proceeding easterly along Ave P-8 to Summerwind Dr, and proceeding easterly along Summerwind Dr to TLID:648860693, and proceeding easterly along TLID:648860693 to Palmdale City Boundary, and proceeding southerly along Palmdale City Boundary to Tierra Subida Ave, and proceeding southerly along Tierra Subida Ave to TLID:638631443, and proceeding westerly along TLID:638631443 to TLID:642192917, and proceeding westerly along TLID:642192917 to TLID:642190418, and proceeding westerly along TLID:642190418 to TLID:241112777, and proceeding westerly along TLID:241112777 to TLID:141845803, and proceeding westerly along TLID:141845803 to TLID:141845802, and proceeding westerly along TLID:141845802 to TLID:141524676, and proceeding westerly along TLID:141524676 to TLID:142705403, and proceeding westerly along TLID:142705403 to TLID:142705405, and proceeding westerly along TLID:142705405 to TLID:142705407, and proceeding westerly along TLID:142705407 to TLID:142705408, and proceeding westerly along TLID:142705408 to Tract 910217 Block 1006 Boundary, and proceeding southerly along Tract 910217 Block 1006 Boundary to Tract 910217 Block 1008 Boundary, and proceeding southerly along Tract 910217 Block 1008 Boundary to Tract 910217 Block 1018 Boundary, and proceeding southerly along Tract 910217 Block 1018 Boundary to TLID:649209981, and proceeding southerly along TLID:649209981 to TLID:241208656, and proceeding southerly along TLID:241208656 to TLID:241215641, and proceeding westerly along TLID:241215641 to Tract 910217 Block 1018 Boundary, and proceeding southerly along Tract 910217 Block 1018 Boundary to the point of beginning.
District #3
The portion of the City of Palmdale bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of E Ave R and 25th St E, and proceeding easterly along E Ave R to 45th St E, and proceeding southerly along 45th St E to Palmdale City Boundary, and proceeding southerly along Palmdale City Boundary to Pearblossom Hwy, and proceeding northerly along Pearblossom Hwy to Barrel Springs Rd, and proceeding westerly along Barrel Springs Rd to 25th St E, and proceeding northerly along 25th St E to the point of beginning.
District #4
The portion of the City of Palmdale bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of Palmdale City Boundary and 50th St E, and proceeding easterly along Palmdale City Boundary to 45th St E, and proceeding northerly along 45th St E to E Ave R, and proceeding westerly along E Ave R to 40th St E, and proceeding northerly along 40th St E to Palmdale City Boundary, and proceeding northerly along Palmdale City Boundary to 50th St E, and proceeding northerly along 50th St E to the point of beginning.
District #5
The region bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of Palmdale City Boundary and 15th St E, and proceeding easterly along Palmdale City Boundary to 40th St E, and proceeding southerly along 40th St E to E Ave R, and proceeding westerly along E Ave R to 25th St E, and proceeding southerly along 25th St E to Barrel Springs Rd, and proceeding easterly along Barrel Springs Rd to Pearblossom Hwy, and proceeding southerly along Pearblossom Hwy to Palmdale City Boundary, and proceeding westerly along Palmdale City Boundary to Sierra Hwy, and proceeding northerly along Sierra Hwy to Palmdale Siding 2 RR, and proceeding northerly along Palmdale Siding 2 RR to Southern Pacific RR, and proceeding northerly along Southern Pacific RR to E Ave R, and proceeding easterly along E Ave R to 15th St E, and proceeding northerly along 15th St E to the point of beginning.
(Ord. 1579 § 2, 2022; Ord. 1474 § 2, 2015)
4.10.020 Map.
A map depicting the boundaries set forth in PMC 4.10.010 is attached to the ordinance codified in this chapter as Exhibit A and incorporated into this chapter by this reference. (Ord. 1579 § 2, 2022; Ord. 1474 § 3, 2015)
4.10.030 District-based elections.
(A) District-Based Elections. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 34886, all members of the City Council of the City of Palmdale shall be elected by district in five single-member districts.
(1) All members of the City Council shall be elected in the electoral districts established by PMC 4.10.010 and as subsequently reapportioned pursuant to state law. All City Council elections shall be “district-based” as that term is defined in California Elections Code Section 14026(b), meaning each of the five Councilmembers shall be elected from each district, by the voters of that district alone.
(2) Any Councilmember elected or appointed to represent a district must reside in that district, and any candidate for City Council must reside in the district in which that candidate seeks election at the time nomination papers are issued.
(3) Termination of residency in a district by a Councilmember shall create a vacancy for that City Council district unless a substitute residence within the district is immediately declared and established within 30 days after the termination of residency. (Ord. 1579 § 2, 2022)