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RECORDING OF OPEN MEETINGS
A. All regular meetings of the City Council shall be tape-recorded. Open and public
meetings of City Boards, Commissions and Committees (collectively, “BCC”)
may be tape recorded upon request of the chairperson or pursuant to a ny
procedural rule or by-law adopted by the BCC.
B. Any person attending an open and public meeting of the City Council or any
BCC shall have the right to record the proceedings with an audio or video tape
recorder or a still or motion picture camera unless the City Council or BCC
determines, based upon evidence in findings made by the Mayor or chairperson,
that continued recording would create noise, illumination, or view obstruction
problems that are disrupting or would disrupt the proceedings. The Mayor or
chairperson of any BCC may impose conditions on any recordation, which, in the
absence of the conditions, would disrupt the proceedings.
C. Any tape or film record of any open and public meeting made by or at the
direction of the City of Newport Beach shall be subject to inspection pursuant to
the California Public Records Act (Sections 6250 et seq. of the Government Code).
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34090 of the Government Code, any
tape or film record of any open or public meeting of the City Council or any BCC
may be erased or destroyed one-year after the taping or recordation, excluding
Planning Commission as those are kept permanent. Any person may inspect a
video or a tape recording without charge on a recorder made available by the
City of Newport Beach.
Adopted - November 13, 1967
Amended - June 13, 1977
Amended - October 25, 1977
Amended - February 9, 1981
Amended - January 24, 1994
Amended - February 27, 1995
Amended – May 13, 2014
Formerly A-6