City of Pacific Grove Statistics    City of PG

-THE CITY-

Pacific Grove was founded in 1875 as a Methodist Church Summer Retreat.
It was incorporated as a city on July 16, 1889, and became a chartered
city on April 22, 1927. Pacific Grove was the last "dry" city in California.
The sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited within the city limits until
1969 when the City Council adopted an ordinance repealing prohibition.
Voters ratified the action when they approved a referendum measure calling
for the repeal of prohibition, which legalized the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Although no longer a "dry" town, Pacific Grove remains famous a "Butterfly
Town U.S.A." because of the annual migration of the Monarch butterfly. The
beautiful orange and black winged Monarchs arrive in October and spend the
winter in Pacific Grove. The butterflies that come to Pacific Grove each fall
have never been here before; they are a new generation, which "senses" that
Pacific Grove is their winter home.

LOCATION

Pacific Grove is located on the Central California coast, on the tip of the
Monterey Peninsula, 125 miles south of San Francisco, and 334 miles north of
Los Angeles, and 23 miles west of the county seat, Salinas. It is bounded on
the north by Monterey Bay, on the east by Monterey, on the south by Pebble Beach,
and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

SIZE

Area: 2.86 square miles (1830 acres)
2001 Population: 17,145
Miles of Streets: 55.2
Full-time & Part-time City Employees: 282

CLIMATE

Average Annual Mean Temp: 56.5 degrees
Annual Rainfall: 18.52" average
Annual Humidity: 68.7% average

GOVERNMENT

Pacific Grove has a Council-Manager form of government. The seven-member city
council consists of a mayor, who is directly elected for a two-year term and
six council members who are elected at large for terms of four years. The city
council appoints a city manager, which is the administrative head of the municipal
government.

City facilities include a library, a natural history museum, a
community center, a youth center, an 18-hole municipal golf course, a municipal
cemetery, numerous parks (which provide both active and passive recreation), a tot
training pool, five miles of city-owned shoreline, a swimming beach and fishing pier.
Visit www.pacificgroverecreation.org or contact the Pacific Grove Parks & Rec.

Department at 831-648-5730. Pacific Grove is a residential community proud of

being a City of Homes.

There is some commercial development, but very little industrial activity.

The economy is primarily related to tourism, local services and governmental functions.

The beautiful Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds (www.visitasilomar.com)

are located in Pacific Grove, and the popular Monterey Bay Aquarium (www.montereybayaquarium.org) is partially within the city.

The City of Pacific Grove complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a
national law that allows for reasonable accommodations to the city's facilities,
services and programs.

TRANSPORTATION
The Monterey Peninsula Airport is located 8 miles from Pacific Grove. It features
service from San Francisco or Los Angeles. Taxi service is available from the airport.
The Monterey-Salinas Transit (www.mst.org) has 33 routes throughout Monterey County.
Call 831-899-2555 for schedule and fare information.

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