Arcadia Municipal Code Ch. 1 Adoption and Maintenance of Code

The Code shall be known as the "Arcadia Municipal Code," and it shall be sufficient, in any prosecution for the violation of any provisions thereof, to refer to the Code as the Arcadia Municipal Code, or to refer to any Article, Chapter, Part, Division, Title or Section thereof by referring to the Article Number, Chapter Number, Part Number, Division Number, Title Number or Section Number immediately preceding such Article, Chapter, Part, Division, Title or Section. It shall also be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, or repealing the Code, or portions thereof, as an addition or amendment to or a repeal of the Arcadia Municipal Code or a portion thereof.

This record consists of all of the regulatory and penal and of certain of the administrative ordinances of the City, codified pursuant to Section 414 of the Charter.

The Code takes effect upon the effective date of Ordinance No. 1100 of the City whereby the Code is adopted by reference.

Neither the adoption of the Code nor the repeal thereby of any ordinance of the City shall in any manner affect the prosecution for ordinance violations which were committed prior to the effective date of the Code, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or penalty at said effective date due and unpaid under such ordinances, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinances relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance, and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.

The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantially the same as ordinance provisions previously adopted by the City relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.

The provisions of the code shall not in any manner affect deposits or other matters of record which refer to, or are otherwise connected with ordinances which are therein specifically designated by number or otherwise and which are included within the Code, but such reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within the Code.

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of the Code, either as initially adopted or as thereafter amended, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the Code. The Council declares that it would have adopted the Code and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of the Code are hereby repealed.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 414 of the Charter, not less than three copies of the Code shall be filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the Clerk prior to the adoption of the Code. At least three copies of the Code, duly certified to by the Clerk, shall be permanently bound and maintained on file in his office.

Additional copies shall be prepared in loose-leaf form and shall be mounted in such type of binders as the Manager may prescribe. Copies thereof shall be distributed to the departments and divisions of the City as shall be prescribed by the Manager.

Upon the adoption of any amendment or addition to the Code, or upon the repeal of any of its provisions, the Clerk shall certify thereto and shall make an appropriate notation in the bound volumes of the Code of the taking of such action, noting thereon the number of the ordinance pursuant to which such action is taken, and the date of its adoption.

The Clerk may, from time to time, and when requested by the Manager shall, cause to be reprinted to loose-leaf pages of the Code in which changes have been made, including the notation as to the ordinance number pursuant to which such change is adopted and the date of its adoption, in order that at least once yearly the loose-leaf copies of the Code prepared for the use and convenience of the officers and employees of the City and the general public may be brought up to date. As directed by the Manager, the Clerk shall distribute copies of such amendments without charge to the various City Departments and the officers and employees thereof.

Copies of the Code and of all amendments hereto shall be available for purchase by the general public at the Clerk's office at a price established by the Manager.