Ceres Municipal Code Ch. 02 Code Adoption

The Ceres Municipal Code is adopted as a comprehensive and codified ordinance of the City.

(Ord. No. 2019-1053, § 1, 11-12-2019)

Except as otherwise provided by this Code or by ordinance, the 1970 Code of the City of Ceres, previously adopted as the official code of the City, shall remain in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the 1970 Code and this Code, the provisions of this Code shall apply. The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are the same as those of the 1970 Code or other ordinances existing at the time of the effective date of this Code, shall be considered as continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.

(Ord. No. 2019-1053, § 1, 11-12-2019)

This Code shall be known as the "Ceres Municipal Code" and it shall be sufficient to refer to the Code in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity. It shall also be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, correcting, or repealing all or any part or portion thereof as an addition to, amendment to, correction of, or repeal of the "Ceres Municipal Code." Further reference may be had to the titles, chapters, sections, and subsections of the "Ceres Municipal Code" and such reference shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section, or subsection as it appears in that Code.

(Ord. No. 2019-1053, § 1, 11-12-2019)

Whenever a reference is made to the Code, to any portion of the Code, or to any City ordinance, that reference shall apply to all current or subsequently adopted amendments, corrections and additions.

(Ord. No. 2019-1053, § 1, 11-12-2019)

The provisions of this Code shall not in any manner affect matters of record which refer to or are otherwise connected with ordinances designated by name or number and included within the 1974 Code. Such reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this Code.

(Ord. No. 2019-1053, § 1, 11-12-2019)

This Code consists of all of the regulatory and penal ordinances and certain of the administrative ordinances codified pursuant to Government Code sections 50022.1 through 50022.10, inclusive.

(Ord. No. 2019-1053, § 1, 11-12-2019)

Title, chapter, and section headings are contained in this Code for the purpose of reference, and shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter, or section of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2019-1053, § 1, 11-12-2019)

The provisions of this 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 this Code, but such reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this Code.

(Ord. No. 2019-1053, § 1, 11-12-2019)

Neither the adoption of the Code nor the repeal or amendment of any City ordinance or any part of any City ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, or penalty at the 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, fee, 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.

(Ord. No. 2019-1053, § 1, 11-12-2019)

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

(Ord. No. 2019-1053, § 1, 11-12-2019)